we continue with Chapter six
the only answer remember that the Holy
Spirit is the answer not the question
the ego always speaks first it is
capricious and does not mean it's maker
well it believes and correctly so that
it's maker may withdraw his support from
it at any moment if it meant you well it
would be glad as the Holy Spirit will be
glad when he has brought you home and
you are no longer needing his guidance
the ego does not regard itself as part
of you herein lies its primary error the
foundation of its whole thought system
when God created you he made you part of
him that is why I attacked with him the
kingdom is impossible
you made the ego without love and so it
does not love you you could not remain
within the kingdom without love and
since the kingdom is love you believe
that you are without it this enables the
ego to regard itself as separate and
outside its maker thus speaking for the
part of your mind that believes you are
separate and outside the mind of God the
ego then raised the first question that
was ever asked but one it can never
answer that question
what are you was the beginning of doubt
the ego has never answered any question
since although it has raised a great
many the most inventive activities of
the ego have never done more than
obscure the question because you have
the answer and the ego is afraid of you
you cannot understand the conflict until
you fully understand the basic fact that
the ego cannot know anything
the Holy Spirit does not speak first but
he always answers everyone has called
upon him for help at one time or another
and in one way or another and has been
answered
since the Holy Spirit answers truly he
answers for all time which means that
everyone has the answer now the ego
cannot hear the Holy Spirit but it does
believe that part of the mind that made
it is against it it interprets this as a
justification for attacking its maker it
believes that the best defense is attack
and wants you to believe it unless you
do believe it
you will not side with it and the ego
feels badly in need of allies them not
of brothers preceding something alien to
itself in your mind the ego turns to the
body is its ally because the body is not
part of you
this makes the body the egos friend it
is an alliance frankly based on
separation if you side with this
alliance you will be afraid because you
are siding with an alliance of fear the
ego uses the body to conspire against
your mind and because the ego realizes
that its enemy can end them both merely
by recognizing they are not part of you
they join in the attack together this is
perhaps the strangest perception of all
if you consider what it really involves
the ego which is not real attempts to
persuade the mind which Israel that the
mind is the egos learning device and
further that the body is more real than
the mind is no one in his right mind
could possibly believe this and no one
in his right mind does believe it here
then
the one answer of the holy spirit to all
the questions the ego raises you are a
child of God a priceless part of his
kingdom which he created as part of him
nothing else exists and only this is
real you have chosen asleep in which you
have had bad dreams but the sleep is not
real and our God calls you to awaken
there will be nothing left of your dream
when you hear him because you will
awaken your dreams contain many of the
ego symbols and they have confused you
yet that was only because you were
asleep and did not know when you wake
you will see the truth around you and
you will no longer believe in dreams
because they will have no reality for
you yet the Kingdom and all that you
have created there will have great
reality for you because they are
beautiful and true in the kingdom where
you are and what you are is perfectly
certain there is no doubt because the
first question was never asked having
finally been holy answered it has never
been being alone lives in the kingdom
where everything lives in God without
question the time spent on questioning
in the dream has given way to creation
into its eternity you are certain as God
because you are as true as he is but
what was once certain in your mind has
become only the ability for certainty
the introduction of abilities into being
was the beginning of uncertainty because
abilities are potentials not
accomplishments
your abilities are useless in the
presence of God's accomplishments and
also of yours accomplishments are
results that have been achieved when
they are perfect abilities are
meaningless it is curious that the
perfect must now be perfected in fact it
is impossible remember however that when
you put yourself in an impossible
situation you believe that the
impossible is possible abilities must be
developed before you can use them this
is not true of anything that God created
but it is the kind of solution possible
for what you made in an impossible
situation you can develop your abilities
to the point where they can get you out
of it you have a guide to how to develop
them but you have no commander except
yourself this leaves you in charge of
the kingdom with both a guide to find it
and a means to keep it you have a model
to follow
who will strengthen your command and
never detract from it in any way you
therefore retain the central place in
your imagined enslavement which in
itself demonstrates the two are not
enslaved you are in an impossible
situation only because you think it is
possible to be in one you would be in an
impossible situation if God showed you
your perfection and proved to you that
you were wrong
this would demonstrate that the perfect
are inadequate to bring themselves to
the awareness of their perfection and
thus side with the belief that those who
have everything need help and are
therefore helpless this is the kind of
quote reasoning in which the ego engages
God who knows that his creations are
perfect does not affront them this would
be as impossible
as the egos notion that it has affronted
him that is why the Holy Spirit never
commands to command us to assume
inequality which the Holy Spirit
demonstrates does not exist fidelity to
premises is a law of mind and everything
God created is faithful to his laws
fidelity to other laws is also possible
however not because the laws are true
but because you made them what would be
gained if God proved to you that you
have thought insanely can God loses his
own certainty I have frequently said
that what you teach you are would you
have God teach you that you have sinned
if he confronted the self you made with
the truth he created for you what could
you be but afraid you would doubt your
right mind which is the only place where
you can find the sanity he gave you God
does not teach to teach his to imply
lack which God knows is not there
God is not conflicted teaching aims had
changed but God created only the
changeless the separation was not a loss
of perfection but a failure in
communication a harsh and strident form
of communication arose as the egos voice
it could not shatter the peace of God
but it could shatter yours
God did not blot it out because to
eradicate it would be to attack it being
questioned he did not question he merely
gave the answer his answer is your
teacher
and from the workbook lesson 40 I am
blessed as a son of God today we will
begin to assert some of the happy things
to which you are entitled being what you
are no long practice periods are
required today but very frequent short
ones are necessary once every 10 minutes
would be highly desirable and you are
urged to attempt this schedule and to
adhere to it whenever possible
if you forget try again if there are
long interruptions try again whenever
you remember try again
you need not close your eyes for the
exercise periods although you will
probably find it more helpful if you do
however you may be in a number of
situations during the day when closing
your eyes would not be feasible do not
miss a practice period because of this
you can practice quite well under any
circumstances if you really want to
today's exercises take a little time and
no effort repeat the idea for today and
then add several of the attributes you
associate with being a son of God
applying them to yourself one practice
period might for example consist of the
following
I am blessed as a son of God I am happy
peaceful loving and contented another
might take this form I am blessed as a
son of God I am calm quiet assured and
competent if only a brief period is
available merely telling yourself that
you are blessed
as the Son of God will do I am blessed
as a son of God so today we sink inward
into the blessing into our sense of
holiness into the answer the answer to
the question that was the ego the only
answer our true identity and the
correction of error we must see that we
have not known anything in relationship
to this world today we open to
humbleness and true humility
we realized that God created us as love
and in love there is no lack and no
attack though the ego speaks first the
Holy Spirit always answers and his
answers are for all time which means
that everyone has the answer now
we returned that belief in separation
that part of our mind that believes
there's something besides God besides
love we returned that now give it to the
holy spirit sink deep into the blessing
sink deep into our true identity today
we open to remember our certainty our
certainty that resides in God
we lay aside all abilities and
potentialities yielding our mind an
awareness to certainty to wholeness
resting in God
feeling the blessing as a holy son of
God and so we practice today as we were
instructed in this workbook lesson we
start with the lesson the eyes open or
closed I am blessed as a son of God I am
whole complete loved at peace
enjoy and certainty I am blessed as a
son of God truly I am blessed as the Son
of God