Condemn and you are made a prisoner. ²Forgive and you are freed. ³Such is the law that rules perception. ⁴It is not a law that knowledge understands, for freedom is a part of knowledge. ⁵To condemn is thus impossible in truth. ⁶What seems to be its influence and its effects have not occurred at all. ⁷Yet must we deal with [effects] a while as if they had. ⁸Illusion makes illusion. ⁹Except one. ¹⁰Forgiveness is illusion that is answer to the rest.
Forgiveness sweeps all other dreams away, and though it is itself a dream, it breeds no others. ²All illusions save this one must multiply a thousandfold. ³But [forgiveness] is where illusions end. ⁴Forgiveness is the end of dreams, because it is a dream of waking. ⁵It is not itself the truth. ⁶Yet does it point to where the truth must be, and gives direction with the certainty of God Himself. ⁷It is a dream in which the Son of God awakens to his Self and to his Father, knowing They are one.
Forgiveness is the only road that leads out of disaster, past all suffering, and finally away from death. ²How could there be another way, when this one is the plan of God Himself? (A Course in Miracles, W-198.2:1–4:2. See also ACIM Lesson 198 Insights.)
Forgiveness clears away the veil that hides the presence of Love from our awareness. This veil represents the ego’s refusal to accept all of God’s Love. It is only a belief that denies reality.
But we have been given the means to undo our mistaken belief. Forgiveness lets the Presence of Love be recognized and accepted. We need help to see past our self-imposed veil. The Holy Spirit takes our willingness to changing our perceptions to offer us Christ’s vision, which shows us the Love that is always present.
As we let Love be revealed, we awaken and are freed to join in the eternal Love of God’s Love.
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