Forgiveness is the great release from time. It is the key to learning that the past is over. Madness speaks no more. There is no other teacher and no other way. For what has been undone no longer is. And who can stand upon a distant shore, and dream himself across an ocean, to a place and time that have long since gone by? How real a hindrance can this dream be to where he really is? For this is fact and does not change, whatever dreams he has. Yet can he still imagine he is elsewhere, and in another time. In the extreme, he can delude himself that this is true, and pass from mere imagining into belief and into madness, quite convinced that where he would prefer to be, he is. (A Course in Miracles, T-26.V.6. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
It is very helpful to be reminded that, in truth, we are in Heaven now. We are still as God created us, no matter what dreams of separation we may dream. We are still pure and innocent as God’s perfect Love. This is God’s Will for us, and what God wills is. Dreams of being separate and alone in a world of differences and specialness have not changed what we really are. Because they are merely dreams, they never really happened.
Through forgiveness we open to the truth that we are still one with all Love, along with every brother. We learn that stories of separation and conflict are not true.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, our dreaming takes on a different purpose. We dream of our brothers’ innocence instead of guilt. We rise above to see the Love that is true eternally. As we continue to let go and let God through forgiveness, we wake up from the dream of separation. And we rejoice that we remain in Heaven as we were created. Extending Love is our only function. With the peace and joy that come as we fulfill our function, we bring many brothers with us, remembering we do not go Home alone.
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