All that I give is given to myself.
* Because THAT is how God gives and WE ARE OF GOD.
1. Today’s idea, completely alien to the ego and the thinking of the world, is crucial to the thought reversal that this course will bring about.
* This course or journey that the Course inspires will lead you to the reversal of separation from God and your source of existence, peace, joy, freedom, happiness, and power.
* I HAVE “ARRIVED THERE.” It is possible in this lifetime.
²If you believed this statement, there would be no problem in complete forgiveness, certainty of goal, and sure direction.
³You would understand the means by which salvation comes to you, and would not hesitate to use it now.
2. Let us consider what you do believe, in place of this idea.
²It seems to you that other people are apart from you, and able to behave in ways which have no bearing on your thoughts, nor yours on theirs.
³Therefore, your attitudes have no effect on them, and their appeals for help are not in any way related to your own.
⁴You further think that they can sin without affecting your perception of yourself, while you can judge their sin, and yet remain apart from condemnation and at peace.
* Each of these things is a big FALSE belief that it is possible to give up!
* Number three also relates many false beliefs that we can give up to have that which we truly desire.
3. When you “forgive” a sin, there is no gain to you directly.
²You give charity to one unworthy, merely to point out that you are better, on a higher plane than he whom you forgive.
³He has not earned your charitable tolerance, which you bestow on one unworthy of the gift, because his sins have lowered him beneath a true equality with you.
⁴He has no claim on your forgiveness.
⁵It holds out a gift to him, but hardly to yourself.
* This is EXACTLY WHY True Forgiveness MUST be a ONCE and DONE thing. Then we deal with what stories of the ego we find ourselves in through the promptings of the Holy Spirit which will continually bear witness to who we truly are and not what we think we are because of our ‘past’ belief in separation from God.
4. Thus is forgiveness basically unsound; a charitable whim, benevolent yet undeserved, a gift bestowed at times, at other times withheld.
²Unmerited, withholding it is just, nor is it fair that you should suffer when it is withheld.
³The sin that you forgive is not your own.
⁴Someone apart from you committed it.
⁵And if you then are gracious unto him by giving him what he does not deserve, the gift is no more yours than was his sin.
* THESE, again, are EACH FALSE BELIEFS given to us by the ego part of our consciousness that believes that we ought to die for our sin of belief in separation from God.
5. If this be true, forgiveness has no grounds on which to rest dependably and sure.
²It is an eccentricity, in which you sometimes choose to give indulgently an undeserved reprieve.
³Yet it remains your right to let the sinner not escape the justified repayment for his sin.
* EW!
⁴Think you the Lord of Heaven would allow the world’s salvation to depend on this?
⁵Would not His care for you be small indeed, if your salvation rested on a whim?
* THESE types of ‘rationals’ are the best we can come up with when we attempt to FORGIVE according to a particular circumstance, idea, theology, person, or anything else by from which you feel ‘apart’ or ‘separated’ from.
6. You do not understand forgiveness.
²As you see it, it is but a check upon overt attack, without requiring correction in your mind.
³It cannot give you peace as you perceive it.
⁴It is not a means for your release from what you see in someone other than yourself.
⁵It has no power to restore your unity with him to your awareness.
⁶It is not what God intended it to be for you.
7. Not having given Him the gift He asks of you, you cannot recognize His gifts, and think He has not given them to you.
* We do NOT SEE the FORGIVENESS for the belief in the illusion of separation if we do not give it to EVERYONE FREELY.
²Yet would He ask you for a gift unless it was for you?
³Could He be satisfied with empty gestures, and evaluate such petty gifts as worthy of His Son?
⁴Salvation is a better gift than this.
⁵And true forgiveness, as the means by which it is attained, must heal the mind that gives, for giving is receiving.
* We ARE ONE WHOLE. Forgiveness must be WHOLE. Healing does not occur to one part of a WHOLE without healing the WHOLE. THIS ALONE is the Healing that the Son of God is Worthy Of.
