There is a very simple way to find the door to true forgiveness, and perceive it open wide in welcome. ²When you feel that you are tempted to accuse someone of sin in any form, do not allow your mind to dwell on what you think he did, for that is self-deception. ³Ask instead, “Would I accuse myself of doing this?
Thus will you see alternatives for choice in terms that render choosing meaningful, and keep your mind as free of guilt and pain as God Himself intended it to be, and as it is in truth. ²It is but lies that would condemn. ³In truth is innocence the only thing there is. ⁴Forgiveness stands between illusions and the truth; between the world you see and that which lies beyond; between the hell of guilt and Heaven’s gate.
Across this bridge, as powerful as love which laid its blessing on it, are all dreams of evil and of hatred and attack brought silently to truth. ²They are not kept to swell and bluster, and to terrify the foolish dreamer who believes in them. ³He has been gently wakened from his dream by understanding what he thought he saw was never there. ⁴And now he cannot feel that all escape has been denied to him. (A Course in Miracles, W-134.9:1–11:4. See also ACIM Lesson 134 Insights.)
Belief in sin comes with the belief that separation is real. Only in separation does harm seem to be possible. Yet, only Love is real, and Love is one. In oneness, there is no other, no differences that could seem to conflict. In Love, sin cannot exist.
Every judgment we make stems from a false belief that we are separate and alone. True forgiveness brings release from judgment. It sees past the false images of differences to the eternal oneness of Love. As we learn to forgive, we see that what we thought occurred to threaten us never happened.
Now we see with the eyes of Christ. This vision shows us Love’s reality and easily passes by throughs of separation. Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves.
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