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Study of Manual for Teachers 7-21-12

7-21-12
7 There are no wishes now for wishes change. Even the wished-for can become unwelcome. That must be so because the ego cannot be at peace. But Will is constant, as the gift of God. And what He gives is always like Himself. This is the purpose of the face of Christ. It is the gift of God to save His Son. But look on this and you have been forgiven.

So much of what I have read in the Course seemed confusing and difficult to understand, and even as understanding began to come it felt impossible to live it. Now it all seems so simple and self-evident that I know it was never hard or confusing, it was just something I did not want. I believed for so long in my guilt that I did not dare face God. And of course if I believe I am guilty, I must see everyone else as guilty as well. I certainly can’t stand before God the only guilty one there.

I have wished for a world to hide myself. I have wished for many separate ones to hide among. I have wished for someplace to project my guilt when it became too much for me to look at. I have wished for a multitude of distractions so I would not have to remember what I gave up. I got all I wished for but now I discover the wished-for is unwelcome. It did not protect me or give me peace. It was so variable and unstable that it was completely undependable.

I am ready to recognize the Will of God as all that I want. The individual will was not only unacceptable,  it could never be true. No matter how I used it, or how many wishes were fulfilled it was just an illusion and so the effects are illusions. Nothing that did not come directly from God can exist. I exist because God created me and so I come directly from Him. I am an extension of God. Because this is true, there is nothing about me that can be anything other than God.

Do I feel guilty? This cannot be. I could be guilty only if guilt came to me at my creation. I could be guilty only if God were guilty and passed that on to me. Do I feel shameful or fearful? Only if God were ashamed and afraid. Otherwise, those feelings must be imagined. They cannot be real. I cannot be what God is not. Am I in pain? Only in my imagination. I can make a painful experience but I cannot actually be in pain. When belief in pain is withdrawn, the experience of pain becomes impossible.

As I let go of the absurd beliefs that define me as less than God, I let go of them for myself and for all my brothers and sisters. If I cannot find guilt in myself, I will not be able to find it in anyone else either. If I cannot believe in guilt, then I will see only innocence. I will look at my brother and see the face of innocence, the face of Christ, and that will be a reflection of my alignment with the Will of God. I will know that I and everyone else are exactly as we were created. Nothing happened. There is no sin for which to be forgiven. Now I know myself as forgiven.

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