salvation

 

salvation

Root meaning: Being saved from all that would hurt and limit us.

Christian: Being saved from the power and effects of sin by the atoning death of Jesus on the cross.

ACIM: Being saved from the experience of separation from God, from guilt, and from all the human ills that come from separation and guilt. Comes through the Holy Spirit’s healing of our minds. Our spirit was never lost and so need not be saved. forgiveness affirms this; it makes way for salvation by recognizing that who we are was never lost and that all that impedes salvation is unreal. Salvation is thus an illusion, but one that brings the end of illusions. The ego’s plan for salvation is attack, which it promises will make us safe and obtain for us idols and special relationships. Yet this really brings guilt and self-punishment. The ego ascribes this punishment to God, saying that this is how He saves and that His salvation should thus be feared. In this way the ego seeks to save itself from God. See Atonement, plan for salvation. See CE W-WI.2.