My
Choice
Ego or Holy Spirit
Ego (illusion)
I believe I am a body,
sinful, guilty, despicable, and that I deserve to be attacked. P 651
My only apparent choice
is between my brother and myself, which either way inevitably leads to attack, defense,
suffering and death. p 653
In order to feel less
guilty and fearful, I put on the face of innocence and project the desire-to-attack onto
my brother.
My false perception
allows me to see whatever I want to see.
I perceive my brother attacking me. I
am innocent. His unfair attack makes me feel angry and forces me to attack him
in ‘self’-defense. It is entirely his fault; he made me do it. p 656
Do I prefer to be right
(in my illusion) or happy in the truth? p 617
This world is an illusion.
I made it up. All I have to do is recognize this and I am released. p 443
Lessons
I do not understand
anything I see. 3
What I see is a form of
vengeance. 22
I can escape the world I
see by giving up attack thoughts. 23
I have invented the world
I see. 32
Forgiveness offers
everything I want.
122
I am as God created me. 162
I want the peace of God. 185
I rule my mind, which I
alone must rule. 236
I love you Father, and I
love your son 298
I choose to see my brother’s
sinlessness. 335
Should one brother appear
as wholly worthy of forgiveness, then my concept of myself is wholly changed. p 662
So I focus on the good in
everyone, on their innocence.
I learn the happy habit of
reminding myself that
I am as God created me.
His Son can suffer nothing.
And I am
His Son.
p 667
I invite Christ’s
strength to prevail and all suffering disappears as mists before the sun. p 667