T-13.II:The Guiltless Son of God

1. 1The ultimate purpose of projection is always to get rid of guilt. 2Yet, characteristically, the ego attempts to get rid of guilt from its viewpoint only, for much as the ego wants to retain guilt you find it intolerable, since guilt stands in the way of your remembering God, Whose pull is so strong that you cannot resist it. 3On this issue, then, the deepest split of all occurs, for if you are to retain guilt, as the ego insists, you cannot be you. 4Only by persuading you that it is you could the ego possibly induce you to project guilt, and thereby keep it in your mind.

2. 1Yet consider how strange a solution the ego’s arrangement is. 2You project guilt to get rid of it, but you are actually merely concealing it. 3You do experience the guilt, but you have no idea why. 4On the contrary, you associate it with a weird assortment of “ego ideals,” which the ego claims you have failed. 5Yet you have no idea that you are failing the Son of God by seeing him as guilty. 6Believing you are no longer you, you do not realize that you are failing yourself.

3. 1The darkest of your hidden cornerstones holds your belief in guilt from your awareness. 2For in that dark and secret place is the realization that you have betrayed God’s Son by condemning him to death. 3You do not even suspect this murderous but insane idea lies hidden there, for the ego’s destructive urge is so intense that nothing short of the crucifixion of God’s Son can ultimately satisfy it. 4It does not know who the Son of God is because it is blind. 5Yet let it perceive guiltlessness anywhere, and it will try to destroy it because it is afraid.

4. 1Much of the ego’s strange behavior is directly attributable to its definition of guilt. 2To the ego, the guiltless are guilty. 3Those who do not attack are its “enemies” because, by not valuing its interpretation of salvation, they are in an excellent position to let it go. 4They have approached the darkest and deepest cornerstone in the ego’s foundation, and while the ego can withstand your raising all else to question, it guards this one secret with its life, for its existence depends on keeping this secret. 5So it is this secret that we must look upon, for the ego cannot protect you against truth, and in its presence the ego is dispelled.

5. 1In the calm light of truth, let us recognize that you believe you have crucified God’s Son. 2You have not admitted to this “terrible” secret because you would still wish to crucify him if you could find him. 3Yet the wish has hidden him from you because it is very fearful, and so you are afraid to find him. 4You have handled this wish to kill yourself by not knowing who you are, and identifying with something else. 5You have projected guilt blindly and indiscriminately, but you have not uncovered its source. 6For the ego does want to kill you, and if you identify with it you must believe its goal is yours.

6. 1I have said that the crucifixion is the symbol of the ego. 2When it was confronted with the real guiltlessness of God’s Son it did attempt to kill him, and the reason it gave was that guiltlessness is blasphemous to God. 3To the ego, the ego is God, and guiltlessness must be interpreted as the final guilt that fully justifies murder. 4You do not yet understand that any fear you may experience in connection with this course stems ultimately from this interpretation, but if you will consider your reactions to it you will become increasingly convinced that this is so.

7. 1This course has explicitly stated that its goal for you is happiness and peace. 2Yet you are afraid of it. 3You have been told again and again that it will set you free, yet you sometimes react as if it is trying to imprison you. 4You often dismiss it more readily than you dismiss the ego’s thought system. 5To some extent, then, you must believe that by not learning the course you are protecting yourself. 6And you do not realize that it is only your guiltlessness that can protect you.

8. 1The Atonement has always been interpreted as the release from guilt, and this is correct if it is understood. 2Yet even when I interpret it for you, you may reject it and do not accept it for yourself. 3You have perhaps recognized the futility of the ego and its offerings, but though you do not want them, you may not yet look upon the alternative with gladness. 4In the extreme, you are afraid of redemption and you believe it will kill you. 5Make no mistake about the depth of this fear. 6For you believe that, in the presence of truth, you might turn on yourself and destroy yourself.

9. 1Little child, this is not so. 2Your “guilty secret” is nothing, and if you will but bring it to the light, the light will dispel it. 3And then no dark cloud will remain between you and the remembrance of your Father, for you will remember His guiltless Son, who did not die because he is immortal. 4And you will see that you were redeemed with him, and have never been separated from him. 5In this understanding lies your remembering, for it is the recognition of love without fear. 6There will be great joy in Heaven on your homecoming, and the joy will be yours. 7For the redeemed son of man is the guiltless Son of God, and to recognize him is your redemption.

