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You are [[afraid]] of me because you looked within and are afraid of what you saw. Yet you could not have seen [[reality]], for the reality of [[your mind]] is the loveliest of [[God]]'s [[creations]]. Coming only from God, its power and [[grandeur]] could only bring you [[peace]] if you really looked upon it. If you are afraid, it is because you saw something that is not there. Yet in that same place you could have looked upon me and all your brothers, in the perfect [[safety]] of [[Mind of God|the Mind which created us]]. For we are there in the peace of [[the Father]], who wills to extend his peace through you.

You are [[afraid]] of me because you looked within and are afraid of what you saw. Yet you could not have seen [[reality]], for the reality of [[your mind]] is the loveliest of [[God]]'s [[creations]]. Coming only from God, its power and [[grandeur]] could only bring you [[peace]] if you really looked upon it. If you are afraid, it is because you saw something that is not there. Yet in that same place you could have looked upon me and all your brothers, in the perfect [[safety]] of [[Mind of God|the Mind which created us]]. For we are there in the peace of [[the Father]], who wills to extend his peace through you.

When you have accepted your mission to extend peace you will find peace, for by making it manifest you will see it. Its holy witnesses will surround you because you called upon them, and they will come to you. I have heard your call and I have answered it, but you will not look upon me nor hear the answer that you sought. That is because you do not yet want only that. Yet as I become more real to you, you will learn that you do want only that. And you will see me as you look within, and we will look upon the real world together. Through the eyes of Christ, only the real world exists and only the real world can be seen. As you decide so will you see. And all that you see but witnesses to your decision.

When you have [[accepted]] your mission to extend [[peace]] you will find peace, for by making it [[manifest]] you will see it. Its holy witnesses will [[surround]] you because you called upon them, and they will come to you. I have heard your call and I have answered it, but you will not look upon me nor hear the answer that you sought. That is because you do not yet want only that. Yet as I [[become]] more real to you, you will learn that you do want only that. And you will see me as you look within, and we will look upon the real world [[together]]. Through the eyes of [[Christ]], only the real world exists and only the real world can be seen. As you [[decide]] so will you see. And all that you see but witnesses to your [[decision]].

When you look within and see me, it will be because you have decided to manifest truth. And as you manifest it you will see it both without and within. Everything you behold without is a judgment of what you beheld within. If it is your judgment it will be wrong, for judgment is not your function. If it is the judgment of the Holy Spirit it will be right, for judgment is his function. You share his function only by judging as he does, reserving no judgment at all for yourself. You will judge against yourself, but he will judge for you.

When you look within and see me, it will be because you have [[decided]] to [[manifest]] [[truth]]. And as you manifest it you will see it both without and within. [[Everything]] you behold without is a [[judgment]] of what you beheld within. If it is your judgment it will be wrong, for judgment is not your [[function]]. If it is the judgment of the [[Holy Spirit]] it will be right, for judgment is his function. You [[share]] his function only by judging as he does, reserving no judgment at all for yourself. You will judge against yourself, but he will judge for you.

Remember, then, that whenever you look without and react unfavorably to what you see, you have judged yourself unworthy and have condemned yourself to death. The death penalty is the ego's ultimate goal, for it fully believes that you are a criminal, as deserving of death as God knows you are deserving of life. The death penalty never leaves the ego's mind, for that is what it always reserves for you in the end. Wanting to kill you as the final expression of its feeling for you, it lets you live but to await death. It will torment you while you live, but its hatred is not satisfied until you die. For your destruction is the one end toward which it works, and the only end with which it will be satisfied.

Remember, then, that whenever you look without and [[react]] unfavorably to what you see, you have judged yourself unworthy and have [[condemned]] yourself to [[death]]. The death penalty is the [[ego]]'s ultimate [[goal]], for it fully believes that you are a criminal, as deserving of death as God knows you are deserving of life. The [[death penalty]] never leaves the ego's [[mind]], for that is what it always reserves for you in the end. Wanting to kill you as the final [[expression]] of its [[feeling]] for you, it lets you live but to await death. It will [[torment]] you while you live, but its [[hatred]] is not [[satisfied]] until you die. For your destruction is the one end toward which it works, and the only end with which it will be satisfied.

The [[ego]] is not a [[traitor]] to [[God]], to Whom treachery is impossible. But it is a traitor to you who [[believe]] that you have been treacherous to [[your Father]]. That is why the undoing of [[guilt]] is an essential part of the [[Holy Spirit]]'s teaching. For as long as you feel guilty you are [[listening]] to the [[voice]] of the [[ego]], which tells you that you have been treacherous to God and therefore deserve [[death]]. You will [[think]] that death comes from God and not from the ego because, by [[confusing]] yourself with the ego, you believe that you want death. And from what you want God does not save you.

The [[ego]] is not a [[traitor]] to [[God]], to Whom treachery is impossible. But it is a traitor to you who [[believe]] that you have been treacherous to [[your Father]]. That is why the undoing of [[guilt]] is an essential part of the [[Holy Spirit]]'s teaching. For as long as you feel guilty you are [[listening]] to the [[voice]] of the [[ego]], which tells you that you have been treacherous to God and therefore deserve [[death]]. You will [[think]] that death comes from God and not from the ego because, by [[confusing]] yourself with the ego, you believe that you want death. And from what you want God does not save you.