"Be willing to forgive the Son of God for what he did not do. The shadow figures are the witnesses you bring with you to demonstrate he did what he did not. Because you brought them, you will hear them. And you who kept them by your won selection do not understand how they came into your minds and what their purpose is." -A Course in Miracles (Original Version)
In a sense, everything we are seeing is a projection from a mind that is filled with guilt. Our idea of separation is what we project in order to convince ourselves that what we are seeing is real; that there are “others” out there. And since we are the ones who are projecting what we see, we get to hear our own voice, see our own images, we get to interpret our own perception of what is taking place. As a result we find ourselves blaming, judging, justifying ourselves, therefore solidifying in our minds this idea that what is happening in the world is real; that what we are perceiving with our physical senses is real.
So when we perceive ourselves as attacked by another for example, in reality, we are the ones who launched the attack on ourselves for there is really not another one out there. And if we choose to blame those who seem to be attacking us, all we are doing is blaming ourselves. And keep in mind that there is no such this as “ourselves,” it is really “our self.”
That’s why forgiveness is so important because the only “one” we are forgiving is really our self. So you are forgiving you for having created the illusion you are experiencing and in that sense you are forgiving your brother for what he did not do. Because how could something you have created can do anything to you? It is impossible, unless you believe that that something is really out there. So in forgiving your brother you forgive yourself, in forgiving yourself you forgive your brother for there is only one of us here. Once forgiveness is complete, you are free! Free to remember Who you really are.
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