{The Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins [continued] – (1) Transfer [continued]}

[Redbook4:206-207][19871210:2315c]{The Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins [continued] – (1) Transfer [continued]}[10th December 1987]

19871210.2315

(Thursday)

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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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