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Study of Text, C 13: IX. The Cloud of Guilt, P 6. 12-5-16

IX. THE CLOUD OF GUILT, P 6
6 See no one, then, as guilty, and you will affirm the truth of guiltlessness unto yourself. In every condemnation that you offer the Son of God lies the conviction of your own guilt. If you would have the Holy Spirit make you free of it, accept His offer of Atonement for all your brothers. For so you learn that it is true for you. Remember always that it is impossible to condemn the Son of God in part. Those whom you see as guilty become the witnesses to guilt in you, and you will see it there, for it is there until it is undone. Guilt is always in your mind, which has condemned itself. Project it not, for while you do, it cannot be undone. With everyone whom you release from guilt great is the joy in Heaven, where the witnesses to your fatherhood rejoice.

Journal

“Guilt is always in your mind, which has condemned itself. Project it not, for while you do, it cannot be undone.”

This sentence says it all. As I let go of guilt in all its forms, I undo the ego in myself and in the Sonship. It is the only way to undo the ego. Every time I forgive (or accept the Atonement for a brother) there is great joy in Heaven. Every time I fail to forgive, there is more suffering in my life and within the Sonship. This is unequivocal and there is no compromising. It makes the choice simple and straight forward.

Do I want to be happy? Do I want to be at peace? Do I want to wake up? Do I want to return Home, to know my Self, to know God? This is the way it is done. I accept the Atonement for all guilt thoughts. I forgive the very idea of guilt. If I think that someone else is guilty or if I think that some situation is guilty, then I have perpetuated the illusion and I have condemned myself to suffering and death, along with all my brothers.

Does this mean that Donald Trump is not guilty? How about Hillary? The people who are responsible for the inhuman treatment of protesters? Those who destroy the environment to satisfy greed? The killers of baby whales and dolphins. The people who are deliberately or thoughtlessly cruel to helpless animals. How about pedophiles, murderers, and thieves? What if it hits home? What if the murderer kills someone I love and now will never touch again in this life? What about the little things, the careless driver, the nosy neighbor, the bossy co-worker? Even them?

And how can situations be guilty? Well, if I think that I am unhappy because I am devastated by a natural phenomenon, like a hurricane or forest fire, I am saying that circumstances are the cause of my unhappiness, I have projected my unhappiness onto the world and said the world is at fault. If I am upset because my house burnt down and all is lost, or because my company went out of business and now I don’t have a job; if something happens in the world and I think it hurts me, then that is an example of thinking the situation is guilty, that is I am projecting guilt onto the situation.

The ones that I notice these days are the quick judgments when I hear something sad or scary in the news. I think it is sad that so many people were lost to a warehouse fire. I don’t know them but I can imagine their last terrified moments and their families’ grief. How could that not be a bad thing? How could I possibly see this differently?

Ego argues that fate is guilty, circumstances are guilty, life is unpredictable and devastating. And ego life certainly is. But there is another way to see even these kinds of things, and I can know that other way if I am willing to let go of the ego interpretation, and ask for the Holy Spirit’s interpretation. I will see reflected in the world what is in my mind, While fear is in my mind, fearful incidents will happen. If I continue to project and believe the cause is outside of me, then fear will stay in my mind, and fearful circumstances will continue to occur. Let me take responsibility for everything, and allow it to be healed, and I will help the happy dream to become our reality.

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Study of Text, C 13: IX. The Cloud of Guilt, P 5. 12-2-16

IX. THE CLOUD OF GUILT, P 5
5 Lay not his guilt upon him, for his guilt lies in his secret thought that he has done this unto you. Would you, then, teach him he is right in his delusion? The idea that the guiltless Son of God can attack himself and make himself guilty is insane. In any form, in anyone, believe this not. For sin and condemnation are the same, and the belief in one is faith in the other, calling for punishment instead of love. Nothing can justify insanity, and to call for punishment upon yourself must be insane.

Journal

Guilt in any form, regardless where it is directed, whether if it is expressed or only believed, is a form of insanity. It is what keeps the illusion in place and it is a defense against Love. It is not possible to know yourself as the Son of God and still believe in guilt. How do you know that you are having guilt thoughts? It might not be obvious to you right away.

Here are some clues:

He shouldn’t have…

She could have done this instead…

I wish he had…

If only I had…

Why did I…

How could he have …

I watch for thoughts that start in this way. When they occur, I know that I have found someone guilty. This morning I have struggled with a feeling. My brother asked me to do something for him and it is very important to him. I don’t want to do this, but I will. I feel anxious about it and as I read this paragraph, I realized that I feel resentment toward my brother for asking me for this favor. That resentment is a form of guilt. He is guilty for asking me and guilty for how I feel now. Any form of resentment is guilt.

I have been struggling with letting go of past regrets. Because I am willing to do this work now, I have been shown regrets about things I did and things I didn’t do. These regrets are just another form of guilt. I should have done things differently and didn’t, therefore I am guilty.

Another form of guilt is projection. Any time I see someone else as bad, or lacking in some way that I find objectionable, it is only because I have projected my belief in guilt onto that person. I used to know a woman who didn’t have a clue about how to discipline her child, or even how to talk to her child in a way that would be helpful rather than making it worse. I found myself getting angry at her for her ignorance. Now I realize that I felt angry because I was projecting my guilt at not being a better mother myself. I was making us equally guilty.

Now when I notice guilt, whether it is directed at another or onto myself, I remember that this is not possible. We were not created guilty, so we cannot be guilty. No matter what story we cook up in the illusion, we cannot prove our guilt. Without a belief in guilt, I look at a mother’s ignorance about child rearing as an opportunity to undo more guilt in the mind. I am able to approach this favor for my brother as an act of love and if I still feel anxious about it, I can ask for clarity. What is it in me that needs to be healed? And I can accept atonement for that error.

When I think how simple this correction is, how straightforward it is, I feel a sense of relief. While it is absolutely necessary to give up the belief in guilt, it is very possible to do so because guilt is not real. We are innocent, and I find that a good mantra for the day. No matter what I see through the body’s eyes, I will remind myself that we are innocent and, without exception, that is the only truth of the situation.

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