Daily Inspiration

Returning to Our Identity as Love

⁵How foolish to believe that They could die! ⁶How foolish to believe you can attack! ⁷How mad to think that you could be condemned, and that the holy Son of God can die!

The stillness of your Self remains unmoved, untouched by thoughts like these, and unaware of any condemnation which could need forgiveness. ²Dreams of any kind are strange and alien to the truth. ³And what but truth could have a Thought which builds a bridge to it that brings illusions to the other side?”

²The truth bestows these words upon your mind, that you may find the key to light and let the darkness end:

³Only my condemnation injures me.
⁴Only my own forgiveness sets me free.

⁵Do not forget today that there can be no form of suffering that fails to hide an unforgiving thought. ⁶Nor can there be a form of pain forgiveness cannot heal.

Accept the one illusion which proclaims there is no condemnation in God’s Son, and Heaven is remembered instantly; the world forgotten, all its weird beliefs forgotten with it, as the face of Christ appears unveiled at last in this one dream. ²This is the gift the Holy Spirit holds for you from God your Father. ³Let today be celebrated both on earth and in your holy home as well. ⁴Be kind to Both, as you forgive the trespasses you thought Them guilty of, and see your innocence shining upon you from the face of Christ. (A Course in Miracles, W-198.7:5–8:3;9:2–10:4. See also ACIM Lesson 198 Insights.)

Every time we judge, we are condemning ourselves. We believe that we are separate from what we judge, and thus deny the oneness of our true Identity as Love. In the absence of Love, we perceive only hell, with myriad forms of attack and death.

Release from these hallucinations comes with forgiveness. Each judgment released weakens the veil that hides the Light of Love from our awareness. Forgiveness is love’s reflection in the dream of separation. Denial is replaced by the acceptance of the Love that keeps us eternally joined with our Father and every brother. Forgiveness returns us to the Heaven of our God’s Love.

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