Let me forget my brother’s past today.
This is the thought that leads the way to You, and brings me to my goal. I cannot come to You without my brother. And to know my Source, I first must recognize what You created one with me. My brother’s is the hand that leads me on the way to You. His sins are in the past along with mine, and I am saved because the past is gone. Let me not cherish it within my heart, or I will lose the way to walk to You. My brother is my savior. Let me not attack the savior You have given me. But let me honor him who bears Your Name, and so remember that It is my own.
Forgive me, then, today. And you will know you have forgiven me if you behold your brother in the light of holiness. He cannot be less holy than can I, and you can not be holier than he. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 288, W-pII.288. See also ACIM Lesson 288 Insights.)
The past is an ego construct. It is a repository where we store all our regrets and memories of loss, pain and harm. Without using the past as the basis for interpreting the present, there would be no fear or guilt.
This is why we need to forget the past, whether we perceive it as a brother’s past or our own. They are the one and the same — illusions. By forgetting the past, we make way for the reality of Love in the present to dawn upon our minds. Without the past, we recognize our brothers as one with our one Self, the Son of God. When the past has been let go, forgiveness is complete and we awaken to the loving Home God created for His Son, forever united in Love.
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