That is such a beautiful answer altarslight. Thank you! Joli
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> Atonement and Forgiveness are both the same thing. They are both
often spoken
> of as a process in time, and while the two subjects are fleshed out
into
> words a little differently, there really is no difference in them
at all, for they
> are integral to one another.
>
> Atonement is restoration of your attention to true sight. Without
whole
> attention, whole site cannot "appear" in mind (which does not mean
it is not there
> or cannot be seen), for it takes the whole mind fully attentive to
see its
> appearing. This can be a little confusing because you do see it,
but then do not
> believe that you see it, seemingly nullifying your vision.
>
> Let's call the dream partial and mixed signals viewed with partial
attention,
> compartmentalized such that attention is focused on separate parts,
and the
> mental act of focusing adds attention to some parts while removing
attention
> from other parts. This seeming process is not possible in reality.
In reality,
> the so-called parts are undivided, and the attention that attends
to them day
> and night so to speak is also undivided, giving a whole report to
soul, which
> offers whole vision to mind as the report of the reality seen.
>
> While one cannot stop this reality (father) and its true report
(son) to i
> tself, one can attempt to attack by falsifying the report to soul.
The primary
> (and only real) function of creation, including its whole report to
soul, cannot
> be interrupted, nevertheless stopped. Inherent in the freedom to
exercise
> mind in any way, one can attempt to violate this law of constancy,
but cannot
> literally do so. But the attempt itself becomes an incomplete set
of thoughts
> that keep dividing and redividing their incompleteness and
circularity
> (unrealness) to soul and back to vision. The real vision that is
integral with the
> reality it reports (sees) is unwaveringly infinite and whole, and
yet, the attempt
> to refuse and deny constancy and wholeness becomes a false report
that uses
> the real report like a carrier wave. The false report is like an
interference
> pattern or a non-resonant frequency pattern, becoming a distraction
of
> attention. True attention also is whole and cannot literally be
split, and so all of
> these things "make" counterfeits to work in mind in what can be
likened to a
> practice area similar to what programmers use when making and
testing a program
> in a simulated environment (dream). So, you get counterfeit
attention,
> counterfeit meditation, counterfeit ideation, counterfeit soul and
sight function (and
> whole function in general seeming to be broken down into many
functions) and
> so on. In a sense it is like throwing thousands of BB-sized pebbles
into a
> pond over and over, keeping the surface reflections reporting
distorted
> reflections...a vexation of spirit (even though the vexation only
shows up in the
> counterfeit vision, not in spirit itself). It is like raining on
one's own parade.
> The attempting itself throws the one attempting into a multifaceted
array of
> vexed tizzies, with some tizzies seeming positive and desirable and
some
> tizzies seeming negative and undesirable...instead of seeing peace
as it is and
> noticing it is wholly desirable.
>
> You cannot disturb peace, but you can exercise will in ways you do
not like,
> and blow your own mind like a circuit breaker. Once it is blown, it
has an
> auto-reset sequence (the dream of a process of atonement or
forgiveness or
> healing) that goes into seeming effect to restore the correct
distribution and flow
> reporting so that each individuation's belief is not at odds with
the
> substance of the faithfulness that love is. However, the nature of
resistance is
> cyclic and cumulative, although limited by its incompleteness, and
you just keep
> misunderstanding how to restore agreement by acceptance, and
instead of allowing
> its automatic process, you keep dumping effort into the circuit
breaker reset
> mechanism. This continually trips and retrips the circuit breaker,
and keeps
> the counterfeit ideation of interference patterns going. We
interpret the
> reflections on the lake and try various complex methodologies to
make the
> reflections tranquil again by throwing in just the right amount and
quality and size
> of pebbles at just the right rate. We lose sight of the truth that
only ceasing
> from throwing in the pebbles can calm the surface of our mind in
order to
> see. The only thing that can be thrown into the lake that will not
disturb its
> reflections in appearance is the whole lake together, and we are
too busy making
> tiny counterfeit partial thoughts, rearranging and structuring them
into
> methods and throwing them into the lake instead.
>
> Acceptance of the atonement is finding the willingness to (begin
to) become
> open to the idea of allowing the surface to calm itself...which it
will
> naturally do.
>
> Forgiveness is this same thing...taken to the point of renewed
vision wherein
> the vision now reports the truth. Whole or true forgiveness,
already being
> there in fore-giving, gives to all what it has discovered of
all....a calm
> reality already existing peacefully within, far beyond any real
disturbance by our
> vexing attempts. This is to say that for all our attempting to
attack the lake
> with our rain pellets, it really isn't changed at all. It was as
though the
> tranquil lake surface was there awaiting our acceptance all the
time, and that
> looking at it instead of pelting it revealed in an instant that
this was so.
>
> These are crude metaphors are intended only to point toward a way
of thinking
> and looking that can assist in opening the mind through examining
appropriate
> attitudes about discovering peace and seeing it as it is. If we
choose, we
> must choose against seeing it as it is, for seeing it as it is
requires no
> action at all, but simply being willing to look and nothing more.
In our
> conditioned habit of doing, doing, doing...it is hard to think of
something that is
> wholly indivisibly unchangable, and without need for changing or
accomplishing.
> Forgiveness is letting go of that habit of vexation and attempting
to finish
> that which is forever finished.
>
> Then of course, having heard that message, people set out to "let
go" of
> these things....a mistake. Just relax and quit trying to make
it "happen"...for it
> does not need to happen, but merely needs our whole attention to
the whole
> thought (or word) of God in us as us...which will automatically
reveal itself to
> us when once we allow it to do so. It is showing us already, and
were it not
> for the ripples criss-crossing the lake, we would see it easily. In
fact we
> already do, but we keep insisting we do not, superimposing a false
ideation
> cloak over the naked body of our father so as to hide our guilt.
>
> altarlight
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