Notes on the Text of A Course in - Stephen Wingate

chose to forget. Forgiveness is a first step to
remembering our Identity with God by seeing Christ
in our brother.
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By attacking our brother, we are choosing to forget
who we truly are and who our brother is — the One
Son. Attacking our brother is a reflection of our
original attack on God, and an attempt to maintain
our separate existence. To wake up from the
nightmare of separation we must become aware of
the choices and activities of our mind that keep us
identified with the body and ego, and asleep to the
truth.
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Choosing the ego as our guide is the cause of our
loss of peace. The theme of observing our thoughts
and feelings in the mind, and our relationships in the
world is an important theme in the Course.
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Turning to the Holy Spirit or Jesus rather than the
ego facilitates our waking up from the painful dream
of separation. With the help of the Holy Spirit you
look on your brothers through the eyes of
forgiveness, innocence and love. With the help of the
ego you look on your brothers through the eyes of
sin, guilt and fear. The guide you turn to is your
decision.
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To make an educated decision we must be fully
aware of our options and the consequences of our
choice.
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Forgiveness of one is forgiveness of all. We are one
Son in truth, and we are one ego in the illusion. We
share our true Identity with God, and we share our
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false identity with the ego. We have one shared
interest: to wake up to the truth of our oneness with
God. We suffer from the same illusion: the lie of our
separation from God. My only function in the world
is to accept the Atonement for myself, which means
to forgive and accept the love of God for myself and
as myself.
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Your relationships are healed in your mind only, not
in the relationship of bodies. Relationships are
healed in the realization that there is no relationship.
There is one Son who is not separate from himself,
and therefore cannot be in relationship with himself.
There is no separation in you. You are not divided
from yourself. This is the Atonement; the realization
of oneness.
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The way to facilitate healing in others is to be healed
yourself. You are healed by accepting the Atonement
for yourself. The Atonement is the realization that
separation from God's eternal love never happened.
The first step toward accepting the Atonement for
yourself is forgiveness of your brothers, because
your brothers are your projections of yourself.
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The miracle is the shift in perception from belief in
the illusion of our separation from God to the vision
and Knowledge of the truth of our oneness with God.
The term "Great Rays" refers to the light of Christ
that is the truth in all of us. The Atonement principle
is the "spark" in our mind that is the memory of our
true Identity with the Great Rays of Christ in
Heaven.
End Chapter Ten