Forgiveness is the only function here, and serves to bring the joy this world denies to every aspect of God’s Son where sin was thought to rule. Perhaps you do not see the role forgiveness plays in ending death and all beliefs that rise from mists of guilt. Sins are beliefs that you impose between your brother and yourself. They limit you to time and place, and give a little space to you, another little space to him. This separating off is symbolized, in your perception, by a body which is clearly separate and a thing apart. Yet what this symbol represents is but your wish to be apart and separate.
Forgiveness takes away what stands between your brother and yourself. It is the wish that you be joined with him, and not apart.
In joyous answer will creation rise within you, to replace the world you see with Heaven, wholly perfect and complete. What is forgiveness but a willingness that truth be true? (A Course in Miracles, T-26.VII.8:5-9:2;10:2-3)
We don’t realize we are imprisoning ourselves when we focus on the errors in our brothers instead of the truth in them. Focusing on the errors in our brothers forms a barrier to the awareness of Love’s presence. Denying Love’s presence brings unhappiness and pain, whether we realize it or not. Forgiveness is the means to free ourselves from this pain.
Forgiveness brings us everything we really want. It brings us back to Heaven, where we see our brother as he truly is. It lifts the veil of illusion that hides the face of Christ. Today our practice is to experience the freedom that forgiveness brings.
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