Those who would see the witnesses to truth instead of to illusion merely ask that they might see a purpose in the world that gives it sense and makes it meaningful. Without your special function has this world no meaning for you. Yet it can become a treasure house as rich and limitless as Heaven itself. No instant passes here in which your brother’s holiness cannot be seen, to add a limitless supply to every meager scrap and tiny crumb of happiness that you allot yourself.
You can lose sight of oneness, but can not make sacrifice of its reality. Nor can you lose what you would sacrifice, nor keep the Holy Spirit from His task of showing you that it has not been lost. Hear, then, the song your brother sings to you, and let the world recede, and take the rest his witness offers on behalf of peace. But judge him not, for you will hear no song of liberation for yourself….
[Your brother’s] holiness gives life to you, who cannot die because his sinlessness is known to God; and can no more be sacrificed by you than can the light in you be blotted out because he sees it not. …In Heaven, God’s Son is not imprisoned in a body, nor is sacrificed in solitude to sin. And as he is in Heaven, so must he be eternally and everywhere. He is the same forever. (A Course in Miracles, T-26.I.5:1-6:4;7:2,4-6. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
To see our brother truly we must not project our guilt upon him. The projection of guilt draws a veil across the Light of innocence in our brothers. The veil appears to show us guilt in our brothers, but is really reflected back to us the guilt we perceive in ourselves. Thus forgiveness is the key to recognizing our true Self in our brothers and ourselves.
The practice of forgiveness is our special function which will free the world we see of the veil of guilt and fear. As the veil dissolves, the Light of innocence in our brothers shines back on us and reminds us of the Love we share. We remember our Self as It was created and as It remains in truth.
Today we dedicate to remaining open to Holy Spirit’s lessons in forgiveness, that we may see the Light of Love more clearly and remember Who we are.
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