VII. The Two Evaluations
1 God’s Will is your salvation. Would He not have given you the means to find it? If He wills you to have it, He must have made it possible and easy to obtain it. Your brothers are everywhere. You do not have to seek far for salvation. Every minute and every second gives you a chance to save yourself. Do not lose these chances, not because they will not return, but because delay of joy is needless. God wills you perfect happiness now. Is it possible that this is not also your will? And is it possible that this is not also the will of your brothers?
God’s Will is my salvation so of course it is both possible and easy to obtain. The problem is separation so the answer is union. Not that we have to achieve union, but that we must stop resisting union and accept it as a fact. We are joined. We are one. Denying union is the way we reject salvation. Pretending we are separate is the way we delay our happiness.
I have been doing the grievance lessons and it has made me very conscious of the grievances I hold. In these lessons, Jesus says that grievances keep me from knowing God. He says that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, that they will forget who they are. He says I am the light of the world, but that my grievances hide that light. He also says that the ego’s plan for salvation centers around holding grievances.
In Lesson 71, he says: “Holding grievances is the opposite of God’s plan for salvation. And only His plan will work.” I want salvation. I want to awaken and remember my Self. I want to remember my creations. I want to feel my union with God, and to do that I must first accept my union with my brothers. I can do that only through releasing all grievances.
Noticing that I still have many grievances was discouraging. I really didn’t realize that was true. But as I think of it, I realize that if I believe in guilt, I will project that guilt onto someone else. That is how grievances are born. The encouraging part of this is that I don’t actually have to undo every individual grievance. I can use the grievances I am aware of to remind me that there is healing that needs to be done. I can use them to practice releasing grievances and to experience the relief and joy that comes as I release them, and so motivate myself to accept salvation.
What I understand from doing these lessons is that the shortcut to salvation is to understand that my grievances not only stand between me and salvation, but they are completely unnecessary. I am not guilty. I have nothing to project. It is all a ridiculous misunderstanding. Separation is not a sin because it is not real. I did nothing, and therefore I did nothing wrong. I am merely pretending to do the impossible.
Since I am not guilty there is no need to project, and without projection there is no grievance. Without guilt, projection and grievances, there is no need to prolong the dream of separation. I am innocent and God welcomes me Home. I have nothing to fear and so I gladly return Home. Each time I notice a grievance, big or small, I open my heart to my brother. I invite him in and envelope him in our holiness. Maybe I still have grievances and maybe it is more than I realized, but each one is a chance to save myself, and my brother with me.
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