1. One of the ways in which you can correct the magic-miracle confusion is to remember that you did not create yourself. 2You are apt to forget this when you become egocentric, and this puts you in a position where a belief in magic is virtually inevitable. 3Your will to create was given you by your Creator, Who was expressing the same Will in His creation. 4Since creative ability rests in the mind, everything you create is necessarily a matter of will. 5It also follows that whatever you alone make is real in your own sight, though not in the Mind of God. 6This basic distinction leads directly into the real meaning of the Last Judgment.
2. The Last Judgment is one of the most threatening ideas in your thinking. 2This is because you do not understand it. 3Judgment is not an attribute of God. 4It was brought into being only after the separation, when it became one of the many learning devices to be built into the overall plan. 5Just as the separation occurred over millions of years, the Last Judgment will extend over a similarly long period, and perhaps an even longer one. 6Its length can, however, be greatly shortened by miracles, the device for shortening but not abolishing time. 7If a sufficient number become truly miracle-minded, this shortening process can be virtually immeasurable. 8It is essential, however, that you free yourself from fear quickly, because you must emerge from the conflict if you are to bring peace to other minds.
3. The Last Judgment is generally thought of as a procedure undertaken by God. 2Actually it will be undertaken by my brothers with my help. 3It is a final healing rather than a meting out of punishment, however much you may think that punishment is deserved. 4Punishment is a concept totally opposed to right-mindedness, and the aim of the Last Judgment is to restore right-mindedness to you. 5The Last Judgment might be called a process of right evaluation. 6It simply means that everyone will finally come to understand what is worthy and what is not. 7After this, the ability to choose can be directed rationally. 8Until this distinction is made, however, the vacillations between free and imprisoned will cannot but continue.
4. The first step toward freedom involves a sorting out of the false from the true. 2This is a process of separation in the constructive sense, and reflects the true meaning of the Apocalypse. 3Everyone 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. 4At this point, the mind can begin to look with love on its own creations because of their worthiness. 5At the same time the mind will inevitably disown its miscreations which, without belief, will no longer exist.
5. The term “Last Judgment” is frightening not only because it has been projected onto God, but also because of the association of “last” with death. 2This is an outstanding example of upside-down perception. 3If the meaning of the Last Judgment is objectively examined, it is quite apparent that it is really the doorway to life. 4No one who lives in fear is really alive. 5Your own last judgment cannot be directed toward yourself, because you are not your own creation. 6You 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. 7This is what your right-mindedness cannot but dictate. 8The purpose of time is solely to “give you time” to achieve this judgment. 9It is your own perfect judgment of your own perfect creations. 10When everything you retain is lovable, there is no reason for fear to remain with you. 11This is your part in the Atonement.