1. 投射的目的最终不外乎摆脱自己心里的罪咎。
然而，按照小我的一贯作风，它最多只会把罪咎从自己的观念中剔除；不论小我多么想要保留罪咎，你迟早会忍无可忍的，因为罪咎阻碍了你忆起上主，而上主对你却有难以抗拒的吸引力。
你的心灵在此便发生了严重的分歧，你若听从小我而保留罪咎，你就无法活出自己。
小我唯有让你相信它才是真正的你，方能唆使你把罪咎投射出去，使它得以更深地埋藏在你心里。
2. 想一想，小我的解决方案何其怪异！
你原想摆脱罪咎才将它投射出去的，结果你只是把它藏起来而已。
你仍然感到罪孽深重，却不明所以。
你甚且会把罪咎与小我种种怪异的“理想”混为一谈，因小我常控诉你辜负了它对你的殷切期望。
你毫不明白自己辜负的其实是上主之子，因你已把他视为有罪之人。
你若相信你已不是本来的你，对不起你的其实是你自己。
3. 你对罪咎的信念一直隐藏在心灵最黑暗且隐秘的角落，不让自己意识到它的存在。
那角落隐藏的秘密即是：你心知肚明自己背叛了上主之子，且定了他的死罪。
它所隐藏的谋害之念疯狂至极，你却从不质疑，只因小我的毁灭倾向如此强烈，不钉死圣子是誓不甘休的。
小我对上主之子的真相一无所知，只因它已彻底盲目。
它一看到清白无罪，就会惊惶失措，不置之死地绝不罢休。
4. 小我大部分的荒诞行为，都可直接追溯到它对罪咎所下的定义。
对小我而言，清白无罪等于罪大恶极。
凡是不发动攻击之人都成了小我的“敌人”，因为他们没有尊重它对救恩的诠释，这意味着他们随时都可能放弃罪咎，扬长而去。
如今他们逼近了小我巢穴最黑暗的角落；小我可以忍受你质询任何事情，拼死也要守住这一秘密，它必须守住这道防线才能生存下去。
因此，我们必须正视这一秘密，小我便阻止不了你接受真相；真相一现，小我便被驱逐出境了。
5. 让我们在真理的宁静光明下，看一看“你相信自己钉死了上主之子”这一事实。
你始终不敢招认这“可怕的”阴谋，因为一旦找到了上主之子，你仍旧会想钉死他的。
就是这一可怕阴谋使你认不出上主之子，只因连你自己都怕找到他。
而你对付这种自杀心态的办法，就是干脆忘掉自己究竟是谁，宁可活成另一种生命。
你不敢掀它的底牌，只好盲目地将罪咎胡乱投射出去。
小我确有置你于死地之意，你一旦与它认同，就不能不与它沆瀣一气了。
6. 我已说过，十字架乃是小我的象征。
它只要一碰到上主之子真正清白的面容，就想置他于死地；它的理由是：清白无罪乃是对上主的亵渎。
对小我而言，它即是上主，那么清白无罪在它的诠释下自然罪该万死。
你至今还不明白，你就是因为小我的这类诠释，才这么害怕这部课程；你只需回顾一下自己的种种反弹，就不能不承认自己真的如此。
7. 本课程再三明言，它的宗旨只是给你平安与幸福。
你却对它避之犹恐不及。
它再三向你保证，它会帮你恢复自由，你却认定它有意束缚你，因而不断反弹。
你为了逃避这一课程所费的心思远超过你逃避小我的思想体系。
这多少影射出你相信不学这一课程对你才算是一种保护。
你丝毫不明白，只有你清白无罪的本质才是你唯一的护身符。
8. 人们常把救赎诠释为摆脱罪咎的束缚，这并没有错，但你必须真正了解其意。
即使我苦口婆心地解释，你仍可能心生排斥而拒绝接受。
即使你已看清小我及其诱饵一无所用，心里根本不想要它们，但这未必表示你已欣然准备接受另一种可能性了。
说到究竟，你真正害怕的是救赎，你相信那才会害死你。
千万不要低估这恐惧的严重后果。
你确实相信自己一看见真相之后便会转头攻击自己，甚至不惜毁灭自己。
9. 亲爱的孩子呀！这绝非事实。
你那“罪孽深重的秘密”里其实什么都没有，你只需将它带到光明之中，它就会烟消云散了。
那么，再也没有乌云能妨碍你忆起自己的天父，因你会忆起祂清白无罪的圣子，他不曾死亡，因他是不朽的生命。
如此，你便会亲眼看到自己与他一起得救了，你根本不曾与他分开过。
了解这一道理，你就会恢复自己的记忆，因那是对爱大无畏的肯定。
天堂因着你的归来而欢乐无比，这份欢乐也终归于你。
得救的“人子”即是清白无罪的“圣子”；认出他的真相，你便得救了。
