You cannot give yourself your innocence, for you are too confused about yourself. But should one brother dawn upon your sight as wholly worthy of forgiveness, then your concept of yourself is wholly changed. Your “evil” thoughts have been forgiven with his, because you let them all affect you not. No longer do you choose that you should be the sign of evil and of guilt in him. And as you gave your trust to what is good in him, you gave it to the good in you.
In terms of concepts, it is thus you see him more than just a body, for the good is never what the body seems to be. The actions of the body are perceived as coming from the “baser” part of you, and thus of him as well. By focusing upon the good in him, the body grows decreasingly persistent in your sight, and will at length be seen as little more than just a shadow circling round the good. And this will be your concept of yourself, when you have reached the world beyond the sight your eyes alone can offer you to see. For you will not interpret what you see without the Aid That God has given you. And in His sight there is another world.”
And all this shift requires is that you be willing that this happy change occur. (A Course in Miracles, T-31.VII.2:4-3:6;5:3. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Forgiveness brings us vision that shows us the way to our Home in Love. We cannot see the innocence of our brother while we insist in seeing him as a body. The actions of bodies always demonstrate the belief that separation is real.
Seeing a brother as separate is an attack on his reality and his innocence. It is a denial of the truth. As we choose to accept the Holy Spirit’s vision, the appearances of bodies lose their seeming importance. We learn to recognize that what bodies do has no effect because bodies are not real. What the body’s eyes seem to see diminishes in our awareness as we forgive and let the Holy Spirit’s vision take its place.
The moment by moment practice of accepting Holy Spirit’s vision as our own is the journey of release from fear and guilt. It is the way Home.
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