we continue today with chapter 2 the
meaning of the Last Judgement one of the
ways in which you can correct the magic
miracle confusion is to remember that
you did not create yourself you are apt
to forget this when you become
egocentric and this puts you in a
position where belief in magic is
virtually inevitable your will to create
was given you by your Creator who was
expressing the same will in his creation
since creative ability rests in the mind
everything you create is necessarily a
matter of will it also follows that
whatever you alone make is real in your
own sight though not in the mind of God
this basic distinction leads directly
into the real meaning of the Last
Judgement the Last Judgement is one of
the most threatening ideas in your
thinking this is because you do not
understand it judgment is not an
attribute of God it was brought into
being only after the separation when it
became one of the many learning devices
to be built in to the overall plan just
as the separation occurred over millions
of years the last judgment will extend
over a similarly long period and perhaps
an even longer one its length however
can be greatly shortened by miracles the
device for shortening
but not abolishing time if the
sufficient number becomes truly miracle
minded this shortening process can be
virtually immeasurable it is essential
however that you free yourself quickly
because you must emerge from the
conflict if you are to bring peace to
other mine
the Last Judgement is generally thought
of as a procedure undertaken by God
actually it will be undertaken by my
brother's with my help
it is a final healing rather than a
meeting out of punishment however much
you may think that punishment is
deserved punishment is a concept totally
opposed to right mindedness and the aim
of the Last Judgement is to restore
right mindedness to you The Last
Judgment might be called a process of
rites evaluation it simply means that
everyone will finally come to understand
what is worthy and what is not after
this
the ability to choose can be directed
rationally until this distinction is
made however the vacillations between
free and imprisoned will cannot but
continue the first step toward freedom
involves a sorting out of the false from
the true this is a process of separation
in the constructive sense and reflects
the true meaning of the Apocalypse
everyone will ultimately look upon his
own creations and choose to preserve
only what is good just as God himself
looked upon what he had created and knew
that it was good at this point the mind
can begin to look with love on its own
creations because of their worthiness at
the same time the mind will inevitably
disown its miss creations which without
belief will no longer exist
the term Last Judgement is frightening
not only because it has been projected
onto God but also because of the
association of quote blessed with depth
this is an outstanding example of
upside-down perception if the meaning of
the Last Judgement is objectively
examined it is quite apparent that it is
really the doorway to life no one who
lives in fear is really alive your own
last judgement cannot be directed toward
yourself because you are not your own
creation you can however apply it
meaningfully and at any time to
everything you have made and retain in
your memory only what is creative and
good this is what your right - cannot
but dictate the purpose of time is
solely to quote give you time to achieve
this judgment it is your own perfect
judgment of your own perfect creations
when everything you retain is loveable
there is no reason for fear to remain
with you this is your part in the
atonement
and from the workbook lesson number 15
my thoughts are images that I have made
it is because the thoughts you think you
think appear as images that you do not
recognize them as nothing you think you
think them and so you think you see them
this is how your quote seeing was made
this is the function you have given your
body's eyes it is not seeing it is image
making it takes the place of seeing
replacing vision with illusions this
introductory idea to the process of
image making that you call seeing will
not have much meaning for you you will
begin to understand it when you have
seen little edges of light around the
same familiar objects which you see now
that is the beginning of real vision you
can be certain that real vision will
come quickly when this has occurred as
we go along you may have many quote
light episodes they may take many
different forms some of them quite
unexpected do not be afraid of them they
are signs that you're opening your eyes
at last they will not persist because
they merely symbolize true perception
and they are not related to knowledge
these exercises will not reveal
knowledge to you but they will prepare
the way to it
in practicing the idea for today repeat
it first to yourself and then apply it
to whatever you see around you using its
name and letting your eyes rest on it as
you say this link is an image that I
have made that blank is an image that I
have made it is not necessary to include
a large number of specific subjects for
the application of the day's idea it is
necessary however to continue to look at
each subject while we repeat the idea to
yourself the ideas should be repeated
quite slowly each time although you will
obviously not be able to apply the idea
to very many things during the minute or
so of practice that is recommended try
to make the selection as random as
possible less than a minute will do for
the practice periods if you begin to
feel uneasy do not have more than three
application periods for today's idea
unless you feel completely comfortable
with it and do not exceed four however
the idea can be applied as needed
throughout the day my thoughts are
images that I have made
so today we have another key revealed to
us this key is the ingenuity of the
deception of this world we are now
getting a peek under the veil that was
made to cover the light the experience
of identity as Christ and I say
ingenious because this is quite a magic
trick
that's thoughts appear as images is the
reason why they are not recognized as
nothing and so we've been told by Jesus
you think you think them and so you
think you see them he says this is how
your quotes seeing was made so we see
that the hallucination is false thoughts
or fictitious thoughts appearing as
images as if they are actual images and
this image making is the function that
has been given to the body's eyes
but even the body is just a thought
appearing as an image as well as all the
images that seem to surround the body in
the linear time-space cosmos so this is
a rather strange idea at first it needs
to be taken in a bit because there's a
convincing job that has to occur the
Holy Spirit has to convince the sleepy
mind that it is thinking thoughts that
have no existence whatsoever and
perceiving images that have no existence
whatsoever and that this entire image
making mechanism is simply a cover over
real vision abstract light the great
race of God on Christ
and we're given a hint of what's to come
light episodes he says do not be afraid
of them they are signs that you are
opening your eyes at last I recall my
first revelatory experience where the
seeming figure-ground of the world
collapsed and this blazing light not of
this world seemed to stream through to
me as me as everything until what seemed
to be images just faded and the light
overtook the images and then there was
only light but it was a sense of being
everything and knowing everything a
sense of having no questions a sense of
pure love it had no end
the end the very end of everything and
so there was a couple other revelations
that occurred after that that started
off the same with open eyed meditation
or we call it I gazing in deep stillness
and today we take a step in opening our
hearts in opening our mind to this
amazing light and we begin to allow
ourselves to be convinced shown
the light of truth this idea for the day
is you could say the the beginning of a
prayer to have God reveal the truth of
our very being to our mind that we may
come to know our identity as an idea a
perfect idea in the mind of God a Christ
idea not an image not male or female not
masculine or feminine not this or that
Nadia nor yang but a perfect idea in the
mind of God and so today we devote each
moment that we can recall the lesson for
today as practice in preparing our mind
for the vision of Christ
my thoughts are images that I have made