If we regain oneness, will we retain our individualized memories? Q #991: Once forgiveness is complete, and we have regained the awareness of our oneness with God that we never really lost, will we retain our individualized memories of the ego-based illusion that we decided against? Does union differentiate, or are we destined to become a holy thought in Gods mind with perfect communion with the Sonship? A: Choosing the separation means deciding against oneness in favor of the ego. Oneness/union and separation/differentiation are mutually exclusive thoughts and cannot be entertained by the mind at the same time. Thus, when we remember our oneness with God, we will not retain a memory of the ego identity of separation. As we are frequently reminded in A Course in Miracles , the problem of separation is one of forgetting the truth of our identity as Gods one Son: “Here is your promise never to allow union to call you out of separation; the great amnesia in which the memory of God seems quite forgotten… (T.19.IV.D.3:4). The solution lies in forgetting the separation and remembering the truth of oneness. By its very nature, union does not separate or differentiate. Differentiation is the essence of duality, at the expense of oneness. It is expressed in individuality/specialness, which cannot be maintained when oneness is chosen. Just as oneness is forgotten when the choice is made to identify with the ego, the illusion of individuality will be forgotten when oneness is chosen and the Atonement is complete. Fear of accepting our oneness with God underlies the intense attachment to specialness that keeps oneness forgotten. The Holy Spirits curriculum of forgiveness takes into account our fear of oneness and attachment to specialness by transforming the multitude of differences the ego made to separate, into a classroom to learn that the separation never happened (T.6.II.10:7) . This answers the last part of your question; we already are a thought in the Mind of God; a Mind we have never left. We are destined only to remember that this is who we truly are, and to forget the illusion of being anything else. Forgiveness is the path that makes this possible. It is the process of seeing every grievance as a projection of the guilt that accompanies the minds decision to choose separation rather than oneness. Each time we are willing to look at grievances in this way, our identity as minds is strengthened/ remembered and belief in the body is diminished/forgotten. As Jesus tells us in the text: “It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember” (W.pI.68.3:1,2,3) . While fear of oneness remains, we take the small steps of forgiveness in which the pain and anguish of holding grievances disappears and fear is lessened. We take these small steps at a “gentle pace” until we are ready for oneness. As Jesus assures us in the text: “Fear not that you will be abruptly lifted up and hurled into reality. Time is kind, and if you use it on behalf of reality, it will keep gentle pace with you in your transition” (T.16.VI.8:1,2). These kind words deflate the egos argument that “fear of losing our individual identity” is just cause for not accepting Jesus loving message. In the end, everything will be forgotten, for now it is enough that we be willing to forget one grievance at a time through forgiveness. facimoutreach.org/qa/questions/questions201.htm#Q991
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