The face of Christ has to be seen before the memory of God can return. The reason is obvious. Seeing the face of Christ involves perception. No one can look on knowledge. But the face of Christ is the great symbol of forgiveness. It is salvation. It is the symbol of the real world. Whoever looks on this no longer sees the world. He is as near to Heaven as is possible outside the gate. Yet from this gate it is no more than just a step inside. It is the final step. And this we leave to God.
[Forgiveness] is the only thing still in the world in part, and yet the bridge to Heaven.
How lovely does the world become in just that single instant when you see the truth about yourself reflected there. Now you are sinless and behold your sinlessness. Now you are holy and perceive it so. And now the mind returns to its Creator; the joining of the Father and the Son, the Unity of unities that stands behind all joining but beyond them all. God is not seen but only understood. His Son is not attacked but recognized. (A Course in Miracles, C-3.4;5:3;8)
Judgment causes conflict. Forgiveness dissolves conflict and welcomes unity. A world in which only unity is seen is conflict free and filled with the peace of God. This vision is symbolized by the real world. It is healed perception brought about through forgiveness. This is why forgiveness is the key to our salvation from the ego’s world of guilt and fear.
Everyone in this world experiences guilt and fear and everyone wants to be free of it. We have been given the means to freedom and a Guide to help us apply forgiveness to all our perceptions. Forgiveness demonstrates that God’s Will for us is perfect happiness. He has given us the means to freedom. We need only accept and use it.
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