Notes on the Text of A Course in - Stephen Wingate

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The "you" who chooses is the decision making part
of your mind. By watching the ego in your daily life,
without judgment, you come to realize there must be
a better way, and you do have a choice as to whom
you identify with. In your daily life observe how
often you choose to identify with the selfishness,
guilt, anger and conflict of the ego, and how much
you suffer because of it.
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Again we will highlight the importance of being
aware of and watching the ego in action in our daily
experience: Without judging yourself, be honest and
aware of all of your selfishness, anger, hostility, hate,
guilt and fear; and give it to the Holy Spirit so His
light will shine it away. You cannot hide any thought
or feeling from the light of truth, or you will remain
a prisoner in your own darkness.
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We think guilt is wonderful, as long as we can see it
in others, not ourselves. We are not asked to
overcome guilt, change it or modify it; we are asked
to be fully aware of guilt by looking at it with the
Holy Spirit so we will realize the insanity of the
dynamics of the ego, and be willing to let it go. Your
entire world is projected as part of the ego's strategy
to avoid looking at your guilt. When you look at your
guilt it dissolves, when you avoid it, it becomes the
hell you call your life.
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To be free of the suffering, fear, anxiety, hostility
and savagery of the life we have made for ourselves,
we must look at what we have made over and over
again until we realize what a tragedy and disaster our
lives have become. We must bring all of our
darkness to the light so it can be shined away. The
purpose of this Course is to help us bring our
darkness to the light of God's love. If we refuse to
bring all of our darkness to the light, we will
continue to suffer.
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Our experience of linear time, which was made by
the ego's projection of sin, guilt and fear, is undone
in the holy instant. As we bring the darkness of our
guilt to the light of the Holy Spirit's forgiveness,
linear time comes to an end as the eternal love of
Christ is reflected in the holy instant.
<strong>Notes</strong> on Chapter Fifteen – The Holy Instant
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In the Text the term "holy instant" is used sometimes
as the final instant before God takes us into Heaven;
and other times it is referred to as one of a series of
holy instants that lead up to the final holy instant. In
the holy instant there is no ego, no body, no guilt, no
separation — there is only the reflection of Heaven's
love and nothing else. The first birth of the ego was
in the moment we chose to believe we were separate
from God. We are "born again" when we choose to
identify with the Holy Spirit in the holy instant.
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Who would you be without your guilt and fear, your
anger, viciousness, victimhood, sacrifice and
specialness? No one! That is your fear.
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Our role is to be aware of the darkness within us and
bring it to the light. The light shines through the
Holy Spirit and through us of its own. The extension
of light and love is not our doing; it is of the Father.
The results of the miracle of healing, forgiveness,
and the Atonement are of God; not us.
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The holy instant is the instant, out of time, when we
choose the love of the Holy Spirit rather than the fear
of the ego. Practicing the holy instant facilitates our
release from the ego's identification with linear time.
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The holy relationship is the special relationship as
viewed through the holy instant. The holy
relationship is not between two people or two bodies,
but is the state of mind of one who, in the holy
instant, sees the separation, sin, guilt and fear of the
special relationship as healed by the Holy Spirit.
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The term "holy relationship" refers to the content
(which is love) of the relationship in the mind, not
the form of the relationship (which is of the body and
world).
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Jesus and the Holy Spirit serve as our teachers who
help us bring our darkness to the light of Their love.
In the holy instant we realize our magnitude in our
oneness with Them and all our brothers.
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We are free to choose to be with the grandeur of
Christ or the grandiosity of the ego.
End Chapter Fifteen