You who were created by love like itself can hold no grievances and know your Self. ²To hold a grievance is to forget who you are. ³To hold a grievance is to see yourself as a body. ⁴To hold a grievance is to let the ego rule your mind and to condemn the body to death. ⁵Perhaps you do not yet fully realize just what holding grievances does to your mind. ⁶It seems to split you off from your Source and make you unlike Him. ⁷It makes you believe that He is like what you think you have become, for no one can conceive of his Creator as unlike himself.
…he who holds grievances denies he was created by love, and his Creator has become fearful to him in his dream of hate. ⁵Who can dream of hatred and not fear God?
²It is as sure that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, as it is certain that those who forgive will find peace. ³It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember.
…think of yourself as completely at peace with everyone and everything, safe in a world that protects you and loves you, and that you love in return. ⁵Try to feel safety surrounding you, hovering over you and holding you up. ⁶Try to believe, however briefly, that nothing can harm you in any way. (A Course in Miracles, W-68.1;2:4-5;3:2-3;6:4-6. See also ACIM Lesson 68 Insights.)
Love does not condemn. Holding grievances is a form of condemnation. When we hold any form of grievance, even a mild irritation or frustration, we are denying the Self God created as His Son. In this denial, peace and happiness are impossible, for we have denied their Source. The road of return to our true Self is paved with forgiveness. Each time we forgive a grievance we smooth the way of return to Love.
In every moment we choose between the quiet path to peace or the rocky road of fear and guilt. What path we choose depends on what we value. If we value specialness and separation, we choose the rocky road that leads to hell. When we choose specialness we condemn ourselves, for it is a grievance against our Creator.
But the other choice is always available to us. We can choose to let the Holy Spirit help us release the grievance and see beyond the appearance in the world to the Love that joins us in the unity of God. It is the path of return to Heaven.
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