VI. The Vision of Christ, P 7
7 What is one cannot be perceived as separate, and the denial of the separation is the reinstatement of knowledge. At the altar of God, the holy perception of God’s Son becomes so enlightened that light streams into it, and the spirit of God’s Son shines in the Mind of the Father and becomes one with it. Very gently does God shine upon Himself, loving the extension of Himself that is His Son. The world has no purpose as it blends into the purpose of God. For the real world has slipped quietly into Heaven, where everything eternal in it has always been. There the Redeemer and the redeemed join in perfect love of God and of each other. Heaven is your home, and being in God it must also be in you.
Journal
Over the last few days the ego has not found very much in my mind to hold onto, because my mind has been very clear. So last night when it found a guilty thought it made the most of it, bringing it to my attention first thing this morning and building on it as I went about my business. Very quickly the ego works to break down all that I have gained, encouraging doubt and uncertainty, inflating the little guilty thought into an unforgivable sin. The ego mind is not my real mind, but it is fully dedicated to separation and never wavers from its intent, and it works diligently to convince me that it is my only self.
But my will is the Will of God and cannot be distorted unless that is my choice. I am under no laws but God’s and cannot be governed by an alien will. Today’s paragraph is a powerful reminder of my true Self. I bring the guilty thought, this nothing of a thought, to the altar, my gift to God. In the light of God I easily ignore the ego interpretation of what this thought means, and accept that I am, with God, the light of the world. In the story the character I dream about gets confused and worries and frets and acts out of fear and guilt. But I am not that. I am the extension of God and I am loved by my Creator.
I stand at the altar this morning, and I surrender self to Him, as I dedicate this day to His Will. And He simply loves me. I am overwhelmed. I am crying. Where is guilt now? What meaning can guilt have in the face of such power and such love? What meaning the world? “Very gently does God shine upon Himself, loving the extension of Himself that is His Son.” And tears turn to laughter as I take this in. I am the extension of God. What influence can the ego mind have over the extension of God?
I had a problem once, for a brief instant of time, and the Father answered that problem. He placed the solution in my mind, next to the problem where I could always find it when I was ready for it. In my imagination I had conceived of a plan to experience myself different than reality.
I saw myself as if I were separate from Love and watched that unfold into an imaginary world of separation. I have remained perfectly safe as I have experienced this strange and impossible world. And all the time the solution remains in my mind waiting for my acceptance. I accept the solution now. I welcome it gladly and as I do so I am awakening from this strange dream. Thank you, God. I love you, God.
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