How God Created Christ Without Creating Separation
I know some of you are struggling with the idea that God created the Christ and the Holy Spirit, and that these aren't somehow three different parts. I wanted to answer that for you here so that you can read it again and again until it lands. It's a bit complicated in ACIM, so hopefully this is nice and simple. The problem is in the question itself. When we ask "how did God create Christ without creating separation?" we're using a word, "create", that implies making something other. Something outside. Something that wasn't there before. That's ego-creation. That's how bodies make bodies. That's how the dream works. God doesn't create like that. God extends. Think of it this way. The sun doesn't "create" light as something other than itself. Light is the sun, extended. Never separate. Never apart. Never a second thing. Christ is God, extended. Not made. Not pushed out. Not other. God knowing Himself. God being Himself fully. Here's another way to say it. Tune into this moment right now. Is the moment unworthy? No. It just is. Now, can you think the thought "I am unworthy"? Yes. You can. Is that thought separate from you? Can you find it as a separate thing, floating out there somewhere? No. You can't. Because it isn't. That's the difference. God gave you infinite creative potential. That's the Christ mind. And you have free will choice with that potential. You can use it to think love. You can use it to think fear. You can use it to dream of separation. But none of it is actually separate from you. Even the dream isn't separate from the dreamer. And the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is the part of you that never got confused. The memory of what you really are. So if you get too silly with your creative potential and start believing your own fearful thoughts, the Holy Spirit is the help you need to get whole again. It remembers God. And it gently undoes any belief you have that says otherwise. So no, there aren't three parts. There's just One, extending as One, knowing itself as One. And within the dream, the Holy Spirit is the wake-up call.