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Learning Forgiveness from the Holy Spirit

How holy am I, who have been given the function of lighting up the world! Let me be still before my holiness. In its calm light let all my conflicts disappear. In its peace let me remember Who I am.

Some specific forms for applying this idea when special difficulties seem to arise might be:

Let me not obscure the light of the world in me.
Let the light of the world shine through this appearance.
This shadow will vanish before the light.

Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. It is through accepting my function that I will see the light in me. And in this light will my function stand clear and perfectly unambiguous before my sight. My acceptance does not depend on my recognizing what my function is, for I do not yet understand forgiveness. Yet I will trust that, in the light, I will see it as it is.

Specific forms for using this idea might include:

Let this help me learn what forgiveness means.
Let me not separate my function from my will.
I will not use this for an alien purpose. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 81, W-pI.81.1:2-4:4. See also ACIM Lesson 81 Insights.)

What is forgiveness? The ego’s version is to first decide that something wrong really happened. Through our belief, what appeared to happen is real. Then we must be generous and tell ourselves that seemed to happen is okay so we will be magnanimous and “forgive” it. Yet we still believe that what we “forgave” really happened.

A sign that that the ego’s “forgiveness” didn’t work is, if what we believe happened occurs again and maybe again and again, we react in the same way with anger, fear or guilt. We might say to ourselves, “That’s the third time!” If we have been counting, we haven’t truly forgiven.

The Holy Spirit has a different definition of forgiveness which we must learn if we would heal and remember Who we truly are. If we are willing to learn the Holy Spirit’s lesson, we must be willing to let Him show us His way of seeing what we believe happened. His Light will show us that what we thought harmed us or another had no effect on our true Self.

God’s Son can neither harm nor be harmed. The ego is incapable of showing us this. We must bring our anger, fear or guilt to the Holy Spirit to let Him help us see truly. With His vision, we will have certainty that nothing happened to harm or be harmed. With His vision, the pain of unforgiveness will be replaced with peace. It is this process that is our function as the Light of the world.

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