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Recognizing Opportunities to Forgive

Let me not forget my function.

Today’s idea is merely another way of saying “Let me not wan­der into temptation.” The purpose of the world you see is to obscure your function of forgiveness, and provide you with a justification for forgetting it. It is the temptation to abandon God and His Son by taking on a physical appearance. It is this the body’s eyes look upon.

Nothing the body’s eyes seem to see can be anything but a form of temptation, since this was the purpose of the body itself. Yet we have learned that the Holy Spirit has another use for all the illusions you have made, and therefore He sees another purpose in them. To the Holy Spirit, the world is a place where you learn to forgive yourself what you think of as your sins. In this perception, the physical appearance of temptation becomes the spiritual recognition of salvation.

The world’s salvation awaits your forgiveness, because through it does the Son of God escape from all illusions, and thus from all temptation. The Son of God is you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 64, W-pI.64.1-2;3:3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 64 Insights.)

It is important to understand that the ego made the body as a defense against the oneness of God’s Love. When we are tempted to identify with the body, we cannot know that we are God’s Son because we are believing the illusion of separation is real.

The Holy Spirit has another purpose for the body. His purpose is to use the body to bring to our attention the beliefs that need to be forgiven. When we believe what the body perceives is real, we inevitably react with various forms of fear or guilt. The Holy Spirit uses these reactions to bring our attention to the need for forgiveness.

Whenever there is a feeling of fear or guilt, there is a mistaken belief that needs to be let go. When we accept the Holy Spirit’s guidance, He will show us how to let go of the mistaken belief. Leading us on this path to forgiveness is the Holy Spirit’s only purpose. Every moment of every day we have opportunities to learn His lessons.

Today we dedicate to following the lead of our inner Teacher.

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