Daily Inspiration

Overlooking the Past to See Love’s Presence

Let me forget my brother’s past today.

This is the thought that leads the way to You, and brings me to my goal. ²I cannot come to You without my brother. ³And to know my Source, I first must recognize what You created one with me. ⁴My brother’s is the hand that leads me on the way to You. ⁵His sins are in the past along with mine, and I am saved because the past is gone. ⁶Let me not cherish it within my heart, or I will lose the way to walk to You. ⁷My brother is my savior. ⁸Let me not attack the savior You have given me. ⁹But let me honor him who bears Your Name, and so remember that It is my own.

Forgive me, then, today. ²And you will know you have forgiven me if you behold your brother in the light of holiness. ³He cannot be less holy than can I, and you can not be holier than he. (A Course in Miracles, W-288. See also ACIM Lesson 288 Insights.)

All our judgments are based on thoughts about the past. In Love’s oneness there is no past. Only the eternal present exists. When we judge anyone, we are really judging our projections from our past on them. What we see in others is a reflection of what we believe we are.

Whether it appears to be the past of a brother or our own past, it is the same illusion based on the false belief that separation is real. Forgiveness frees us from our mistaken beliefs. It sets us free to see the unity of Love that joins us with everyone as God’s one Son, forever united with our Father. Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us see the reality of Love in all our brothers.

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