Notes on the Text of A Course in - Stephen Wingate

peace of the Holy Spirit in my mind rather than the
conflict of the ego.
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The sin, guilt, fear, hatred and violence that I see in
you and the world are projected from my own mind
— I see myself in you and the world.
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The third lesson of the Holy Spirit is "Be vigilant
only for God and His Kingdom." The ego's version is
"Be vigilant only for the ego and its kingdom of
guilt." The ego makes sin and guilt real in ourselves,
then denies its presence in us, and is vigilant of the
guilt in everybody else. This third lesson of the Holy
Spirit shifts our vigilance to our mind and the peace
of the Holy Spirit rather than the ego's conflict in the
world we made. Now we are to be continually
watchful with Jesus for our temptation to go back to
the ego. We know we have gone back to the ego
when we are not at peace and we are blaming other
people for what we are feeling.
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We are to be vigilant and watchful of our thoughts of
judgment, condemnation, separation and specialness,
and bring them to the light of the Holy Spirit's love
to help purify our mind. When we are not at peace
we are to stop and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance to
help us see with the vision of Christ.
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Learning the lessons of the Holy Spirit happens in
the world of duality, but our attention is shifting
from the world, back to the mind; and from the
wrong mind of the ego, back to the right mind of the
Holy Spirit. This is a process that happens over time.
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More and more we are choosing for the peace of the
Holy Spirit, and against the conflict of the ego. It can
take time to overcome the temptation of the ego, but
Jesus and the Holy Spirit are always with us
providing loving guidance and support.
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Vigilance means to be watchful for all the ways I try
to exclude, judge, condemn, attack and blame others,
and turn to the Holy Spirit and His peace instead.
The altar to God is the center in the right mind with
the Holy Spirit at the memory of God and His love.
Turning to the Holy Spirit and away from the ego is
a process that happens over time.
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Vigilance and effort are required because of the ego's
great fear of extinction, and its resistance to giving
up its face of innocence and its special independent
existence. Initially, vigilance of the dynamics of the
ego can be quite painful, as we are realizing that all
of the sin, guilt, fear, conflict, hate, and war we
perceived as outside of us, is actually within us. As
we are more and more willing to bring the darkness
of our hidden guilt to the light of the Holy Spirit's
love and forgiveness, our experience turns from pain
and suffering to happiness and great peace.
Again, the three lessons of the Holy Spirit:
To have, give all to all.
To have peace, teach peace to learn it.
Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom.
End Chapter Six