In truth is innocence the only thing there is. Forgiveness stands between illusions and the truth; between the world you see and that which lies beyond; between the hell of guilt and Heaven’s gate.
Across this bridge, as powerful as love which laid its blessing on it, are all dreams of evil and of hatred and attack brought silently to truth. They are not kept to swell and bluster, and to terrify the foolish dreamer who believes in them. He has been gently wakened from his dream by understanding what he thought he saw was never there.
Forgiveness must be practiced, for the world cannot perceive its meaning, nor provide a guide to teach you its beneficence. There is no thought in all the world that leads to any understanding of the laws [forgiveness] follows, nor the Thought that it reflects. It is as alien to the world as is your own reality. And yet [forgiveness] joins your mind with the reality in you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 134, W-pI.134.10:3-11:3;13. See also ACIM Lesson 134 Insights.)
The ego is incapable of forgiving. Forgiveness comes from understanding that is beyond the domain of the ego. The Truth in our minds sees beyond the ego to the loving innocence that is the reality of our Home. With the help of the Holy Spirit in our minds, forgiveness bridges the seeming gap between the ego’s thought system of sin, guilt and fear and the reality of Love’s innocence in Heaven.
We are accustomed to thinking with the ego thought system. And so we must be taught how to think with the Truth in us. As we practice remembering that of ourselves we do not know what anything means and offer our perceptions to the Holy Spirit with willingness to receive His vision, we awaken from the dream of separation. Forgiveness is the means to return to Heaven, our true Home. Today we practice letting the Holy Spirit show us what everything means.
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