God does not forgive because He has never condemned. And there must be condemnation before forgiveness is necessary. Forgiveness is the great need of this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself.
Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of forgiveness. Fear condemns and love forgives. Forgiveness thus undoes what fear has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. For this reason, forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions disappear. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.46.1-2)
The false mind of separation makes up stories of separation. The Mind of Love knows only Love. As we are willing to return to our eternal Mind of Love, the Holy Spirit helps us see beyond all the stories of separation to the eternal truth of Love’s oneness.
We are now in the process of returning to our real Mind, the Mind of our Source, the Mind of God. This process of returning to Love involves letting go of what could never be true, could never be real. This letting go process is forgiveness.
We have chosen to buy into the ego’s world of everything being separate and alone. This wanting to split off from Love’s oneness is the cause of all our guilt, pain and suffering. We are now at a turning point where we see that being alone, separate, unique and special, is not all that it’s cracked up to be. We are open to a better way. We are willing now to open up to our constant Companion, the Holy Spirit, Who very gently leads us back to Love’s oneness.
As we open to Love’s oneness, we see innocence where we once saw guilt. We experience peace where we once experienced pain and suffering. The Holy Spirit shines a light on all our thoughts of separation which shine away our thoughts of guilt and suffering. Our minds are returned to Love.
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