The ego does not recognize the real source of "threat", and if you associate yourself with the ego, you do not understand the situation as it is. Only your allegiance to it gives the ego any power over you. I am speaking of the ego as it is a separate entity acting on its own. This is necessary to persuade you that you cannot dismiss is lightly, and must realize how much of your thinking is ego-directed. We cannot safely let it go at that ,however, or you will regard yourself as necessarily conflicted as long as you are here , or as long as you believe that you are here. The ego is nothing more than a part of your belief about yourself. Your other life has continued without interruption , and has been and always will be totally unaffected by your attempts to dissociate it. There are two worlds. This your perceive with the 5 senses( the illusion , the matrix , the time dimension) where you decided to break the continuity of time to past present and future , detach from the mind of God and become delusional, and the true world which is beyond this veil of illusion and nothingness which remains unaffected by what never happened in time, in this matrix. Our communication there is unaffected by this error, unbroken and you can tap in there Now.
The ego has a strange notion of time, and it is with this notion that your questioning might well begin. the ego invests heavily in the past , and in the end believes that the past is the only aspect of time that is meaningful. Remember that its emphasis on guilt enables it to ensure its continuity by making the future like the past, and thus avoiding the present. By the notion of paying for the past in the future the past becomes determiner of the future making them continuous without an intervening present. For the ego regards the present only as a brief transition to the future , in which it brings the past to the future by interpreting the present in past terms . "Now" has no meaning to the ego. The present were the past. The ego cannot tolerate release from the past, and although the past is over, the ego tries to preserve its image by responding as if it were present it dictates your reactions to those you meet in the present from past reference point, obscuring their present reality in effect , if you follow the ego's dictates you will react to your brother as though he were someone else, and this will surely prevent you from recognizing him as he is. And you will receive messages from him out of your own past because, by making it real in the present , your are forbidding yourself to let it go, you thus deny yourself the message of release that every brother offers you Now.
The shadowy figures from the past are precisely what you must escape. They are not real, and have no hold over you unless you bring them with you. They carry the spots of pain in your mind, directing you to attack in the present in retaliation for a past that is no more. And this decision is one of future pain. Unless you learn that past pain is an illusion, you are choosing a future of illusions and losing the many opportunities you could find for release in the present. The ego would preserve your nightmares, and prevent you from awakening and understanding they are past. Would you recognize a holy encounter if you are merely perceiving it as a meeting with your own past? For you would be meeting no one and the sharing of salvation, which makes the encounter Holy, would be excluded from your sight. The Holy Spirit teaches that you always meet yourself, and the encounter is Holy because you are. The ego teaches that you always encounter your past, and because your dreams were not Holy, the future cannot be and the present is without meaning.
It is evident that the Holy Spirit's perception of time is the exact opposite of the ego's. The reason is equally clear, for they perceive the goal of time as diametrically opposed. The Holy Spirit interprets time's purpose as rendering the need for time unnecessary. He regards the function of time as temporary, serving only his teaching function, which is temporary by definition. His emphasis is therefore on the only aspect of time that can extend to the infinite, for now is the closest approximation of eternity that this world offers. It is in the reality of "Now" , without past or future , that the beginning of the appreciation of eternity lies. For only "Now" presents the opportunities for the Holy encounters in which salvation can be found. The ego, on the other hand, regards the function of time as one of extending itself in place of eternity, for like the Holy Spirit, the ego interprets the goal of time as its own. The continuity of past and future, under its direction is the only purpose the ego perceives in time, and it closes over the present so that no gap in its own continuity can occur. Its continuity, then, would keep you in time, while the Holy Spirit would release you from it. It is his interpretation of the means of salvation that you must learn to accept, if you would share His goal for salvation for you.
You, too, will interpret the function of time as you interpret yours. If you accept your function in the world of time as one of healing , you will emphasize only the aspect of time in which healing can occur. Healing cannot be accomplished in the past. It must be accomplished in the present to release the future. This interpretation ties to the future to the present, and extends the present rather than the past. But if you interpret your function as destruction, you will lose sight of the present and hold on to the past to ensure a destructive future. And time will be as you interpret if , for of itself it is nothing.
