Notes on the Text of A Course in - Stephen Wingate

<strong>Notes</strong> on Chapter Nineteen – The Attainment of Peace
of the holy instant as we choose to see with the
bright vision of Christ rather than through the dark
clouds of the ego.
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The holy relationship is in your mind, not between
two people or two bodies. In the holy relationship,
fear's messengers, the hungry dogs of fear, are called
off; and love's messengers are sent out in their place.
The hungry dogs of fear were sent out to find sin and
guilt in your brothers. Love's messengers are sent out
to find love, peace and innocence in your brothers.
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Instead of choosing the ugliness of the ego's hatred,
we choose the beauty of the Holy Spirit's love. And
because projection makes perception, we find in our
brothers what we projected onto them.
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The fear of death is a mask over our attraction to
death. The ego wants us to believe in death, because
it proves we have our own life separate from God.
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Death is the belief in our separation from God. The
resurrection is the awakening from the belief in
death.
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Forgiveness is the means by which we are able to
undo the projection of guilt, and go back inside our
mind to resolve the true source of guilt which is our
decision to believe in the sin of separation from God.
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Our one and only purpose is to forgive all as a means
for reaching the end of the journey which is the
awakening to the real world. Now we look upon all
of our relationships as an opportunity to look within.
Looking at our special relationships, love and hate,
serves as an opportunity to see the sin and guilt we
have projected onto them from within ourselves.
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The first three obstacles to peace refer to the body as
a hiding place for our sin and guilt. To overcome the
fourth obstacle, the fear of God, we must go within
our mind to the source of fear which is our belief in
the original separation. Forgiveness helps us realize
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the sin is not in our brothers or in the world, but is in
our mind. We must face this final obstacle, the fear
of God, within our own mind before we can move on
to the real world.
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We are healed together or not at all. All are forgiven
or no one is forgiven. There are absolutely no
exceptions to God's unconditional love. His love is
all inclusive. The Holy Spirit's forgiveness is offered
to all. The Sonship is one. You cannot realize the
truth of your Identity with Christ if you withhold
forgiveness from even one of your brothers. We go
to Heaven together or not at all.
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We are to turn to the Holy Spirit to help us forgive
everyone against whom we have ever held a
grievance — past, present or future; dead or alive.
Not one stain of sin can be held against a brother if
we are to reach the real world. Our relationships are
the perfect mirror for us to look back into our mind
to find any remnants of sin and guilt that need to be
released through forgiveness.
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Crucifixion is a symbol for the ego's thought system
of sin, guilt and fear. As we project our sin and guilt
onto our brothers we crucify them hoping to
maintain our own innocence.
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Resurrection is the awakening from the dream of
separation, death and separate interests.
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The purpose of our life, the purpose of our
relationships, and our only goal is salvation from the
hell of egoic existence; through forgiveness and
Atonement, we realize the real world where God lifts
us back into Heaven.
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Our choice of goals in the world is either to maintain
our special separate egoic existence, or to realize the
truth of our Identity with Christ in Spirit.
End Chapter Nineteen