A Course in Miracles (ACIM): The Ego and Forgiveness2125003
Query: What is the function of forgiveness in A Course in Miracles?
Answer: Forgiveness in A Course in Miracles is really correction of the mind. From the metaphysical aspect, you have a split mind. One side of the split mind is the ego (wrong mind). The other side is the Holy Spirit (correct mind) which produces correction, also recognized as forgiveness. In this split mind situation, you still retain your decision maker - observer and this enables you to choose between the split mind portions. You have never lost it. If you choose judgment, you are nonetheless selecting. Consequently, it is not hidden, but still being used. The ego does not want you to know this because choosing against the ego's judgments is death to it.
When we talk about forgiveness, we are not speaking of forgiveness as outlined by the ego globe. This is a various way of thinking and can be difficult to initially grasp. Forgiveness, in this sense, is forgiveness for salvation by selecting the correction of the Holy Spirit (correct mind) to right the errors of the ego (wrong mind). How does one do this? The primary way is by being prepared to give up the ego's judgments and believed types in favor of correction (forgiveness).
Why would you do this? At some point in life, everybody has had enough of the way their life is heading and feels the frustration in how this globe operates. So what do they do? They begin asking themselves questions and looking for answers for the truth, such as, who they are and why they are here. The answer is simple: Forgiveness, also recognized as correction of the mind. That is your purpose in life and why you are right here.
On a deep unconscious level, this solution of forgiveness was placed in the mind at the time of the original separation from God. Everybody has the ability to choose from either side. Your life won't change till you change your internal Teacher to the Holy Spirit (correct mind).
Query: How do I figure out what the ego is in my life?
Answer: First, one has to study what the ego is, understand it, and then be able to look back upon it without fear or guilt. The ego is a thought system primarily based upon a series of judgments whose very foundation is fear. This goes back to the original separation and is characterized by hate, anger, blame, grievances, judgment, self-interest, specialness, depression, projections, war, death, sin, fear, guilt, and "forgiveness-to-destroy", just to name a couple of. If you honestly look about, you will observe that this globe is primarily based on a kill or be killed thought system. That is the ego. It is always one or the other and never both. What is causing difficulties in life, and in this world, is that you choose to listen to the ego's judgments about every thing and they are fear-primarily based judgments.
A Course in Miracles teaches us that according to the mind you choose from, you will see the corresponding impact. If you choose the judgments of the ego as your cause, your effect will be from that side. By selecting the Holy Spirit (correct mind) as the cause, the negative effects of the ego are undone and the accurate effect is received: Correction (forgiveness). By altering your internal Teacher as trigger, you will see a different impact for the result. All it requires is a little willingness to learn how to do this and then following up by performing the work of selecting to turn over judgments for correction (forgiveness) from the Holy Spirit (right mind). Make no error: This is death to the ego!
Conclusion: The ego is a vindictive and vicious thought system that aims to maintain you stuck in this globe by growing your separation from everybody else using judgment. You can't see Heaven from judgment. If you listen to the judgments of the ego, your life is a reflection of these judgments nevertheless, if you listen with the Holy Spirit (correct mind) and choose forgiveness by turning over those judgments, all the consequences of the ego (incorrect mind) options are undone. You do this by prepared to totally give up the ego on that topic matter and choose an additional way. Turn it over! It all comes down to the option of the internal Teacher. You can't be a slave to two masters.
Forgiveness is summed up merely as this: Choose a different internal Teacher for the correction of the mind. God does not recognize judgment or that any error was ever made. To enter the Kingdom, your mind should be returned to accurate perception which is an additional name for peace.
