January 30, 2018
The idea of sin is an essential tool our egoic thought system uses to keep us trapped in our attachment to the idea of separation – that we are separate from each other and Oneness. It is a powerful idea that we are completely dedicated to. Even so, we remain attached to the idea even as we fear it. All the emotions we feel around the idea of sin keep us very conflicted and thus distracted from the reality of who we are. This all leads us to the conviction that we deserve punishment for our sins and our sinful nature. This idea has been drilled into our heads time after time again until we have become convinced we are irreversibly sinful, because we have come to believe that sin is eternal, and it cannot be corrected. Sound familiar? For some strange reason we find sinfulness and sim “attractive.” The Course asks us to change our mind about the idea of sin – to see sin differently as impossible and unreal. We are holy as is our Creator and so sin is an impossibility, no matter what we have come to believe.
The Course asks us to be open to the idea that we have made mistakes that are correctible. Even though correctible may not be attractive to our egoic thought system, it is an idea Spirit can work with when we are willing to allow our mistakes to be corrected. Mistakes call for correction and thus are a call for love. Where love is called for, love always answers. Spirit does not understand the idea of unforgiveable sin and cannot punish sin. But Spirit understands mistakes, for mistakes are harmless and within the purview of Spirit. Spirit is entrusted with the recognition of mistakes and their correction. Mistakes call for correction and nothing else, and Spirit is happy to fulfill its holy function.
In time, the Holy Spirit clearly sees the Child of God can make mistakes. On this you share Spirit’s vision. Yet you do not share Spirit’s recognition of the difference between time and eternity. And when correction is completed, time is eternity. Spirit can teach you how to look on time differently and see beyond it, but not while you believe in sin. In error, yes, for this can be corrected by the mind. But sin is the belief that your perception is unchangeable, and that the mind must accept as true what it is told through it. If it does not obey, the mind is judged insane. The only power that could change perception is thus kept impotent, held to the body by the fear of changed perception which its Teacher, who is one with it, would bring. T-19.III.5:1-9
Understanding this difference is imperative to our continuing on this journey we have embarked on. This journey is the journey to return to the awareness of who we really are in Oneness. A return to the awareness of our wholeness, completeness and the awareness of our divine mature. The Course gives us this tip:
When you are tempted to believe that sin is real, remember this: If sin is real, both Source and you are not. If creation is extension, the Creator must have extended Them-self, and it is impossible that what is part of Them is totally unlike the rest. If sin is real, Source must be at war with Itself. Source must be split, and torn between good and evil; partly sane and partially insane. For Source must have created what wills to destroy Itself, and has the power to do so. Is it not easier to believe that you have been mistaken than to believe in this? T-19.III.6:1-6
What would you believe? What do you really want? Are you content to be locked in the fear of irreversible sin and punishment? Take another path. Allow Spirit to show you there is nothing to fear, for any mistake in perception is easily corrected with the guidance of Spirit. Sin is completely unreal. Step into the peace that Spirit brings you as each and every mistake is shown a gentle correction and the peace of Heaven and eternity fill your mind.
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