⁶What remains as unreceived has not been given, but what has been given must have been received.
* That True Forgiveness is not seen as a GIVEN is what has NOT been received by the Full Consciousness of Christ.
8. Today we try to understand the truth that giver and receiver are the same.
²You will need help to make this meaningful, because it is so alien to the thoughts to which you are accustomed.
³But the Help you need is there.
* This would be the Holy (Wholly) Spirit.
⁴Give Him your faith today, and ask Him that He share your practicing in truth today.
⁵And if you only catch a tiny glimpse of the release that lies in the idea we practice for today, this is a day of glory for the world.
* The GIVER and the RECIEVER of FORGIVENESS is actually YOU because God cannot forgive what NEVER could have been in the first place which is separation from Him or He would NOT be God.
9. Give fifteen minutes twice today to the attempt to understand today’s idea.
²It is the thought by which forgiveness takes its proper place in your priorities.
³It is the thought that will release your mind from every bar to what forgiveness means, and let you realize its worth to you.
10. In silence, close your eyes upon the world that does not understand forgiveness, and seek sanctuary in the quiet place where thoughts are changed and false beliefs laid by.
* “…laid by means set aside. Seek sanctuary (peace) in the quiet place where thoughts are changed and false beliefs are set aside.
²Repeat today’s idea, and ask for help in understanding what it really means.
³Be willing to be taught.
⁴Be glad to hear the Voice of truth and healing speak to you, and you will understand the words He speaks, and recognize He speaks your words to you.
* Yes, I will repeat: The GIVER and the RECIEVER of FORGIVENESS is actually YOU because God cannot forgive what NEVER could have been in the first place which is separation from Him or He would NOT be God.
* “You will understand the words He (*The Holy Spirit) speaks, and recognize He speaks your words to you.”
* I suspect that this is part of accepting our place/position within the Mind and Will of God AS a part of Him to tell you the truth.
11. As often as you can, remind yourself you have a goal today; an aim which makes this day of special value to yourself and all your brothers.
²Do not let your mind forget this goal for long, but tell yourself:
³All that I give is given to myself.
⁴The Help I need to learn that this is true is with me now.
⁵And I will trust in Him.
⁶Then spend a quiet moment, opening your mind to His correction and His Love.
* I do not expect that ‘correction’ is really the correct word here for what Jesus was trying to convey.
* Or really that “His correction” was correct.
* It could have been “… opening your mind to this correction ~ remember the correction was made by you WITHIN the illusion of belief that forgiveness was necessary ~ and His Love (*that being the Holy Spirit’s or, actually, God’s).” Or just “… open your mind to His Love.
* Do you see the subtleties by which the scribe can make an error in the exact wording and what a BIG difference it can make? This is why it is important to remember the “Big Picture” message and review the passage with the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
⁷And what you hear of Him you will believe, for what He gives will be received by you.
* Number seven has a depth of meaning not seen immediately. What you hear from the Holy Spirit will be received by you because YOUR Highest Self happens to be a part of the Holy Spirit Who is the Whole of the Sonship and Father, as well.
* Be still is key. Be still and know that God IS and be still and know that you are a part of God that IS and is ALL That Is or May Ever Be.
* It may seem deep. It may seem redundant. IT IS TRUE.
(ACIM, W-126.1:1–11:7)
* Free Stock Photos: I chose this picture again.
* “All that I give is given to myself.”
* Would I give myself crucifixion?
* Or would I give myself Forgiveness and the acceptance of Eternal Life?
* Would I accept tradition, myth, and political propaganda?
* Or will I give myself Truth as born witness of within me by the Holy Spirit?
* I understand that it is a strong message that may seem to be ‘overkill’ but it is the truth of what we do to ourselves.
* Please, let’s take Christ off of the Cross and out of suffering and death.
* Let us claim our Birthright as Children of the God of Creation and Everlasting Life.
Till next time, God bless, debi.
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