Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. ²It does not pardon sins and make them real. ³It sees there was no sin. ⁴And in that view are all your sins forgiven. ⁵What is sin, except a false idea about God’s Son? ⁶Forgiveness merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go. ⁷What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God.
An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that it will not raise to doubt, although it is not true. ²The mind is closed, and will not be released.
²In frantic action [an unforgiving thought] pursues its goal, twisting and overturning what it sees as interfering with its chosen path. ³Distortion is its purpose…
Forgiveness, on the other hand, is still, and quietly does nothing. ²It offends no aspect of reality, nor seeks to twist it to appearances it likes. ³It merely looks, and waits, and judges not. …who would forgive himself must learn to welcome truth exactly as it is. (W-pII.1.1:1–2:2;3:2-3;4:1-3,5;)
Judgement is the bane of our existence. It is the cause of all our suffering, fear, guilt and sense of loss. Our real existence is Love and union with our Creator. Our true Self sees only Love and knows there is nothing to forgive. Nothing has changed God’s one Son. When we let go of judgment completely — when we have forgiven everything and let our true existence be — we know that we are Love and nothing else. This is why forgiveness is the key to happiness and peace of mind.
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