Legend of the fall July 2
A graphic representation of creation and separation, or the fall from grace, according to A Course in Miracles.
Figure 1 - God and his one Son
God has begotten only one Son.
The circle of creation has no end. Its starting and its ending are the same. But, in itself, it holds the universe of all creation, without beginning and without an end.
“How pure, how safe, how holy, then, are we, abiding in your smile, with all your love bestowed upon us, living one with You, in brotherhood and Fatherhood complete; in sinlessness so perfect that the Lord of Sinlessness conceives us as His Son, a universe of thought completing Him.”
Figure 2 - The many souls of the Sonship
The Sonship is the sum of all the souls God created, which is the corporate body of Christ.
If you believe that all of the Souls that God created ARE His Sons, and if you also believe that the Sonship is One, then every Soul MUST be a Son of God, or an integral part of the Sonship. You do not find the concept that the whole is greater than its parts difficult to understand. You should therefore not have too great difficulty with this. The Sonship in its Oneness DOES transcend the sum of its parts.
Figure 3 - Mind is the creative level
“Clear distinction between what has been created and what is being created is essential. All forms of correction (or healing) rest on this fundamental correction in level perception . . . the mind, which is the only level of creation, cannot create beyond itself . . . The reason only the mind can create is more obvious than may be immediately apparent. The Soul has been created.”
Figure 4 - The forbidden fruit - a tiny mad idea
“Even the mad idea of separation had to be shared before it could form the basis of the world I see.”
Into eternity, where all is one, there crept a tiny, mad idea, at which the Son of God remembered not to laugh. In his forgetting did the thought become a serious idea, and possible of both accomplishment and real effects.
Figure 5 - Paradise lost
Lucifer can be translated “Light Bearer”. He literally projected himself from Heaven. Lucifer fell, but he was still an angel. He is thus the symbol for man.