Across this bridge [of forgiveness], as powerful as love which laid its blessing on it, are all dreams of evil and of hatred and attack brought silently to truth. They are not kept to swell and bluster, and to terrify the foolish dreamer who believes in them. He has been gently wakened from his dream by understanding what he thought he saw was never there. And now he cannot feel that all escape has been denied to him.
Let [your brother] be freed from all the thoughts you had of sin in him. And now you are prepared for freedom. If you have been practicing thus far in willingness and honesty, you will begin to sense a lifting up, a lightening of weight across your chest, a deep and certain feeling of relief. The time remaining should be given to experiencing the escape from all the heavy chains you sought to lay upon your brother, but were laid upon yourself.
Forgiveness should be practiced through the day, for there will still be many times when you forget its meaning and attack yourself. When this occurs, allow your mind to see through this illusion as you tell yourself:
Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.
Would I accuse myself of doing this?
I will not lay this chain upon myself. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 134, W-pI.134.11;16:1-17:5. See also ACIM Lesson 134 Insights.)
As we remember “ideas leave not their source” and there is no world outside our mind, we are led to go within and ask the Holy Spirit to lighten our minds so we see the truth behind illusions.
Here we see everyone’s innocence… We see that everyone is still as God created them… We see the Love that resides eternally behind any false perceptions of separation we are holding…
We are willing to see the truth of God’s eternal Love… We are willing to see as our true Self sees… We are willing to forgive illusions of separation and accept the truth of Love’s eternal Oneness… We practice this throughout the day…
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