Forgiveness gently looks upon all things unknown in Heaven, sees them disappear, and leaves the world a clean and unmarked slate on which the Word of God can now replace the senseless symbols written there before. Forgiveness is the means by which the fear of death is overcome, because it holds no fierce attraction now and guilt is gone. Forgiveness lets the body be perceived as what it is; a simple teaching aid, to be laid by when learning is complete, but hardly changing him who learns at all.
Only forgiveness can relieve the mind of thinking that the body is its home. Only forgiveness can restore the peace that God intended for His holy Son. Only forgiveness can persuade the Son to look again upon his holiness.
With anger gone, you will indeed perceive that, for Christ’s vision and the gift of sight, no sacrifice was asked, and only pain was lifted from a sick and tortured mind. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 192, W-pI.192.4;5:5-6:1. See also ACIM Lesson 192 Insights.)
Holding a grievance imprisons us in an unhappy world. It is based on the belief in being separate from the rest of the world. This belief is manifested in the image of a body and believing that body is our identity. A grievance is a thought that if something external would be different, we could be happy and safe.
Because we have no control of what is believed to be external, grievances carry with them a sense of hopelessness. We may try to control the external circumstances, yet we can never succeed to the point where we feel wholly safe and truly happy. Perhaps for a moment we may like our circumstance, but there is an underlying fear that it could change in an instant.
Forgiveness is the means by which we free ourselves from the pain of grievances. When we are able to accept Christ’s vision, which sees only the reality of Love, we are able to see past the dream of being separate and alone. We are able to see our brother as our one Self. This vision cannot come from the part of the mind that believes it is separate. We must be willing to accept the Light offered us by the Holy Spirit, which will show us that only Love is real.
We dedicate today to welcoming Christ’s vision so that we can forgive and return to the awareness of Love’s presence.
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