[Redbook4:206-207][19871210:2315c]{The
Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins [continued]
– (1) Transfer [continued]}[10th
December 1987]
19871210.2315
(Thursday)
[continued]
I
used, I think, to understand this* as referring only to Christ
undergoing Mankind's suffering, as a kind of justification by God to
Man of that suffering.** I still think that this is a version of the
explanation of how God allows suffering – because he also suffers
it – but I do not think {this} is the purpose of it. The transfer
of burdens to Christ can be seen in two ways (both describing the
same thing):
(1)
That Christ accepts the burden of guilt*** we feel for our sins
(guilt, of course, requires that somehow, somewhere, we be aware
of our sins, presumably by the faculty of conscience; and this has a
bearing on the question of whether forgiveness is appropriate where
there is no repentance, since repentance is impossible without
awareness of sin).
(2)
That Christ clears the stain of sin from our Souls.
The
link joining these two descriptions into one is (I guess) that the
guilt we feel may be the psychological manifestation of the stain on
the Soul. In terms of Light, ****the stain on the Soul comes between
us and the Light of the Spirit of God at the Centre, giving rise to
the darkness of guilt.
*[i.e.
the notion of Christ accepting the burden of Men's sins – see last
previous entry.]
**[&
cf. Carl Jung, “Answer to Job”.]
***[“Guilt”
in this context I think can mean not only the state of being guilty
but also the state of feeling guilty. Cf. last previous entry,
***fn, especially re contemporary connotations of words such as
these.]
****{ref
[presumably,
[Redbook4:106-109][19871005:2320i]{The Life-line}[5th
October 1987],]
106}
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