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Study of Text, C 15: The Two Uses of Time, P 10, 9-20-17

I. The Two Uses of Time, P 10
10 Time is inconceivable without change, yet holiness does not change. Learn from this instant more than merely that hell does not exist. In this redeeming instant lies Heaven. And Heaven will not change, for the birth into the holy present is salvation from change. Change is an illusion, taught by those who cannot see themselves as guiltless. There is no change in Heaven because there is no change in God. In the holy instant, in which you see yourself as bright with freedom, you will remember God. For remembering Him is to remember freedom.

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We experience time because of guilt. Guilt requires change and change requires time. As I think about this, I understand why we have time in this world and why it is not real. In Heaven, there is no change and so no need for time. There is no guilt and so no need for change. There is no guilt in Heaven not because all has been forgiven, but rather because guilt is inconceivable in Heaven. What could there be to feel guilty for when there is only God and the extension of God?

I have thought of many examples of guilt that I have experienced, and every one of them required more than one. There had to be someone or something to call guilty as opposed to something or someone else. For instance, I used to have a lot of parental guilt. In Heaven, there is not parent and child. There is only God. I have thought that an ex-husband was guilty for his behavior. In Heaven, there is no ex anything and there is no husband. There is only God. We are encompassed by God and there is nothing outside God.

There is no change in Heaven either. Heaven Is and that is all. Here I can be a good parent sometimes, but circumstances change, I change, my children change, and then I might see myself as a good parent or a bad parent depending on those changes. The change might be that I see myself as failing as a parent, or I might see my child as failing me. I might see my ex-husband as being a bad partner or parent, and later, with enlightened understanding, I might see him in a different light. In Heaven, there is no different light. There is only unchanging certainty.

Jesus says that in the holy instant, we remember God. Is this permanent, I wonder? If I remember God, I would think the world would fall away. I suppose that I have experienced something akin to the holy instant. I have had moments of knowing myself differently, of loving completely, of non-judgment, of freedom. So I suppose I could say that I have tasted this holiness, and so I believe in it. But to know God! That would change everything forever.

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