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Fulfilling Our Function Brings Peace and Happiness

²My function here is to forgive the world for all the errors I have made. ³For thus am I released from them with all the world.

²God’s Will is perfect happiness for me. ³And I can suffer but from the belief there is another will apart from His.

²I share my Father’s Will for me, His Son. ³What He has given me is all I want. ⁴What He has given me is all there is. (A Course in Miracles, W-115.1:2-3. W-116.1:2-3;2:2-4. See also ACIM Lesson 116 Insights.)

The messy world we perceive comes from believing we have a will different from God. As a whole it is not a happy world. But God’s Will for His Son is perfect happiness. The mess we see in the world demonstrates our mistaken belief in a will separate from God’s. This is the belief that must be forgiven to make way for the happiness God Wills for us.

Forgiveness is letting go of the wish to be separate and have our own will separate from God’s. This wish appears in myriad forms. Our function is to forgive each form that interferes with our experience of God’s joy. The Holy Spirit is ever present in our mind to help us forgive. We cannot do it alone.

The ego would have us believe there are so many things to forgive that complete forgiveness would take forever. But each form is an aspect of the one error of belief in separation. The practice of forgiveness generalizes. With practice, we recognize more and more the commonality of the error. Situations that used to upset us no longer trigger reactions. Our state of mind is increasingly happy and peaceful. It’s worth the practice.

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