III. The Correction of Error, P 2
2 To the ego it is kind and right and good to point out errors and “correct” them. This makes perfect sense to the ego, which is unaware of what errors are and what correction is. Errors are of the ego, and correction of errors lies in the relinquishment of the ego. When you correct a brother, you are telling him that he is wrong. He may be making no sense at the time, and it is certain that, if he is speaking from the ego, he will not be making sense. But your task is still to tell him he is right. You do not tell him this verbally, if he is speaking foolishly. He needs correction at another level, because his error is at another level. He is still right, because he is a Son of God. His ego is always wrong, no matter what it says or does.
Here is the way I use this information. If my brother is speaking from his ego, he is always mistaken, just as I am when I speak from the ego. But what I know is that no matter which part of the mind we are identifying with, both my brother and myself are the Son of God. We are perfect and wholly innocent. We may be confused about what we are, but that does not change what we are. I know that what someone says or does in no way defines what they are.
If the person I am speaking with asks me a direct question, then I will allow teaching to come through me. But even then, I am not in doubt about what my brother is, nor am I in doubt about what I am. I am the messenger, the teacher for God; I am just allowing information to be relayed through me to the best of my ability. The correction is not on the level of reality, but on the level of ego.
I think that when Jesus says that it is my task to tell my brother he is right, what he means is that it is my task to recognize the truth of him. In doing so, I recognize the truth of me, too, since there is only one mind shared by all of us. What is true of my brother is true of me. If I believe something that is not true of my brother, then I will believe it is the same for me. It is not true if it is from the ego, but what I believe will inform my thoughts, words, and actions, and will convince me that the untruth is true.
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