III. The Correction of Error, P 7
7 Your brother’s errors are not of him, any more than yours are of you. Accept his errors as real, and you have attacked yourself. If you would find your way and keep it, see only truth beside you for you walk together. The Holy Spirit in you forgives all things in you and in your brother. His errors are forgiven with yours. Atonement is no more separate than love. Atonement cannot be separate because it comes from love. Any attempt you make to correct a brother means that you believe correction by you is possible, and this can only be the arrogance of the ego. Correction is of God, Who does not know of arrogance.
All my errors are corrected by the Holy Spirit, as are all my brothers. I become aware of these corrections as I accept the Atonement, but the Atonement is not part of separation. It is whole and is for my brother as it is for me. If I try to accept forgiveness for myself, but deny it of my brother, I don’t understand the Atonement and so I will not understand that I am forgiven.
I cannot correct myself, how is it I think I can correct my brother? What arrogance! This could only be my ego and I gladly set that aside. It seems so clear and simple as I sit here writing about it. But what I have discovered is that there is a strong desire in me to judge and to correct. That I keep in to myself rather than speaking it (usually) does not make any difference.
I sometimes disguise this desire to correct by pretending I just want to help. This satisfies my spiritual ego, but does nothing in reality. It is still a desire to correct. It still shows me that I think I know my brother’s errors and that I should correct them. I can convince myself that it is obvious that I am supposed to steer these unfortunates in the right direction. Oh, arrogant ego, I would let you speak to dead air today! I am not interested.
Holy Spirit, as my day progresses, please help me to be aware of the temptation to correct my brother or even myself. I see the error in this and I truly desire to surrender this to You.
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