On love, fear, levels and confusion.

[Pieter]

In the original text is said:

"The emptiness engendered by fear should be replaced by love,
because love and its absence are in the same dimension, and
correction cannot be undertaken except within a dimension.
Otherwise, there has been a confusion of levels."

(NB In the official edition this is abbreviated to:
"The emptiness engendered by fear must be
replaced by forgiveness." T-1.IV.4:1.)

- Quite an important principle: that "correction
cannot be undertaken except WITHIN a dimension."
Since for spirit the ego does not exist, and for the ego
spirit does not exist. Any confusion can only seem to
exist in a split mind. Remarkable is that spirit and ego
can only be CONFUSED when they are KEPT APART.
This seems to be a paradox, but just by bringing them
together does the ego disappear (since for spirit the ego
does not exist). The ego is maintained only by keeping
it apart from spirit. Which of course is the separation.
So to recapitulate: the ego does not need to be corrected,
but merely relinquished, and the lack of love replaced by
love, or the call for love answered with love.

[maz]

>This seems to be a paradox, but just by bringing them
together does the ego disappear (since for spirit the ego
does not exist). <

Thanks Pieter. Brings to mind that Jesus is actually
proposing "association" of ego and Soul, so that he
can guide our ego.

800. The dis-spirited have no choice BUT to be narcissistic, and to be
narcissistic IS to place your faith in the unworthy. Your real worth IS your
divine authorship, and your Soul is its acknowledgement. I cannot guide your
egos EXCEPT as you associate them with your Souls.

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