Daily Inspiration

Forgiveness Brings Happiness and Peace

The happy dreams the Holy Spirit brings are different from the dreaming of the world, where one can merely dream he is awake. The dreams forgiveness lets the mind perceive do not induce another form of sleep, so that the dreamer dreams another dream. His happy dreams are heralds of the dawn of truth upon the mind. They lead from sleep to gentle waking, so that dreams are gone. And thus they cure for all eternity.

Atonement heals with certainty, and cures all sickness. For the mind which understands that sickness can be nothing but a dream is not deceived by forms the dream may take. Sickness where guilt is absent cannot come, for [sickness] is but another form of guilt. Atonement does not heal the sick, for that is not a cure. It takes away the guilt that makes the sickness possible. And that is cure indeed. For sickness now is gone, with nothing left to which it can return.

Peace be to you who have been cured in God, and not in idle dreams. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 140, W-pI.140.3-4;5:1. See also ACIM Lesson 140 Insights.)

Forgiveness is the dominant theme in A Course in Miracles. This is because guilt is the core problem in the world. Without belief in guilt there would be no sickness, sadness, anger or fear. Guilt is the glue that binds the world of separation to our perception.

The practice of accepting Holy Spirit’s help to forgive our guilty beliefs leads to the undoing of guilt. We have accepted the Atonement when we have undone all guilt in our mind through forgiveness. We awaken from the dream of guilt into the Light of Love.

Had we not convinced ourselves that we are a separate identity in a world of separation, there would be no need for forgiveness. Without forgiveness we would have permanently imprisoned ourselves in a dream world of guilt and fear.

The Holy Spirit offers an alternate dream of release from this world through forgiveness. We access the Holy Spirit’s forgiving dream by questioning the meaning of all our perceptions. With this open mind, we ask the Holy Spirit for His true perception. His dream of forgiveness dismisses the false as meaningless and brings to light the only real meaning—the presence of Love. Each time we accept His reinterpretation, we welcome peace and happiness into our mind. This is our practice for today.

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