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|    05 Apr 22 17:18:13    |
      XPost: alt.politics.usa.congress, alt.atheism, talk.politics.misc       XPost: alt.politics.usa.democrats, alt.politics.usa.republicans       From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com              On 4/2/2022 9:30 AM, Intelligent Party wrote:       > "God's guiltless Son is only light. There is no darkness in him anywhere,       for he       > is whole."       >       >       > "When you have accepted the Atonement for yourself, you will realize there       is no       > guilt in God's Son. And only as you look upon him as guiltless can you       understand       > his oneness. For the idea of guilt brings a belief in condemnation of one by       > another, projecting separation in place of unity. You can condemn only       yourself,       > and by so doing you cannot know that you are God's Son. You have denied the       > condition of his being, which is his perfect blamelessness. Out of love he       was       > created, and in love he abides. Goodness and mercy have always followed       him, for       > he has always extended the Love of his Father.       >       > As you perceive the holy companions who travel with you, you will realize       that       > there is no journey, but only an awakening. The Son of God, who sleepeth       not, has       > kept faith with his Father for you. There is no road to travel on, and no       time to       > travel through. For God waits not for his Son in time, being forever       unwilling to       > be without him. And so it has always been. Let the holiness of God's Son       shine       > away the cloud of guilt that darkens your mind, and by accepting his purity       as       > yours, learn of him that it *is* yours.       >       > You are invulnerable because you are guiltless. You can hold on to the past       only       > through guilt. For guilt establishes that you will be punished for what you       have       > done, and thus depends on one-dimensional time, proceeding from past to       future. No       > one who believes this can understand what "always" means, and therefore       guilt must       > deprive you of the appreciation of eternity. You are immortal because you       are       > eternal, and "always" must be now. Guilt, then, is a way of holding past and       > future in your mind to ensure the ego's continuity. For if what has been       will be       > punished, the ego's continuity is guaranteed. Yet the guarantee of your       > continuity is God's, not the ego's. And immortality is the opposite of       time, for       > time passes away, while immortality is constant.       >       > Accepting the Atonement teaches you what immortality is, for by accepting       your       > guiltlessness you learn that the past has never been, and so the future is       > needless and will not be. The future, in time, is always associated with       > expiation, and only guilt could induce a sense of a need for expiation.        Accepting       > the guiltlessness of the Son of God as yours is therefore God's way of       reminding       > you of his Son, and what he is in truth. For God has never condemned his       Son, and       > being guiltless he is eternal.       >       > You cannot dispel guilt by making it real, and then atoning for it. This is       the       > ego's plan, which it offers instead of dispelling it. The ego believes in       > atonement through attack, being fully committed to the insane notion that       attack       > is salvation. And you who cherish guilt must also believe it, for how else       but by       > identifying with the ego could you hold dear what you do not want?       >       > The ego teaches you to attack yourself because you are guilty, and this must       > increase the guilt, for guilt is the result of attack. In the ego's       teaching,       > then, there is no escape from guilt. For attack makes guilt real, and if it       is       > real there is no way to overcome it. The Holy Spirit dispels it simply       through       > the calm recognition that it has never been. As he looks upon the guiltless       Son       > of God, he knows that this is true. And being true for you, you cannot       attack       > yourself, for without guilt attack is impossible. You, then, are saved       because       > God's Son is guiltless. And being wholly pure, you are invulnerable."       >       >       > "You will see me as you learn the Son of God is guiltless. He has always       sought       > his guiltlessness, and he has found it. For everyone is seeking to escape       from       > the prison he has made, and the way to find release is not denied him.        Being in       > him, he has found it. *When* he finds it is only a matter of time, and time       is       > but an illusion. For the Son of God is guiltless now, and the brightness of       his       > purity shines untouched forever in God's Mind. God's Son will always be as       he was       > created. Deny your world and judge him not, for his eternal guiltlessness       is in       > the Mind of his Father, and protects him forever."       >              Bump              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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