The face of Christ has to be seen before the memory of God can return. The reason is obvious. Seeing the face of Christ involves perception. No one can look on knowledge. But the face of Christ is the great symbol of forgiveness. It is salvation. It is the symbol of the real world. Whoever looks on this no longer sees the world. He is as near to Heaven as is possible outside the gate. Yet from this gate it is no more than just a step inside. It is the final step. And this we leave to God.
[Forgiveness] is the only thing still in the world in part, and yet the bridge to Heaven.
How lovely does the world become in just that single instant when you see the truth about yourself reflected there. Now you are sinless and behold your sinlessness. Now you are holy and perceive it so. And now the mind returns to its Creator; the joining of the Father and the Son, the Unity of unities that stands behind all joining but beyond them all. God is not seen but only understood. His Son is not attacked but recognized. (A Course in Miracles, C-3.4;5:3;8)
Projection makes perception. Everything we perceive in the world is a projection of our beliefs about what is true. When we believe we are a body, separate and alone, we perceive a world of separation. Our belief in the false idea of separation makes the truth of our reality in the oneness of Love invisible. Reality is hidden behind our false perceptions.
Without the Holy Spirit, Whose purpose is to help us forgive our false beliefs, we would have condemned ourselves to hell—eternal lovelessness. God willed that this not be so. His gift of the Holy Spirit placed in our mind provides the means to escape from the hell of lovelessness.
The acknowledgement that the world we see is our own projection reflects to us the need to forgive. If we are willing to let the Holy Spirit help us forgive, every mistaken perception is a potential gift that offers freedom from fear. We need only be willing to give our perception to the Holy Spirit and accept His corrected perception in its place. This is our journey of awakening from the world.
The Holy Spirit’s perception shows us the face of Christ. It shows us the truth of Love’s unity with every brother. It looks beyond the mask of fear made by the ego to Love’s eternal presence.
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