⁵How foolish to believe that They could die! ⁶How foolish to believe you can attack! ⁷How mad to think that you could be condemned, and that the holy Son of God can die!
The stillness of your Self remains unmoved, untouched by thoughts like these, and unaware of any condemnation which could need forgiveness. ²Dreams of any kind are strange and alien to the truth. ³And what but truth could have a Thought which builds a bridge to it that brings illusions to the other side?
²The truth bestows these words upon your mind, that you may find the key to light and let the darkness end:
³Only my condemnation injures me.
⁴Only my own forgiveness sets me free.⁵Do not forget today that there can be no form of suffering that fails to hide an unforgiving thought. ⁶Nor can there be a form of pain forgiveness cannot heal.
Accept the one illusion which proclaims there is no condemnation in God’s Son, and Heaven is remembered instantly; the world forgotten, all its weird beliefs forgotten with it, as the face of Christ appears unveiled at last in this one dream. ²This is the gift the Holy Spirit holds for you from God your Father. ³Let today be celebrated both on earth and in your holy home as well. ⁴Be kind to Both, as you forgive the trespasses you thought Them guilty of, and see your innocence shining upon you from the face of Christ. (A Course in Miracles, W-198.7:5–8:3;9:2–10:4. See also ACIM Lesson 198 Insights.)
The wish to have any form or situation be the way we want it to be is an unforgiving thought. At its core is the wish for specialness, which condemns the changeless unity of Love we are as unwanted. It is a choice for illusions in place of Reality. It fosters a constant search for love, but looks for it in forms, where it cannot be found.
Each time we let go of wanting a situation to appear a certain way, wanting someone to behave as we would like, or to have something we can call our own, we set our self free from attachment to illusions. We open the door that welcomes the Love that is forever ours.
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