If you did not feel guilty you could not attack, for condemnation is the root of attack. It is the judgment of one mind by another as unworthy of love and deserving of punishment. But herein lies the split. For the mind that judges perceives itself as separate from the mind being judged, believing that by punishing another, it will escape punishment. All this is but the delusional attempt of the mind to deny itself, and escape the penalty of denial. It is not an attempt to relinquish denial, but to hold on to it. For it is guilt that has obscured the Father to you, and it is guilt that has driven you insane.
The acceptance of guilt into the mind of God’s Son was the beginning of the separation, as the acceptance of the Atonement [true perception] is its end.
This world is a picture of the crucifixion of God’s Son. And until you realize that God’s Son cannot be crucified, this is the world you will see. Yet you will not realize [that God’s Son cannot be crucified] until you accept the eternal fact that God’s Son is not guilty. He deserves only love because he has given only love. He cannot be condemned because he has never condemned. The Atonement is the final lesson he need learn, for it teaches him that, never having sinned, he has no need of salvation. (A Course in Miracles, T-13.in.1;2:1-2;4. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
God’s Son is the extension of God’s Love and remains united with Its Source, the Mind of Love. Thus God’s Son shares all of God’s attributes. God’s Son can give only Love because His Son is only Love. He cannot give what he does not have. This is why God’s Son cannot sin because separation is inconceivable in the Mind of Love. Love sees only Love and extends only Love. There is nothing else.
Only the belief that there something different and distinct from Love’s oneness makes judgment seem justified. This is the belief in separation, which brings guilt with it. The mind that judges is simply projecting its judgment on itself. In the oneness of Love this is impossible. To make guilt appear to be justified, a world had to be made with images of separation. This is the ego’s world. In this world it is impossible to recognize the reality of Love’s oneness.
Returning our mind to its original awareness of oneness is accomplished through true perception. To achieve true perception, we need the help of the Holy Spirit in our mind. He remembers that only Love is real and dismisses images of separation as unreal. The Holy Spirit’s vision will help us join with the Him to overlook the images of the dream and recognize only Love is real.
Today we dedicate to walking with Holy Spirit as our Guide.
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