1.投射的終極目的一向是要擺脫罪咎。
然而，小我的一貫作風就是只想從它的角度擺脫罪咎，因為它很想保留罪咎，但這卻會令你感到無法忍受，畢竟罪咎會阻礙你憶起上主，而祂的吸引力強烈得令人無從抗拒。
那麼，最深的分裂就發生在了這件事上，因為你若想保留罪咎——一如小我堅持的那樣——你就已非原本的自己。
只有說服你相信它就是你，小我才能誘使你投射罪咎，從而將其保留在你心裡。
2.然而，你應想想小我安排的解決方案有多怪異。
為了擺脫罪咎，你把它向外投射，但你其實只是把它藏了起來。
你的確經驗到了罪咎，卻不曉得原因何在。
相反的，你把它和各種稀奇古怪的「小我理想」連在了一塊，而小我宣稱是你辜負了它們。
但你不曉得自己辜負的是上主之子，因為你定了他的罪。
而你相信自己早已不是自己，所以也並未了悟你是在辜負自己。
3.你所隱藏的那塊無比黑暗的基石已使你覺知不到自己的罪咎之念。
在那黝暗而隱蔽的角落裏，你會明白背叛了上主之子的是自己，因為你定了他死罪。
你想都想不到這個神智不清的謀殺意念就隱藏在那兒，畢竟小我的毀滅衝動是如此強烈，若非把上主之子釘上十字架，它便無法心滿意足。
它並不了解上主之子的真實身分，因為它什麼也看不見。
但只要在任何地方感知到無罪無咎，它便會企圖毀滅，因為它充滿了恐懼。
4.小我的怪異行徑大都能直接歸因於它對罪咎的定義。
對它而言，無罪即是有罪。
凡是不出手攻擊的都是它的「敵人」，因為這種人並不重視它對救恩的詮釋，所以也能輕而易舉地放下它。
他們逼近了小我根基中那無比黑暗卻又深藏不露的基石，而小我雖能忍受你在其他方面的質疑，卻以它的生命捍衛著這一秘密，因為必須守住它，它才得以存在。
所以，我們必須正視的正是這個秘密，因為小我無法在真理的面前保護你，而後者一旦臨在，它就會被驅逐出去。
5.藉著真理的寧靜與光明，讓我們認清一件事：你自認釘死了上主之子。
你尚未承認這個「可怖」的秘密，因為一旦找得到他，你就仍想釘死他。
然而，這個願望卻將他隱藏了起來，因為它太過可怖，你深怕自己會發現他的蹤跡。
而你遺忘了自己的真面目，並與另個東西認同，便是為了處理這個自我殺害的願望。
你不分青紅皂白地把罪咎向外投射，卻並未揭露它的根源。
因為小我仍想殺你，而你一旦認同了它，就必會相信它的目標就是你的。
6.我曾說過，十字架苦刑即是小我的象徵。
一旦遇上了聖子那無罪無咎的真面目，它就會試圖殺害他，而它的理由則是，無罪無咎便是在褻瀆上主。
對小我而言，它就是上主，而無罪無咎則必會被詮釋為是終極的罪咎，以使謀殺合情合理。
你還不明白的是，你所經驗到的恐懼，只要是與這部課程相關的，最終都衍生自這一詮釋，但你若願意審視自己對它的反應，就會逐漸相信事實確實如此。
7.這部課程已經闡明幸福與平安即是它給你的目標。
但你卻對它心懷恐懼。
我已一遍又一遍地告訴你，它會讓你自由，但有時你對它的反應卻像是它正試圖囚禁你。
你扔開它的速度往往比扔開小我思想體系的速度還快。
所以，或多或少，你仍相信拒絕學習這部課程就是在保護自己。
而你還不明白，只有你的無罪無咎才保護得了你。
8.人們一向會把救贖詮釋為逃脫罪咎，而倘使它能被明白，就也十分正確。
然而，即便我為你做出詮釋，你也能排斥它，並拒絕親自接納。
或許你已能認清小我和它的禮物不過都是徒勞，然而你雖不想要這些，卻未必樂於看見另一個選項。
說到底，你怕的是救贖，而你相信它會殺了你。
不要輕忽這一恐懼的深度。
因為你相信，在真理的臨在之下，你可能會轉而毀了你自己。
9.孩子啊，那不是真的。
你那「罪咎的秘密」根本就不存在，只需將其帶往光明，光明就會驅散它。
然後就再沒有一點烏雲能遮擋你對天父的記憶，因為你會憶起祂那無罪的聖子——他是不朽的，所以也並未死去。
你會見到自己與他一同得救，且從未與他分離。
一旦明白了這點，你就會認清一無所懼的愛，從而憶起上述的一切。
你一旦返家，天堂就會滿是喜樂，而那喜樂也非你莫屬。
因為得救的人子即是無罪無咎的上主之子，而認出他來即是你的救贖。