You first forgive, then pray, and you are healed. Your prayer has risen up and called to God, Who hears and answers. You have understood that you forgive and pray but for yourself. And in this understanding you are healed. In prayer you have united with your Source, and understood that you have never left. This level cannot be attained until there is no hatred [denial of Love’s oneness] in your heart, and no desire to attack the Son of God.
Never forget this; it is you who are God’s Son, and as you choose to be to him [God’s Son] so are you to yourself, and God to you. Nor will your judgment fail to reach to God, for you will give the role to Him you see in His creation. (A Course in Miracles, S-3.IV.4:1-5:2)
If we believe we have separated from God, we will see His Creation (Love’s extension, His Son) as separate from us. To identify with the ego’s belief in separation from Love is to perceive ourselves as loveless. Hatred is lovelessness. We project this sense of lovelessness not only on others, but also on God. God becomes punitive and unloving in our thinking.
To reach true communion in the unrestricted flow of God’s Love, we must let go of our barriers to Love. This is why forgiveness comes first. We need to open our hearts and minds to Love by letting go of our barriers. The Holy Spirit was given us as the Helper Who can guide us to true forgiveness. With His help, we will learn to recognize our mistaken beliefs and let them go. This practice every day frees us from our confinement to the prison cell of denial of Love.
We have taught ourselves to believe what could never be true. It is impossible to not be the Love God created us to be. But we can make ourselves unaware of the Love we are. The practice of asking for help to see with the eyes of Love all through the day will return us to the full recognition that we are united with all that is in Love’s oneness.
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