God
and His creations remain in surety, and therefore know that no
miscreation exists. Truth cannot deal with errors that you want. I was
a man who remembered spirit and its knowledge. As a man I did not
attempt to counteract error with knowledge, but to correct error from
the bottom up. I demonstrated both the powerlessness of the body and
the power of the mind. By uniting my will with that of my Creator, I
naturally remembered spirit and its real purpose. I cannot unite your
will with God's for you, but I can erase all misperceptions from your
mind if you will bring it under my guidance. Only your misperceptions
stand in your way. Without them your choice is certain. Sane
perception induces sane choosing. I cannot choose for you, but I can
help you make your own right choice. "Many are called but few are
chosen" should be, "All are called but few choose to listen."
Therefore, they do not choose right. The "chosen ones" are merely those
who choose right sooner. Right minds can do this now, and they will
find rest unto their souls. God knows you only in peace, and this is your reality. (ACIM:T-3.IV.7)
Thus
we choose ourselves, by choosing "another way," in lieu of going along
with the herd, and simply choosing against continuing to dream the ego's
dream along with the herd. We won't know our bearings when we leave the
herd, but Help will come to us, and appreciate that at least we were
willing to not choose to follow the herd, to not stay within the ego
system. This image is very much in line with what the Course advocates,
namely that it is a course in un-doing, in not choosing the ego, in
stopping to justify the ego. We must learn to question the ego before we
can learn not to choose it, and choosing Jesus or the Holy Spirit
instead. The same is implicit in the steps of forgiveness, where we
first need to step back from the projection, and begin seeing it for
what it is, before we are then ready to look at it with Jesus, decide we
don't want it, and ask to see things with the eyes of the Holy Spirit
instead, thus we ask for help to change our mind, because the ego by
itself is designed to be self-perpetuating, and the Holy Spirit or Jesus
represent the part of our mind that is still sane, that has NOT bought
into the ego system, and which is thus our only hope for Help as and
when we leave the deceptive comforts of the ego system.
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