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Study of the Text II. The Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 12, 11-7-13

I. Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 11
12 The crucifixion cannot be shared because it is the symbol of projection, but the resurrection is the symbol of sharing because the reawakening of every Son of God is necessary to enable the Sonship to know its wholeness. Only this is knowledge.
13 The message of the crucifixion is perfectly clear:
Teach only love, for that is what you are.

The crucifixion was only Jesus’ experience, but it has a message for us; the message is that we are love in every instant, regardless of appearances, and that in being love we teach love. The resurrection, however, is a shared experience. It is a symbol of awakening. And the Awakening is complete only when each and every one of us knows our wholeness.  So I cannot awaken without you.

This understanding, that we are in this together, motivates me to let go of guilt in all its forms. I was feeling frustration with someone I work with. I didn’t think it was a big deal but while doing some work in a Pathways of Light course, this situation was brought to mind so I used it to look at the guilt in my mind and to ask the Holy Spirit to heal me.

As I looked at the situation with the Holy Spirit, I saw the depth of my rage at this person, and I saw the fear that caused me to suppress my feelings about it. I was shocked at how angry I was and how resistant to forgiving. But looking at it, allowing the feelings to fully surface so I wasn’t hiding anything from myself, I knew that this desire to project guilt did not have a place in my holy mind. I asked that it be undone for me.

This morning as I read this paragraph I see how important it is that I forgive everything that is not part of God’s Will. This man at work and our relationship are the “biggest” thing in my life until it is healed, because if I condemn him I cannot know my own salvation. As my mind is healed I realize how unimportant it is that he be a better co-worker.

My desire for him is the same as my desire for myself. I want only that I resurrect from the death of forgetfulness, and I cannot do this without him. I can either hold him bondage to his guilt, or I can awaken. I cannot have both because if I believe in his guilt then I also believe in mine. Either guilt is true for the entire mind or it is not true for any of it. Either I am guilty and so teach guilt, or I am love and so teach only love.

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Study of the Text II. The Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 11, 11-6-13

I. Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 11
11 You are not persecuted, nor was I. You are not asked to repeat my experiences because the Holy Spirit, Whom we share, makes this unnecessary. To use my experiences constructively, however, you must still follow my example in how to perceive them. My brothers and yours are constantly engaged in justifying the unjustifiable. My one lesson, which I must teach as I learned it, is that no perception that is out of accord with the judgment of the Holy Spirit can be justified. I undertook to show this was true in an extreme case, merely because it would serve as a good teaching aid to those whose temptation to give in to anger and assault would not be so extreme. I will with God that none of His Sons should suffer.

I am so grateful to my brother, Jesus, for his example, as well as for his reassurance now that we are not expected emulate his example, only to learn from it. It is not God’s Will that we suffer. I am pretty unlikely to experience any situation more extreme than crucifixion and even if I did, I still know how to see it because Jesus showed me.

His lesson is this: I am never justified in judging anybody as guilty. That is I am to never, under any circumstances no matter how extreme they appear to be, to perceive out of accord with the Holy Spirit’s judgment. And His judgment is that the Sons of God are innocent.

I had to take my car to the dealership for repairs yesterday. I asked the mechanic at work to check it over first so that when I got there I would not be clueless, and more importantly, that the mechanics at the dealership would know I was not clueless. I always feel at the mercy of the mechanic because I don’t know if they are trying to take advantage of my ignorance. I have, more than once, suspected that they are doing so. This makes me feel like I am being persecuted.

This time I am doing it differently. I did check with our mechanic at work, but I also offered my mistaken thoughts to the Holy Spirit and asked for the miracle in exchange. I left my car with the dealership as well as the information I received from our mechanic, which saved the dealership mechanics some time as it guided them to the right area.  I didn’t feel concerned about what happened or what it would cost. Already this was a different experience for me.

Late yesterday I went by to see how everything went. They took me out to the car to show me what needed to be done and why, and I actually talked with the young mechanic who was doing the work. It was obvious he took his job seriously and he explained everything very carefully, using visuals so I would understand. This has never happened before. He told me what I had to do and what I might could get away with doing. He carefully explained all his recommendations. I did not feel at all persecuted. ~smile~

They have to order a part. Normally, this would have panicked me because I will miss so much work. The cost is pretty high as well, and I don’t actually have enough money in hand to pay for it. Normally, before they order a part, I have to pay for it. This time they didn’t ask for any money, which is good since I don’t have it. I trust it will be there when I do have to pay for it since I’m learning to trust that it is not God’s Will that I suffer.

I haven’t suffered any panic or even concern since I handed the whole thing over to Spirit. The miracle I received in exchange was peace of mind. I am using this free time to work on my website and to do more writing. I am enjoying my unexpected “vacation” without anxiety. I see that I am probably going to have to buy a new car soon since this one is having periodic problems that cost me both money and work, so I am watching my mind for fear thoughts, which I can exchange for more miracles.

In the world it looks like I had an experience with my car and with money. In reality I have only one purpose, that is, to heal my mind of all false beliefs through asking for and accepting the Atonement. Yesterday, I remembered my purpose.

