T-9.III

The Correction of Error

Chapter 9 — The Acceptance of the Atonement

Correction shifts from the ego’s critical judgment to the Holy Spirit’s reinterpretation, where shared errors are forgiven in the mind and healed vision restores innocence, joining, and peace.

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Primary

Ego Correction begins when the critic in me is relinquished. Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit corrects by overlooking errors, not reacting to them. Sin / Error ▲ Milestone Stop making errors real; share them with the Holy Spirit.

Pillar

Judgment Correcting others with verdicts condemns yourself; correction without condemnation heals. Forgiveness The Holy Spirit forgives errors by seeing sanity, not making them real.

Supporting

Healing Heal by seeing sanity in your brother; refuse to make errors real. Decision When you react to error, you chose the ego as guide. Vision Walk with your brother by seeing truth beside you, not errors. Innocence Correction rests on recognizing the brother’s innocence.

Minor

Sonship Correction begins when a brother’s errors stop defining him. Teaching–Learning How you answer a brother’s mistake becomes the lesson you learn. Vigilance Withdraw meaning from others’ errors; keep inner watch. Cause and Effect When you accept error as real, you make its effects inevitable.

Echo

Atonement Your brother’s release and yours are one; Atonement is not private. Creation / Extension Healing is temporary; creation is the Son’s eternal function. Means—End Correction happens at another level—let the right Teacher handle it. Time Healing is time’s only proper classroom use. Attack Making a brother’s error real attacks yourself by affirming guilt. Joining Walk together in truth; correction means refusing to make error real. Communication Ego and Holy Spirit do not share a language. Love Atonement corrects because its source is Love, not separation. Punishment Consequences aren’t punishment; they show I chose wrongly.

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