Ch.19. IV. C. 9 – 11. Jesus: “The fear of death will go from you as death’s illusory appeal is yielded to love’s real attraction. The end of your belief in sin nestles quietly in the safety of your holy relationship, where it is now protected by your union with your brother. Ready to grow into a mighty force for God, it is very near!
The infancy of your salvation is carefully guarded by love, preserved from every thought that would attack it, and quietly made ready to fulfill the mighty task for which it was given you. Your newborn purpose is nursed by angels, cherished by the Holy Spirit and protected by God Himself.
This new dedication needs no protection, for it is your protection. It is deathless, and within it lies the end of death. What danger can assail the wholly innocent? What can attack the guiltless? What fear can enter and disturb the peace of sinlessness?
What has been given you in its infancy is in full communication with God and you. In perfect safety now, it holds In its tiny hands every miracle you will perform, held out to you! Born into time, the miracle of life is ageless, of it is nourished in eternity. Behold this infant, to whom you gave a resting place by your forgiveness of your brother, and see in it the Will of God. Here is the babe of Bethlehem reborn! And everyone who gives him shelter will follow him, not to the old rugged cross, but to the resurrection and the Life.
When anything seems to you to be a source of fear, when any situation strikes you with terror and makes your body tremble, a cold sweat coming over it, remember it is always for but one reason; the ego has perceived the situation as a symbol of fear, a sign of sin and death.
In that instant, let neither sign nor symbol you perceive be confused with its source within your mind! For a symbol must always stand for something other than itself. A symbol’s meaning never lies in itself, but must be sought in what it represents. And it may thus mean everything or nothing, according to the truth or falsity of the idea in your mind which it reflects. Confronted with such seeming uncertainty of meaning, judge it not!
Remember the holy presence of the One given you to be the Source of judgment for you! Give it to Him to judge for you by asking: ‘Take this perception from me and look upon it, judging it for me. Let me not see it as a sign of sin and death, nor use it for destruction. Teach me how not to make of it an obstacle to peace, as I let You use it for me, to facilitate the coming of peace!’”