To perceive truly is to be aware of all reality through the awareness of your own. But for this no illusions can rise to meet your sight, for reality leaves no room for any error. This means that you perceive a brother only as you see him now. His past has no reality in the present , so you cannot see it. Your past reactions to him are also not there, and if it is to them that you react , you but see an image of him that you made and cherish instead of him. In your questioning of illusions, ask yourself if it is really sane to perceive what was as Now. If you remember the past as you look upon your brother, you will be unable to perceive the reality that is Now. You consider it "natural" to use your past experience as the reference point from which to judge the present. Yet this is unnatural because it is delusional. When you have learned to look on everyone with no reference at all to the past, either his or yours as you perceived it, you will be able to learn from what you see Now. For the past can cast no shadow to darken the present, unless you are AFRAID of Light. And only if you are would you choose to bring darkness with you, and by holding it in your mind, see it as a dark cloud that shrouds your brothers and conceals their reality from your sight.
Time can release as well as imprison, depending on whose interpretation of it you use. Past, present and future are not continuous, unless you force continuity on them. You can perceive them as continuous, and make them so for you. But do not be deceived , and then believe that this is how it is. For to believe reality is what you would have it be according to your use for it is delusional. You would destroy time's continuity by breaking it into past, present and future for your own purposes. You would anticipate the future on the basis of your past experience, and plan for it accordingly. Yet by doing so you are aligning past and future , and not allowing the miracle, which could intervene between them, to free you to be born again.
The Present offers you your brothers in the light that would unite you with them , and free you from the past. Would you, then , hold the past against them ? For if you do, you are choosing to remain in darkness that is not there, and refusing to accept the light that is offered you. For the light of perfect vision is freely given as it is freely received, and can be accepted only without limit. In this one, still dimension of time that does not change, and where there is no sight of what you were, you look at Christ and call his witnesses to shine on you because you called them forth. And they will not deny the truth in you, because you looked for it in them and found it there.
Now is the time of salvation, for Now is the release from time, reach out to all your brothers, and touch them with the touch of Christ. In timeless union with them is your continuity, unbroken, because it is wholly shared. God's guiltless son is only light. There is no darkness in him anywhere for He is whole. Call all your brothers to witness to his wholeness, as I am calling you to join with me. Each voice has a part in the song of redemption, the hymn of gladness and thanksgiving for the light to the creator of light. The Holy light that shines forth from God's Son is the witness that his light is of His Father.
Shine on your brothers in remembrance of your Creator , for you will remember Him as you call forth the witnesses to His creation. Those whom you heal bear witness to your healing, for in their wholeness you will see your own. And as your hymns of praise and gladness rise to your Creator, He will return your thanks in His clear answer to your call for it can never be that His Son called upon him and remained unanswered. His call to you is but your call to Him . And in Him you are answered by His peace.
Child of light, you know not that the light is in you. Yet you will find it through its witnesses, for having given light to them they will return it. Each one you see in light brings your light closer to your awareness. Love always leads to love. The sick, who ask for love, are grateful for it. And in their joy they shine with Holy thanks. And this they offer you who gave them joy. They are your guides to joy, for having received it of you they would keep it. You have established them as guides to your peace, for you have made it manifest in them, and seeing it ,its beauty calls you home.
There is a light that this world cannot give. Yet you can give it , as it was given you. And as you give it, it shines forth to call you from the world and follow it, for this light will attract you as nothing in this world can do, and you will lay aside the world and find another. This other world is bright with love which you have given it. And there everything remind you of your Father and his Holy Son. Light is unlimited and spreads across this world in quiet joy. All those you brought with you will shine on you, and you will shine on them in gratitude because they brought you here. Your light will join with theirs in power so compelling , that it will draw others out of darkness as you look on them.
Awakening unto Christ is following the laws of love of your free will, and out of quiet recognition of the truth in them. The attraction of light must draw you willingly. And willingness is signified by giving. Those who accept love of you become your willing witnesses to the love you gave them , and it is they who hold it out to you. In sleep you are alone, and your awareness is narrowed to yourself. And that is why the nightmares come. You dream of isolation because your eyes are closed. You do not see your brothers, and in the darkness you cannot look upon the light you gave them.
And yet the laws of love are not suspended because you sleep. And you have followed them through all your nightmares, and have been faithful in your giving , for you were not alone. Even in sleep has Christ protected you, ensuring the real world for you when you awake . In your name he has given for you , and given you the gifts he gave. God's Son is still as loving as his Father. Continuous with his Father he has no past apart from Him. So he has never ceased to be his Father's witness and his own. Although He slept, Christ's Vision did not leave him, and it is that he can call unto himself the witnesses that teach him that he never slept.
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