V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego, P 17
17 Would you remember the Father? Accept His Son and you will remember Him. Nothing can demonstrate that His Son is unworthy, for nothing can prove that a lie is true. What you see of His Son through the eyes of the ego is a demonstration that His Son does not exist, yet where the Son is the Father must be. Accept what God does not deny, and it will demonstrate its truth. The witnesses for God stand in His light and behold what He created. Their silence is the sign that they have beheld God’s Son, and in the Presence of Christ they need demonstrate nothing, for Christ speaks to them of Himself and of His Father. They are silent because Christ speaks to them, and it is His words they speak.
Journal
“Would you remember the Father? Accept His Son and you will remember Him.” I want to remember my Father and so I will accept His Son. His Son is every one of us together. I watch my mind for judgmental thoughts about anyone, and when I find them I know I must be wrong. There is nothing my brother can do that changes his nature.
He is innocent, and more than innocent, He is the Son of God. Nothing that is done within this illusion of time and space demonstrates his unworthiness. Within time, he is guilty, but he is not in time; he is in God. The illusion of guilt does not alter reality. When I become temporarily confused and start to believe what my eyes show me, I ask for the Atonement. The eyes are made to prove the unprovable, to provide me a picture of what I want to believe, not what is real.
I don’t want to try to prove that my brother is not the Son of God by witnessing his errors. I don’t have to do this. I have allowed the Holy Spirit to show me what lies behind the ego story of a brother and so I know the miracle of a changed perception. I wish I had words to adequately describe what this feels like. It doesn’t seem enough to just say that I went from chaos to peace.
Some things in the Course gain meaning only through the experience of them, and once experienced, the understanding is irrefutable. Who would return to hell once Heaven is glimpsed? Well, never to return to hell, because I know there is something else now, but I still spend time in purgatory, it seems. I seem to need to make the decision for Heaven many times before I have made my final decision. But could I go back to not knowing there is another way? No. That is not possible. Can’t get the toothpaste back in the tube!
Here is the sentence that makes my heart speed up. “The witnesses for God stand in His light and behold what He created.” Oh my! I want this! I want to stand in God’s light, look at you and see what God created. I want to witness to your reality and so know God. I want to be silent in the presence of such radiant beauty, and simply allow Christ to speak.
Yesterday, I looked for Christ in everyone I saw. It was a lovely day. It was not a perfect attempt, and I was well aware of the ego pushing back, pointing out errors, even an emotional reaction to the whole thing. I began to feel unaccountable irritation with certain people. But I also wanted, beyond ego thinking, to have this day of Christ consciousness. So it was given me and I loved it! Today, I am asking that I stand witness to God’s creations everywhere I go. I am willing to be silent and let Him speak through me.
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