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Lesson 62 ~ A Course in Miracles ~ Zoom Call Video: Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.
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Overview
1. It is your forgiveness that will bring the world of darkness to the light. ²It is your forgiveness that lets you recognize the light in which you see. ³Forgiveness is the demonstration that you are the light of the world. ⁴Through your forgiveness does the truth about yourself return to your memory. ⁵Therefore, in your forgiveness lies your salvation.
2. Illusions about yourself and the world are one. ²That is why all forgiveness is a gift to yourself. ³Your goal is to find out who you are, having denied your Identity by attacking creation and its Creator. ⁴Now you are learning how to remember the truth. ⁵For this attack must be replaced by forgiveness, so that thoughts of life may replace thoughts of death.
3. Remember that in every attack you call upon your own weakness, while each time you forgive you call upon the strength of Christ in you. ²Do you not then begin to understand what forgiveness will do for you? ³It will remove all sense of weakness, strain and fatigue from your mind. ⁴It will take away all fear and guilt and pain. ⁵It will restore the invulnerability and power God gave His Son to your awareness.
4. Let us be glad to begin and end this day by practicing today’s idea, and to use it as frequently as possible throughout the day. ²It will help to make the day as happy for you as God wants you to be. ³And it will help those around you, as well as those who seem to be far away in space and time, to share this happiness with you.
5. As often as you can, closing your eyes if possible, say to yourself today: ²Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. ³I would fulfill my function that I may be happy. ⁴Then devote a minute or two to considering your function and the happiness and release it will bring you. ⁵Let related thoughts come freely, for your heart will recognize these words, and in your mind is the awareness they are true. ⁶Should your attention wander, repeat the idea and add: ⁷I would remember this because I want to be happy. (https://acim.org/acim/en/s/465#1:1-5:7 | W-62.1:1–5:7)
Subjects Discussed: 1 – Become proactive by making forgiveness your constant companion. 2 – Forgiveness free you from the ego’s judgment-centric tools, mindset and world. 3 – Forgiveness is a pathway to peace. 4 – Forgiveness, as one of Love’s numerous expressions, aligns you with the mind of God. 5 – Forgiveness moves you from duality to Oneness. 6 – Forgiveness is the last illusion because it releases you from all other illusions. 7 – Trust that ‘what is to be’. 8 – The ego teaches you who you are not. Thank it for this. 9 – Free will always allows you the opportunity to choose forgiveness and thus peace. 10 – Attack weakens you. Forgiveness aligns you with the mind of God thus strengthen you. 11 – The ego says forgiveness is weak, but it is actually strength. 12 – In my defenselessness my safety lies. 13 – You attack another because of conditioning, not because your brother is ever worthy of your attack. 14 – Your brother’s truth is only love, thus he can in truth only love you. 15 – Unloving thoughts and words are always a call for help and healing. 16 – Forgiveness will take away all fear, guilt and pain. 17 – God wants you to be happy. 18 – Make forgiveness your goal for every interaction. Then during the interaction ask yourself if you are still aligned with forgiveness. 19 – After interaction, review to see if your thoughts, words and actions aligned you with your goal. forgiveness. 20 – When the ego demands judgment, deny its request and forgive instead. 21 – Each and every person that triggers you is actually just helping you practice forgiveness. 22 – Forgiveness is a path to happiness. 23 – When forgiveness is your constant companion, peace goes with you wherever you go. 24 – To stop insomnia practice saying a mantra for 15-30mins. 25 – Forgiveness is a doorway to peace.
