September 30, 2014
Many of us have misunderstood what forgiveness is. We have learned that forgiveness is about what others have done to wrong us or what we have done to wrong ourselves. Nothing could be further from the truth. When we dwell on what others have done to wrong us or what we have done to wrong ourselves we are believing that we can be wronged. This belief keeps us aligned with a great misperception about us that we are limited, can be wronged, and that we deny our natural wholeness and divine nature. We deny the very truth about us that we are whole, perfect, limitless, and created One with our Creator. We are inseparable from each other and our Creator. Forgiveness is the correction of error or more correctly the perception of error, for error is not real.
To forgive is to look beyond error to the truth beyond it. We must not allow our perception to rest on error or we begin to believe that error is true. Spirit asks us to look beyond the appearance of error to the truth about each other and accept the truth about who they really are. In accepting this truth we will know ourselves truly, for we are One with each other. When we get caught up in seeing error, we separate ourselves from the awareness that we are all One by dwelling on our differences rather than our Oneness. We believe that somehow another limits us in a limited world rather than realizing that another increases us in an abundant world. We need to remember always that our Identity is shared and that Its sharing is reality.
We have a part to play in Spirit’s plan of forgiveness. Our part is to follow our Guide, Spirit, who dwells within all of us. We have lost sight of this Guide within us in our limited idea about what we are. This sense of limitation about ourselves and each other is where all errors arise. This Guide, Spirit, is within us waiting for us to allow It to guide our perception. Spirit works within us gently to correct the mistaken ideas we hold so rigidly that prevent us from seeing clearly. Our spiritual sight is just fine, yet we have shrouded it in a veil of mistaken perception, clouding our awareness of our true Vision.
The Atonement, which is the plan of forgiveness, is a lesson in sharing, which is given us because we have forgotten how to share. Spirit simply reminds us of the natural use of our abilities. We are created with the natural ability to share. Our mistakes or errors are nothing more than a misuse of our natural ability to share as the ability to attack and separate. Even though attack and separation are impossible in the Realm of God, we believe that it is possible, so it appears real to our egoic thought system. When we ask Spirit to guide us, Spirit guides the changes in perception we each need. Spirit guides and corrects our mistaken perceptions and raises what we have made to the true creation beyond. Spirit uses everything in our experience to raise our awareness. Spirit shows us the message of truth behind everything another has said. Spirit guides us in how to fully share our love and gratitude with each other in this world of form. We all are truly One and share everything our creator has created in us. Love is what we are. Love is what we have to share. Love is limitless. No matter what appearance we have put forth in this world, Spirit will translate its appearance to Love. Forgiveness is to share the wholeness of each other with each other with abandon and let all else fade away. We are all the One Child of Oneness experiencing the Realm of Heaven on this earth. Let it be so.
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