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Receiving and Giving the Gift of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is illusion that is answer to the rest.

Forgiveness sweeps all other dreams away, and though it is itself a dream, it breeds no others. All illusions save this one must multiply a thousandfold. But this is where illusions end. Forgiveness is the end of dreams, because it is a dream of waking. It is not itself the truth. Yet does it point to where the truth must be, and gives direction with the certainty of God Himself. [Forgiveness] is a dream in which the Son of God awakens to his Self and to his Father, knowing They are One.

Forgiveness is the only road that leads out of disaster, past all suffering, and finally away from death. How could there be another way, when this one is the plan of God Himself? And why would you oppose it, quarrel with it, seek to find a thousand ways in which it must be wrong; a thousand other possibilities?

Is it not wiser to be glad you hold the answer to your problems in your hand? Is it not more intelligent to thank the One Who gives salvation, and accept His gift with gratitude? And is it not a kindness to yourself to hear His Voice and learn the simple lessons He would teach, instead of trying to dismiss His words, and substitute your own in place of His? (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 198, W-pI.198,2:10-5:3. See also ACIM Lesson 198 Insights.)

Because God (Love) does not condemn, He has no need to forgive. But when we accept the ego thought system of separation, we accept judgment as a means for making separation appear real. It is this practice of condemnation that needs forgiveness to let it go.

As we let the Holy Spirit teach us to recognize that ego perceptions are unreal, we free ourselves from the ego’s limitations. We open our minds to join with the Mind of Love by letting go of judgment. This is the practice that frees us from the dream of fear and guilt.

When forgiveness is complete, we have let go all barriers to Love’s presence. We awaken from the dream to the certainty of our Home in changeless Love. Forgiveness is the greatest gift we can offer to everyone. Forgiveness is the way we celebrate the birth of Christ in everyone.

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