The ego is insane. ²In fear it stands beyond the Everywhere, apart from All, in separation from the Infinite. ³In its insanity it thinks it has become a victor over God Himself.
The Son of God is egoless. ²What can he know of madness and the death of God, when he abides in Him? ³What can he know of sorrow and of suffering, when he lives in eternal joy? ⁴What can he know of fear and punishment, of sin and guilt, of hatred and attack, when all there is surrounding him is everlasting peace, forever conflict-free and undisturbed, in deepest silence and tranquility?
To know reality is not to see the ego and its thoughts, its works, its acts, its laws and its beliefs, its dreams, its hopes, its plans for its salvation, and the cost belief in it entails.
Yet will one lily of forgiveness change the darkness into light; the altar to illusions to the shrine of Life Itself. ²And peace will be restored forever to the holy minds which God created as His Son, His dwelling place, His joy, His love, completely His, completely one with Him. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.12.2:1-3;3;12.4:1;5)
The ego does not exist in truth. But our belief in it makes it seem real. We believe we are in its dream of conflict, attack, loss, fear and guilt. We believe the ego is our identity.
The ego is only the belief in a false identity. It denies our true Identity but does not change It in the least. Having accepted the ego’s denial, there is just one thing we must do. We must let go of its denial of Love. This is what forgiveness does.
Each judgment we forgive welcomes the Light of Love into our mind. We are grateful that we have been given the Holy Spirit to help us forgive our mistaken beliefs. With His help, we let the Light of Love fill our mind.
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