Lesson 134

Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.

I love this lesson.

Get ready to practice:

“Choose one brother as He will direct, and catalogue his “sins” one by one as they cross your mind.”

Briefly consider all the evil things you thought of him, and each time ask yourself “Would I condemn myself for doing this?”

Isn’t this great? Free your brother and free yourself.

“If you have been practicing thus far in willingness and honesty, you will begin to sense a lifting up, a lightening of weight across your chest, a deep and certain feeling of relief.”

And this really is the core work of A Course in Miracles: forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness.

Release, release, release.

I make mistakes all the time. I do. I say things that I later wish I had said in a different way. I act in ways that perhaps is not the most graceful in that particular moment. I sometimes lash out. Sometimes I charge ahead. Sometimes I eat too much. Sometimes I’m jealous. Sometimes I’m angry. Sometimes I’m greedy.

But, through it all, I have a willingness and honesty to allow myself to be gently corrected. To not condemn myself for my own “sins” and to not condemn my brother for his “sins.”

Forgiveness is really about letting go.

It sounds like such a cliche, but it’s really true.

Forgiveness is about letting go.