T. 23. II. 11 – 13. Jesus: “And now there is a vague unanswered question, not as yet explained; ‘What is this precious thing, this priceless pearl, this hidden secret treasure to be wrested forth in righteous wrath from your brother, whom you see as a most treacherous and cunning enemy?’
It must surely be what you have sought and sought, but never found! And now you understand the reason why you found it not! For it must have been taken from you ‘by this enemy,’ and hidden where you would not think to look. So now you decide, ‘He hid it in his body,’ making his body the cover for his guilt, and the hiding place for what belongs to you! Now must his body be destroyed and sacrificed, that you may have that which belongs to you. His treachery demands his death, that you may live. And your attack on him is but in ‘self-defense!’ But what is it you want that needs his death? How can you be sure your murderous attack is justified unless you know what it is for?
And here a final principle of chaos ‘comes to the rescue.’ It holds there is a substitute for love! This is the magic that will cure all of your pain; the missing factor in your madness that ‘makes it sane.’ This is the reason why you must attack. Here is what makes your vengeance justified!
Behold, unveiled, the ego’s secret gift, torn from your brother’s body, hidden there in malice and in hatred of you, the one to whom the gift belongs! He would deprive you of the secret ingredient that would give meaning to your life. The substitute for love, born of your enmity to your brother, must be salvation. This has no substitute, and there is only one. And all your relationships have but the purpose for you of seizing it and making it your own.
Yet never is your possession made complete! And in your eyes, never will your brother cease his attack on you for what you stole from him. Nor will God end His vengeance upon both of you, for in His madness He must have this substitute for love, and kill you both!
You who believe you walk ‘oh so sanely’ with feet on solid ground, and through a world where meaning can be found, consider this: These ‘laws of chaos’ are the laws on which your ‘sanity’ appears to rest! These are the principles which make the ground beneath your feet seem solid. And it is here you look for meaning!
These are the laws that you’ve made up for your ‘salvation.’ They hold in place the substitute for Heaven which you currently prefer. This is their purpose; they were made for this. There is no point in asking what they mean. That is apparent. The means of madness must be insane. Are you as certain that you realize the goal is not but madness?”
>>> These paragraphs present an extreme scenario symbolic of subconscious ego attitudes. Cure for ‘the madness’ is true forgiveness, release from the mind of any and all thoughts that are not wholly peaceful. In that is the undoing of the madness. Today, repeatedly I choose once again, and reaffirm, “I accept this holy instant, Holy Spirit be you in charge.”