There is a curious property of all things God, in that it doesn't need to do anything. But, IF there are illusions present, something seems to happen. If there is only light, then it seems the light just shines. But...
Two fighters are in the boxing ring. They move around and jab at each other. As they become closer, they fight more. They punch and hurt each other, trying to defeat the other. There is no love here. It is...
God is always in a forgiving state, even though there is nothing to forgive, in order THAT there be nothing to forgive. God always has a forgiving attitude.
Forgiveness is not something you do to get TO God, it is your...
Trying to forgive other people is an error. It is not the kind of forgiveness that ACIM teaches at all. It is an attack.
First and foremost, when you are in a state of unforgiveness yourself, you are perceiving incorrectly.
This erroneous...
"3 Forgiveness through the Holy Spirit lies simply in looking beyond error from the beginning, and thus keeping it unreal for you."
Forgiveness does not react to problems you think are real and then try to fix them. Forgiveness ensures THERE...
"Forgive them for they know not what they do" applies to anyone who believes in separation, because literally a state of ego-mindedness renders you unaware of what you are doing or why.
When you are whole minded you'll see the whole...
"Anger is never justified. Attack has no foundation."
"Perhaps it will be helpful to remember that no one can be angry at a fact. It is always an interpretation that gives rise to negative emotions, regardless of their seeming justification by...
It's not possible to judge others.
It's not possible to forgive others.
It's not possible to correct others.
It's not possible to communicate with others.
It's not possible to attack others.
It's not possible to be hurt by others.
It nevertheless SEEMS possible to do all...
Forgiveness is the only way out of the dream. It is the only way to undo error. It is the only salvation. It literally IS the way that you learn illusions are illusions and not the truth. It is your...
It is to clearly recognize when something is an illusion and when it is reality.
It is only because we have become convinced that illusions are real, that they have truth to them, and give them credit, that we are experiencing...
If you are not forgivable, neither is your brother.
You can't have it be that you are reluctant to forgive your brother, believing that you're able to forgive yourself but not him. If you don't forgive him, you do not forgive...
When you're first starting to apply A Course in Miracle's idea of forgiveness, it begins with where you're at and what kind of a perception you have.
Most people will be starting out with a mind that is quite strongly convinced...
If you are upset or having issues with a person, try doing a forgiveness which includes them. A forgiveness which applies to both of you at the same time. Forgive them, for them.
At each step of your forgiveness, as you...
Often when you're having emotional reactions to situations, you can't for the life of you remember how to forgive or where to start.
There could be so much unconsciousness going on that all you are aware of are the intense feelings...
"Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you HAS NOT OCCURRED. It does not pardon sins and make them real. It sees there was no sin. And in that view are all your sins forgiven. What is sin,...
God already sees you as forgiven.
First you start by thinking that you need to forgive others. That's not true, because everything you think is about them is really about you. Taking back your projections undoes this error.
Secondly you think that...
If you believe you have really done something wrong, you ALSO must believe that you are not forgiven or forgivable.
Yet, believing that you have really done something wrong, you will seek to "forgive". This cannot really work. This is the...
You start off believing that you are not the one responsible for this, that you're not the one doing it, and you're not doing it to yourself.
You need to transition to realizing that you in fact DO have power to...
It can be very therapeutic to just listen and be still and judge not while someone expresses themeslves. This is the essence of being forgiving.
"Forgiveness … is still, and quietly does nothing. … It merely looks, and waits, and judges...
Here is a simple and effective forgiveness process which I did this morning with Holy Spirit.
You start by figuring out where you are on a spectrum from Life to Death. The spectrum has these stages:
Love/Innocence > Separation > Sin >...