God is the Love in which I forgive.
³Forgiveness is the great need of this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. ⁴Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them. ⁵As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself.
Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of forgiveness. ²Fear condemns and love forgives. ³Forgiveness thus undoes what fear has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. ⁴For this reason, forgiveness can truly be called salvation. ⁵It is the means by which illusions disappear.
⁴God is the Love in which I forgive you, [name].
³God is the Love in which I forgive myself.
⁵God is the Love with which I love myself.
⁶God is the Love in which I am blessed.³I cannot be guilty because I am a Son of God.
⁴I have already been forgiven.
⁵No fear is possible in a mind beloved of God.
⁶There is no need to attack because love has forgiven me. (A Course in Miracles, W-46.1:3–2:5;4:4;5:3;5:5-6;6:3-6. See also ACIM Lesson 46 Insights.)
If we want to be more loving, we need to be more forgiving. Unforgiveness holds fear and guilt in place, blinding us to the awareness of Love’s presence. Fear is always based on perception of form that is not real. Forgiveness lets go of the form so the cause for fear is gone.
The affirmations in this lesson help us realize the steps we need to take to release ourselves from our attachment to our unique identity. And they remind us of our true Identity as God’s Son.
What we see in others is always a reflection of what we believe about ourselves. When we forgive another for their perceived error, we are forgiving the same error in ourselves. The ego uses different forms to disguise the sameness of the error. At its core, the error is always some form of the wish for specialness.
Today is a day of offering all our fear-based thoughts to the Holy Spirit for His loving healing.
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