I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability, P 2
2 In the strange world that you have made the Son of God has sinned. How could you see him, then? By making him invisible, the world of retribution rose in the black cloud of guilt that you accepted, and you hold it dear. For the blamelessness of Christ is the proof that the ego never was, and can never be. Without guilt the ego has no life, and God’s Son is without guilt.
Journal
There is no guilt in God’s Son. Without guilt there is no ego. When I believe in guilt, I cannot see God’s Son. What I see instead is sin and guilt, and the need for retribution. When I allow the idea of guilt to be undone in my mind, the ego falls away and I experience what is commonly called an awakening. I am no longer dreaming about sin and guilt, pain, suffering and punishment. I am no longer dreaming about retribution and death. I am no longer dreaming about separation. I am awake to the truth and I see everything and everyone in its purity. I see everyone as part of my self.
What do I have to do to undo the ego and regain the memory of innocence and oneness? I must desire this above all things I currently believe. I am achieving this as I look at what I believe now and decide for God instead. I begin it by recognizing guilt in all its forms. I feel guilty if I don’t love someone completely, if I judge, if I gossip or am angry. Even if I don’t feel like I am guilty, there is a place in my mind that remembers the truth and so there is unconscious guilt. The source of all forms of guilt is the belief that I have betrayed God.
Jesus says that there are only two emotions, love and fear. It is equally true to say there is only love and guilt, because fear and guilt are so closely related. Fear causes guilt and guilt causes fear. So when I feel fearful, I automatically look for guilt. If I am ever afraid I must believe that I am guilty of something, or simply guilty. Otherwise there would be no call for fear. The guiltless cannot be afraid.
Guilt also shows up as a projection. I project the guilt I think is mine onto others. That is the purpose of others, as they are someplace to put my guilt, someone I can point to in my fear of God, and say, “There is the guilty one. Don’t look at me, look at them.” No matter how justified I might feel about seeing the guilt in someone, the guilt belongs to me because it is in my mind, and that is where it must be undone. We make up the most elaborate and convincing stories to justify our projections of guilt, but that doesn’t make them true.
Another way this shows up is in our situations. We think that something shouldn’t be happening, that it is too scary or too sad. We lose our job or someone we love dies, and we think it is not fair. Jesus said that we should beware of the desire to see ourselves unfairly treated, because it is just another form of guilt. The world is guilty for being what it is, and I must be guilty or I wouldn’t be its victim. Learning to spot the belief in guilt is necessary so that we can change our minds and let Holy Spirit heal us.
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