The major difficulty that you find in genuine forgiveness on your part is that you still believe you must forgive the truth, and not illusions. You conceive of pardon as a vain attempt to look past what is there; to overlook the truth, in an unfounded effort to deceive yourself by making an illusion true.
Forgiveness must be practiced, for the world cannot perceive its meaning, nor provide a guide to teach you its beneficence. There is no thought in all the world that leads to any understanding of the laws [forgiveness] follows, nor the Thought that it reflects. It is as alien to the world as is your own reality. And yet [forgiveness] joins your mind with the reality in you.
Let us ask of Him:
Let me perceive forgiveness as it is. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 134, W-pI.134.3:1-2;13:1-4;14:5-6. See also ACIM Lesson 134 Insights.)
Forgiveness seems difficult only when we identify with being a separate identity in a world of separation. In this belief system, there is no justification for forgiveness, for “wrongs” are perceived as real.
True forgiveness comes with letting the Holy Spirit replace our interpretations of what we perceive with His true perception. The Holy Spirit acknowledges what we believe we see, but does not believe it. Holy Spirit’s vision looks beyond our false perceptions to see the Love and the innocence that is the truth eternally.
We must be willing to receive Holy Spirit’s interpretation in place of ours to let true forgiveness heal our minds. This is how we will perceive forgiveness as it is. This is how we relieve the pain of guilt that comes with believing illusions are real. Today we practice true forgiveness by remembering to ask throughout the day, “Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.”
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