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Study of the Text, I. The Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 10. 11-5-13

I. Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 10
10 We are still equal as learners, although we do not need to have equal experiences. The Holy Spirit is glad when you can learn from mine, and be reawakened by them. That is their only purpose, and that is the only way in which I can be perceived as the way, the truth and the life. When you hear only one Voice you are never called on to sacrifice. On the contrary, by being able to hear the Holy Spirit in others you can learn from their experiences, and can gain from them without experiencing them directly yourself. That is because the Holy Spirit is one, and anyone who listens is inevitably led to demonstrate His way for all.

All of us, Jesus included, are equal as learners. That is very encouraging, because it sometimes feels like we are not all equal as learners. I am often just dumbfounded that Jesus found our way out. How did he do that? I sometimes still have trouble finding my way out of an ego storm. I have trouble sometimes remembering the truth about myself and my brothers. And yet, he says that we are equal as learners so I know I can do this, too.

Jesus also says that we do not all need to have the same experience. His contribution included crucifixion and we can learn from his experience so we do not have to be crucified. His crucifixion teaches me that everyone is innocent regardless of their actions, and it teaches me that there is nothing to fear. We are invulnerable. No matter what happens to the body we remain unaffected. No matter what direction the story takes, we are unaffected.

I am, of course, the perfectly free and unlimited Son of God, so I can act like I am being crucified regularly if I want to. I am learning not to do that. I am learning to accept the Atonement instead. I think I am guilty and I suffer. This is how I crucify myself. Then I realize what I have done and I offer the guilt to the Holy Spirit in exchange for the miracle. This is how I get down off the cross. Why would I want to emulate the lesson when I can simply accept the healing instead?

I can learn from everyone’s experience if I choose to. When I watch a TV show or go to the movies, I automatically look for the lesson. I do this when I read novels as well. I do this when I listen to my brother’s story. I am healed with my brother when we study together. Last week I was healed many times as all those people at the workshop shared their healing. As they shifted, so did I.

We will awaken not because we each individually heal all mistaken thoughts in our mind, but because in healing the thoughts that come up for that purpose, we heal the entire Sonship. It is also very helpful when we share these healings in words, because, as inadequate as they are, words are how we communicate with each other while here.

As we live from our healed mind we teach what we have learned simply by being. I can learn from the book and I can talk a good talk. But if I do not live what I learn and make it mine so that I never live from anything else, I will not teach salvation.  Jesus lived salvation. That is why he made such an impact on the world and why he is still awakening us. I want to join with Jesus by believing what he believed. I want to join with Jesus in awakening the Sonship by teaching what I believe with Jesus.

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Study of the Text, !. Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 9. 11-3-13

I. Message of the Crucifixion, Paragraph 9
9 I elected, for your sake and mine, to demonstrate that the most outrageous assault, as judged by the ego, does not matter. As the world judges these things, but not as God knows them, I was betrayed, abandoned, beaten, torn, and finally killed. It was clear that this was only because of the projection of others onto me, since I had not harmed anyone and had healed many.

What I get from this is that if I feel like someone has attacked me in any way, be it small or large, I must forgive. I don’t forgive the person for what they did, but I forgive the idea they did anything. I forgive the idea that I can be betrayed or insulted or anything else. Even if they attack this body, I forgive the idea that I can be attacked, because this body is nothing, only a vehicle, handy to assist in the awakening, but certainly not important to me and most certainly not me.

On those rare occasions when I feel a sense of betrayal or abandonment, I question that feeling and inevitably discover that it was only my thoughts that hurt me. When recently I felt abandoned by my daughter I first asked the ego what was going on, and the ego told me that I must be guilty for something then told me that my daughter was at fault. These thoughts were very painful, but at first I was swayed by this explanation because guilt still has a place in my mind.

After awhile, though, I came to my senses and looked at it with the Holy Spirit. I remembered that I cannot be abandoned. I am part of the Whole; how could I be abandoned and by what? There is nothing outside my mind to abandon me. My daughter is part of me and I cannot lose her and she cannot take herself from me.

Is it true that my daughter abandoned me? No. It cannot be true. The only explanation for my feeling of abandonment must be the mistaken thoughts of guilt and fear in my mind, and they are not real either. I chose the Atonement and allowed those beliefs to be transformed. From that healed place, I called her, not in fear but in love. I invited her company and she gladly accepted.

Not only had nothing really happened in my mind except that I believed a thought that wasn’t true, but nothing had happened in her mind either. It was just a sad story I had told myself. Then I told myself a happier story. But really, nothing happened at all. I keep trying to make something out of nothing, but at least this time I used the experience to take me further out of the dream.

What if she had really been angry with me, and was avoiding my company? What if she had refused my company? She would have been having a sad dream of her own in that case, but still it would only be a dream. How I react to someone else’s dream depends on what I choose to believe. If I choose the ego story of guilt, fear, abandonment, and betrayal to believe then I will suffer, but I cannot make any of that real through my suffering. I can only choose to suffer or choose not to suffer.

My prayer, my true prayer in these moments of confusion is not to have the circumstances changed, but to have my mind healed. I could ask that my mind be healed of its sadness, or the circumstances be altered to reflect something different. But a truer prayer, one that leads to awakening would be to let me be healed of the belief in betrayal.

If my pain tells me this is just not possible, I can disregard that answer.  It might well be impossible for Myron to believe differently about it, but it is not Myron that does the healing. It is the Holy Spirit that does the actual healing, and Myron only needs to desire the healing. This can be done. I can desire to be healed more than I desire to hold my brother hostage to my suffering. 

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