³To everyone who lives will Christ yet come, for everyone must live and move in Him. ⁴His Being in His Father is secure, because Their Will is One. ⁵Their gratitude to all They have created has no end, for gratitude remains a part of love.
Thanks be to you, the holy Son of God. ²For as you were created, you contain all things within your Self. ³And you are still as God created you. ⁴Nor can you dim the light of your perfection. ⁵In your heart the Heart of God is laid. ⁶He holds you dear, because you are Himself. ⁷All gratitude belongs to you, because of what you are.
Give thanks as you receive it. ²Be you free of all ingratitude to anyone who makes your Self complete. ³And from this Self is no one left outside. ⁴Give thanks for all the countless channels which extend this Self. ⁵All that you do is given unto Him. ⁶All that you think can only be His Thoughts, sharing with Him the holy Thoughts of God. ⁷Earn now the gratitude you have denied yourself when you forgot the function [of forgiveness] God has given you. ⁸But never think that He has ever ceased to offer thanks to you. (A Course in Miracles, W-197.7:3–9:8. See also ACIM Lesson 197 Insights.)
We are united with everyone as the Self that is God’s Son. If we perceive anyone as an adversary, we have first decided that we are separate. We are denying the Self God created as His Son. Neither we nor our brothers are ego’s. But in the dream the ego we think we are sees other ego’s as separate. This is the basis of all conflict.
In this dream of ego’s battling ego’s, forgiveness is our only meaningful purpose. Through forgiveness we release the barriers that hide the unity of Love. In truth, we are united in one Love and share the Will of God.
When we let go of the barriers to Love, gratitude is inevitable. We feel the joy of extending Love as we unite with the Love that is the truth in everyone. When we forgive the image of a separate brother, we simultaneously forgive our own image as a separate identity. We shift our viewpoint from a separate identity to a recognition of our oneness as the one Son God created. We are one Self. There is no distance between us. And we are grateful that this is so.
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