³Forgiveness through the Holy Spirit lies simply in looking beyond error from the beginning, and thus keeping it unreal for you. ⁴Do not let any belief in its realness enter your mind, or you will also believe that you must undo what you have made in order to be forgiven. ⁵What has no effect does not exist, and to the Holy Spirit the effects of error are nonexistent. ⁶By steadily and consistently cancelling out all its effects, everywhere and in all respects, He teaches that the ego does not exist and proves it.
Follow the Holy Spirit’s teaching in forgiveness, then, because forgiveness is His function and He knows how to fulfill it perfectly. …³Miracles are merely the sign of your willingness to follow the Holy Spirit’s plan of salvation, recognizing that you do not understand what it is. ⁴His work is not your function, and unless you accept this you cannot learn what your function is.
Behold, my child, reality is here. ²It belongs to you and me and God, and is perfectly satisfying to all of Us. ³Only this awareness heals, because it is the awareness of truth. (A Course in Miracles, T-9.IV.5:3–6;6:1,3-4;12. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The ego is just a fantasy of specialness that can never be real. But our belief in this fantasy makes it seem real to us. Fantasies are unstable because they change when beliefs change. If we believe our identity depends on a fantasy, we will defend it at all costs for if the fantasy is recognized as unreal, we believe we lose our identity.
This is why we must rely on the Holy Spirit as our Guide to forgiveness. He recognizes our mistaken beliefs but does not accept them as true. If we are willing to bring our beliefs to Him for His correction, we will find our release from the limited fantasy. We will be able to overlook the fantasy with His help.
What we will see with His vision is the radiant Light of Love in which we dwell. We will see it in every brother and ourselves. We will know our true Identity as God’s extension of Love. This is the blessing true forgiveness brings.
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