X. Release from Guilt, P 12
12 No illusion that you have ever held against him has touched his innocence in any way. His shining purity, wholly untouched by guilt and wholly loving, is bright within you. Let us look upon him together and love him. For in love of him is your guiltlessness. But look upon yourself, and gladness and appreciation for what you see will banish guilt forever. I thank You, Father, for the purity of Your most holy Son, whom You have created guiltless forever.
Journal
When someone’s behavior seems to threaten me it can be hard to accept that person’s innocence. For instance, when I was working there were people, coworkers and customers, who I had to learn to see differently. Sometimes it is a relative that I seem to resent and I seem unable to forgive, even one I love very much. But understanding that the reason it is harder is because it feels threatening helps me to become willing to see differently.
What is really happening in these cases is that I am fearful and so I am trying to defend myself. It really isn’t about the other person, it is about me. Isn’t that always the case? It is always about me. I don’t forgive others; I just forgive my projections onto them, or I defend those projections. I have one of those situations right now and I know that rather than forgiving I am defending. But I really want to stop doing that.
I love this paragraph because it is helping me to forgive and to return to peace. Jesus is letting me know that my projections onto my relative are not affecting him in any way. He is still innocent and as God created him, no matter how I see him right now. And, in spite of my distorted vision, I can still find him because his, “shining purity, wholly untouched by guilt and wholly loving, is bright within” me. Jesus says that we can look together, and I am taking him up on this offer.
I am not alone in this and that is the point, I am not alone. I will not heal my mind on my own, but my desire for a healed mind will allow my mind to be healed. So together, Jesus and I will look on my guiltless brother, and in doing so my own guiltlessness will be revealed to me. I close my eyes and I place my fear on the altar so there will be nothing blocking my vision.
Then, holding hands with Jesus, I “look” at my brother, not trying to see him differently, just allowing myself to see what was always there behind my fear. I am not making anything happen, but only allowing the truth to be shown to me. I am so grateful. I wonder how this will unfold in my story of this person and our interactions. I am looking forward to finding out.
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