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Study of Manual for Teachers 8-3-12

8-3-12
4 And therefore all your sins have been forgiven because they carried no effects at all. And so they were but dreams. Arise with him who showed you this because you owe him this who shared your dreams that they might be dispelled. And shares them still, to be at one with you.

Our sins have been forgiven because they have no effect at all. Nothing has happened. How can nothing be a sin? How can nothing make us guilty? The ego insists on guilt because if there is no guilt then its whole construct is … well, nothing. The ego is extremely determined about guilt.

My oldest son is very political. He is also very republican and his siblings are democrat. It makes for some very lively get togethers when he is with them as they tend to be political as well. I ignore the whole thing for the most part, however, the other day I noticed his status update on facebook, mentioned the media and quoted Fox News. For some reason I thought it would be funny to comment, to goad him about this. I said something like, “I didn’t know Fox was media. I thought they worked for the Republican Party.

I really don’t have any interest in this, and I don’t care what party he backs. I normally ignore his political tirades and just don’t read them. I have no idea why I thought it would be amusing to make that comment. I should have known he would take it seriously because politics are important to him. He drug me into his latest rant. I ignored him and made note to self to never do this again.

Here is what the ego had to say about this.
  He has no respect for you.
  He doesn’t love you.
  He is mad at you and now you have lost his affection. He holds a grudge so he might be mad forever.

I saw those thoughts and for a brief moment revisited that place in my mind where I believed those kinds of things. Then I snapped back to reality. I am innocent. He is innocent.

The next day I noticed the ego was back trying another tact. This one was along the lines of seeing the error in his diatribe on the latest political news. The ego had a reply all ready for me. It made sense. It sounded reasonable and was carefully couched in acceptable language. I went over it a few times as the ego mind likes to do. I was almost fooled, but I decided to do nothing until I felt certain it came from Spirit. In that decision I invited the Holy Spirit in and He pointed out that no matter how gentle the language my intended reply still made him guilty.

Wow. I had become mesmerized by the ego thinking mind. As soon as I returned to my right mind, I saw very clearly that I was thinking my son was guilty. I was returning to the belief in guilt. I know this is not true so I know I have no interest in believing in guilt and teaching guilt. The idea of being right lost its attraction in that moment. I returned to a peaceful mind and the difference between a peaceful mind and a mind striving to win an argument is so stark, I could hardly believe I had even a momentary interest in being right. Glad to be back to sanity.

I am very grateful for this peaceful and happy place I find myself. Thank you, Jesus, for sharing my dreams long enough to help me dispel them.

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