Forgiveness is the end of specialness. Only illusions can be forgiven, and then they disappear. Forgiveness is release from all illusions, and that is why it is impossible but partly to forgive.
It is not you who are so vulnerable and open to attack that just a word, a little whisper that you do not like, a circumstance that suits you not, or an event that you did not anticipate upsets your world, and hurls it into chaos. Truth is not frail. Illusions [of specialness] leave [your true Self] perfectly unmoved and undisturbed. But specialness is not the truth in you. It can be thrown off balance by anything. What rests on nothing never can be stable. However large and overblown [specialness] seems to be, it still must rock and turn and whirl about with every breeze.
Without foundation nothing is secure. Would God have left His Son in such a state, where safety has no meaning? No, His Son is safe, resting on Him. It is your specialness that is attacked by everything that walks and breathes, or creeps or crawls, or even lives at all. Nothing is safe from [attack by specialness], and [specialness] is safe from nothing. It will forevermore be unforgiving, for that is what [specialness] is; a secret vow that what God wants for you will never be, and that you will oppose His Will forever. Nor is it possible the two [God’s Will and the wish for specialness] can ever be the same, while specialness stands like a flaming sword of death between them, and makes them enemies. (A Course in Miracles, T-24.III.1:1-3;3-4. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
The wish to be a separate identity (specialness) is the denial of our unity with the Love of God. Specialness is the denial of Love. The true meaning of Love is inconceivable to the mind dedicated to maintaining a special separate identity. This is why forgiveness releases us to remember that we always have God’s gifts of Love, joy and peace.
The mind dedicated to specialness can never justify forgiveness, for the individual identity is maintained by holding on to separation (sin). Though we seem lost in the thought system of separation, we have not really lost our right mind which knows our oneness in Love. We can always turn to the Holy Spirit in our right mind for help to recognize illusions for what they are. With that recognition, forgiveness is automatic. No one keeps illusions once they are recognized for what they are.
The Holy Spirit is the bridge from our identification with illusions and the recognition of our invulnerable, changeless Self, resting in God. The Holy Spirit sees our illusions, but does not believe in them. So He can help us lay down our defenses and let illusions go.
Today we bring our defenses, anything that disturbs our peace of mind, to the Holy Spirit. We are willing to accept His help to see that we remain safe, for we rest in God.
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