Holy Spirit and His Guidance T-15.VII.8:1-9

Chapter 15


The Holy Instant


VII. The Needless Sacrifice


Para 8


Sentences 1-9





Yet they only seem to be together. ²For relationships, to the
ego, mean only that bodies are together. ³It is always this that
the ego demands, and it does not object where the mind goes or
what it thinks, for this seems unimportant. ⁴As long as the body
is there to receive its sacrifice, it is content. ⁵To the ego the
mind is private, and only the body can be shared. ⁶Ideas are
basically of no concern, except as they bring the body of another
closer or farther. ⁷And it is in these terms that it evaluates
ideas as good or bad. ⁸What makes another guilty and holds him
through guilt is “good.” ⁹What releases him from guilt is “bad,”
because he would no longer believe that bodies communicate, and
so he would be “gone.” (ACIM, T-15.VII.8:1-9)