“The quiet light in which the Holy Spirit dwells within you is merely the perfect openness in which nothing is hidden and therefore nothing is fearful...What is kept apart from love cannot share its healing power, because it has been separated off and kept in darkness.
A Course in Miracles, Text, page 285
This step is a continuation of the one before and a very necessary deepening of the process. We MUST give our faults to the Holy Spirit. Without looking at these dark cornerstones we will allow our minds to remain fearful of the punishment demanded by our feelings of guilt. But by taking each and every one to the Holy Spirit allows Him to shine His Light of understanding onto these mistakes. Thus, forgiveness begins to enter our minds.
We must also walk this way with another friend. We must open in honesty to the people around us. It is not necessary to blurt out all your faults to everyone, but a close friend, a counselor of some kind, or group therapy can give us a safe place in which to show our true colors. By recognizing we all share inner guilt and hidden pain, we can together recognize the need to give forgiveness. And so by freeing each other we can free ourselves.
An understanding friend, who listens and loves you anyway reflects God Who also listens and loves you anyway. As you find the support to come into the light and find your freedom, you also recognize the need to give this same support to others and free them from inner guilt and pain. The process of releasing brings release. They process of looking within TOGETHER brings shared wisdom and comfort.
(Want all the Steps? See the book "Side by Side - the Twelve Steps and A Course in Miracles' in the left column. Also, check out "Hand and Hand - Recovery and Miracles")
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