I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability, P 11
11 The ego teaches you to attack yourself because you are guilty, and this must increase the guilt, for guilt is the result of attack. In the ego’s teaching, then, there is no escape from guilt. For attack makes guilt real, and if it is real there is no way to overcome it. The Holy Spirit dispels it simply through the calm recognition that it has never been. As He looks upon the guiltless Son of God, He knows that this is true. And being true for you, you cannot attack yourself, for without guilt attack is impossible. You, then, are saved because God’s Son is guiltless. And being wholly pure, you are invulnerable.
Journal
As I read this, I watched a parade of “guilty” people go through my mind. With each one in turn I opened my mind to Holy Spirit’s judgment and saw their innocence. In the beginning it looked more like a funeral procession than a parade, but as my mind became more open and love began to well up in me, the people walking past turned to smile at me and the pace picked up. Now instead of walking slowly and dejectedly, they were strutting and their steps were light.
More and more I am beginning to accept that all I see is illusion. It is illusion within an illusion. I was talking to my son this morning about some changes at work and my concerns about them. Then I told him that I am changing my mind. I see that nothing has happened in this moment, and that all my concerns are an effect of my perception. Everything I have thought about the situation is an illusion in my mind, a decision to see things in a certain way and to proclaim it reality. And what I believe, is real for me so I am changing my perception..
God, today is a day in which I would have guilt dissolve before me like sugar in water. I would see everyone as they are, completely innocent. I would see myself as innocent with no regard to the past or the future. Today l know myself as love and thus everyone else as love. Today I will be happy and at peace.
If I make no decisions by myself, this is the day that will be given me.
I have found the Rules for Decision so helpful to me that in July I am offering a weekend workshop in Portland on just this section. It will be very interactive and hopefully everyone will leave with a clear understanding and a firmly established habit of using this process. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please check for details on my website. www.forgivenessisthewayhome.org.
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