By Gonny 
Notice how the world treats error:
A child spills a drink. An adult sighs: “Honestly… always you.”
A partner forgets something. The other thinks: “See? You never care.”
Someone reacts defensively. We conclude: “That’s just who he is.”
Do you see what happens?
The mistake becomes the person. The error becomes the identity.
And once someone is the mistake… punishment suddenly seems logical.
This is exactly the demand that errors call for punishment and not correction, because if the one who made the error is destroyed,
there is no need for forgiveness. No need for healing. No need for awakening.
The story is closed. And the ego loves closed stories.
What this does to God?
Let’s take a breathtaking step: if this logic were true, then even God would be trapped by it.
If sin deserves destruction, then the Son of God must be condemned.
And if the Son is condemned, the Father must be his enemy.
Read that again.
Enemy. (Not Love.Not Source. Not Safety.)
Enemy.
Two opposing forces. One strong because the other is weak. One righteous because the other is guilty. This is not spirituality. This is warfare.
And the Course says, with almost dry humor: How arrogant do you have to be to define God like this? To decide what He must think. What He must believe. How He must respond, without even asking Him.
The ego does not consult God. It instructs Him.
-Why this matters in daily life? Because this is not abstract theology, it is the engine behind almost every conflict.
-Why is it so hard to forgive? Because we think the other deserves to suffer.
-Why are we so harsh with ourselves? Because we think our mistakes require punishment.
-Why do people attack, cancel, shame, exclude? Because somewhere the belief lives:
Error must be paid for.
And the Course says: as long as you believe this, you will be afraid of God.
Afraid of others and afraid of yourself, because you will always be waiting for the verdict.
The Course does not say: You are innocent because you behaved well.
It says: You are innocent because you are not capable of sin.
You can misperceive. You can misunderstand. You can forget. But you cannot attack God. You cannot destroy your Source. You cannot break what you are.
That is why the Course insists: Mistakes call for correction. Not punishment, because punishment assumes guilt, and correction assumes confusion.
And confusion is gentle to undo.
So: You did not fail…..you misunderstood.
You did not ruin your life….you believed a thought that was not true.
You did not break your relationship with God….you fell asleep in a dream about separation.
And dreams do not need punishment. They need awakening.
The world says: “You did wrong, now suffer.”
The Course says: “You looked wrongly, now look again.”
That is responsibility without cruelty. Honesty without violence. Clarity without shame. And that… is a completely different universe.
With love and light,
G.