Forgiveness is this world’s equivalent of Heaven’s justice. It translates the world of sin into a simple world, where justice can be reflected from beyond the gate behind which total lack of limits lies. Nothing in boundless love could need forgiveness. And what is charity within the world gives way to simple justice past the gate that opens into Heaven. No one forgives unless he has believed in sin, and still believes that he has much to be forgiven. Forgiveness thus becomes the means by which he learns he has done nothing to forgive. Forgiveness always rests upon the one who offers it, until he sees himself as needing it no more. And thus is he returned to his real function of creating [extending Love], which his forgiveness offers him again.
Forgiveness turns the world of sin into a world of glory, wonderful to see. (A Course in Miracles, T-26.IV.1:1-2:1). See also ACIM Text Q & A.
What is unforgiveness but a barrier to Love’s extension? Judgment insists that what is judged is separate from the judge. Judgment can only seem to be justified within the ego thought system of separation. When oneness is accepted, there is no external “other” to judge.
This is why forgiveness is the path to release from the hell of separation. Forgiveness, as the Holy Spirit teaches, shows us that we have never really done anything to harm God or His Creation. Thus it acknowledges our innocence and the innocence of everyone.
In the dream it appears that there are others we must forgive. Yet when we forgive others, we discover we are forgiven, along with them. For in truth, the “other” is simply a reflection of our belief about ourselves.
Today we practice bringing all our opinions and judgments to the Holy Spirit with willingness to see that nothing has really occurred to change God’s one Son, our Self.
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