For years now I have considered ACIM a training in forgiveness. I know it is not necessary “in the moment”, but in this world it is a mind-training of consistently letting go, over and over again. In the letting go, we are returned to sanity, to peace. We cannot let go if we are unable to forgive. It took me years and years and years of painfully gripping onto my story as shame and guilt consumed me. I did not feel worthy to be free, but that too is of the ego. I was not consciously aware that I was proclaiming by my actions that I knew better than God, than the Truth. It was a living hell. I also felt that if others could not walk the path with me, you know, those that I harmed, I had no right to walk it alone. I must wash their feet and remain lowly. Balderdash! In attaining personal freedom, setting the world free isn’t about imposing my state on others, but rather about how my freedom allows me to interact with and influence the world around me: shining my light, living authentically by example! Ahhh, and there it is. So simple, but not easy. I think I will continue this training and some moments will be better than others, but I will not give up!
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