{The Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins – (1) Transfer}[10th December 1987]

[Redbook4:206-211][19871210:2315b]{The Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins – (1) Transfer}[10th December 1987]

19871210.2315

(Thursday)

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[W] and I have often commented on the fact that if one of us is feeling low, and the other one isn't – after a while the other will notice, and offer comfort, and the one who is low will talk about it: after which very frequently the one who was low becomes {…} well, not 'high' exactly – that has unfortunate connotations – but his* burden most definitely is lightened and he goes away with a spring on his steps and a smile on his lips – while the one who was quite untroubled begins to feel rather low.

This actual and recurring experience of the psychological transfer of burdens, arising I guess out of Love** (as it is hard to see how else one could accept the burden), has interesting parallels with the notion of Christ accepting the burden of Men's sins.***

*or her, of course.

**{(i.e. at the Transformation Point)}

***[The use of the word “sin” has unfortunate resonances at present, including prescriptive and sometimes arbitrary “moral” judgements, censure and punishment delivered from a subjectively claimed “superior” position. The word is I think used in these journal entries because no better way (“evil” and “wrong” for example describing different aspects of the Separation) can be found to describe succinctly something which is in this model “terrifyingly objective”**** – see e.g. [Redbook4:99][19871005:0940d]{[The Dynamic Independence of Angels [continued (3)]] -- Good Spirits, evil spirits, and Men [continued]}[5th October 1987]; & [Redbook4:180][19871129:2107d]{The Weight of Sin (1)}[29th November 1987]ff ]

****[[Redbook4:181][19871129:2107g]{The Weight of Sin (1) [continued (4)] – Staining the Soul}[29th November 1987] ]

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