e-miracle Nr. 4
Dear friend, 'A Course in Miracles' (ACIM) states that its primary tool for achieving inner peace is practising true forgiveness. Below is an introduction to true forgiveness. However, I would like to point out that this introduction is just a pointer and a lot more information can be found by reading 'ACIM' and 'The Disappearance of the Universe' ('Gud Er'). True forgiveness is a discipline that we need to practise for quite some time, but the rewards are extraordinary. I would also like to point out that it is often valuable to work with various forms of therapy as well as working with true forgiveness, and I will explain why I say this in the forthcoming e-miracle about 'cause and effect'. Blessings, |
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The way we usually forgive others is to look at what they have done to us, see it clearly - thus making it real, and then be big enough to forgive them for it. In this way we are actually seeing ourselves as better than they are. This is not true forgiveness! True forgiveness is overlooking - overlooking what we think the other has done to us. It is looking back and seeing that there is nothing to forgive! "Forgiveness does not pardon sins and make them real. It sees there was no sin. And in that view are all your sins forgiven." (ACIM) This is all very easy to say, but not so easy to do. The ego mind is stuck in fear and attack, and it takes time and training to undo the ego's thought system so that we can start practising true forgiveness. True forgiveness is not about being a doormat and letting people do unloving things to us. We can still ask for what we want and what we don't want. What this is about is achieving peace of mind. Peace of mind is not about what we or others do, but about our perception of what we or others do. The miracle is that as we learn true forgiveness, people are much more likely to treat us with love and respect. The goal with practising true forgiveness is to get to the stage where it becomes a spontaneous reality. Then, instead of seeing the other as doing something to us, we simply see them as asking for love in some way. 'A Course in Miracles' says that all expression is either an expression of love or a request for love. It also says that if you have a problem of any kind in your life, then forgiveness is required! True forgiveness is the key to happiness! More details on forgiveness can be seen here >>
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