The Ugliness of the Face of Innocence

ACIM sections referenced:
Chap. 31 The Final Vision; Section V Self-Concept versus Self
WB Lesson 132
WB Lesson 158
Chap. 18 The Passing of the Dream; Section V The Happy Dream
Chap. 29 The Awakening; Section IV Dream Roles
Chap. 12 The Holy Spirit's Curriculum; Section III The Investment in Reality
WB Lesson 182

As Workbook Lesson 182 states: "You have not lost your innocence. It is for this you yearn. This is your heart's desire. This is the voice you hear, and this the call which cannot be denied."

We cannot want the false innocence of the "face of innocence" - the innocence that proclaims another is guilty. We look at that face in order to look beyond it and stop deceiving ourselves. Nothing outside of us can bring happiness and Peace to us, but there is nothing outside of us. The Truth is all there is and everything else is our own nightmare.