I have given what I see all the meaning it has for me. I have judged everything I look upon, and it is this and only this I see. This is not vision. It is merely an illusion of reality, because my judgments have been made quite apart from reality. I am willing to recognize the lack of validity in my judgments, because I want to see. My judgments have hurt me, and I do not want to see according to them. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 51, W-pI.51.2. See also ACIM Lesson 51 Insights.)
Judgments are the ego’s principal defense against the truth of Love’s innocence. Our judgments are always about the form of what we perceive. This is because form is an illusion and has no real content.
The antidote for judgment is forgiveness. We need to forgive the meaning we give to the forms we perceive. This meaning is projected based on our memories of the past. Since Reality is eternally in the present, our judgments hide the present by cloaking them with our fears and guilt. We do not really see the truth of what was in front of us. We see only our projections of what we believe we are. If we believe we are a separate identity, we see images of separation. If we believe we are Love, we see the oneness of Love.
The Holy Spirit is ever present in our mind to help us sort illusion from truth. If we are willing to accept His guidance, we learn to recognize illusions and let them go. Without the veil of illusions, we see the innocence of the Love we are reflected back to us. This is Christ’s vision.
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