04.28.24 "Forgiveness Is an Action / We Need to Actually Do It"

Every ACIM student knows that forgiveness is a key issue in the discipline. Forgiveness is a key issue in healing. All healing is ultimately reducible to forgiveness. Since ACIM tells us, "Sickness is but another name for sin." (OrEd.WkBk.356) we should be able to substitute the words "sin" and "sickness" for one another. Let's see how that works. Here's a passage to try it with, "Forgiveness turns the world of sin into a world of glory, wonderful to see." (OrEd.Tx.26.26) Substituting "sickness" for "sin" we get "Forgiveness turns the world of [sickness] into a world of glory, wonderful to see." (OrEd.Tx.26.26) Sounds good! I choose to see a world of glory instead of a world full of sickness, so I will forgive the perception of sickness everywhere it appears, wether that appearance is in my own body, or out there in my world somewhere.

What does it mean to forgive sickness? First it means to recognize it, and know that it is not of God. Second it is to turn that perception over tho the Holy Spirit and ask for its correction. That takes an active act of mental doing. It doesn't mean just thinking about doing it. It means actually doing that. It means saying to yourself, "Holy Spirit, I know this appearance of sickness is not aligned with God so I do not want it. I am giving it to you, and I ask for a new, God aligned perception instead." "We are therefore embarking on an organized, well-structured, and carefully planned program aimed at learning how to offer to the Holy Spirit everything you do not want. He knows what to do with it." (OrEd.Tx.11.23) Then we wait for Holy Spirit to give us this new perception of glory. When we receive it, we embrace it as ours. That's forgiveness. Nothing else truly qualifies. And that new perception – it will be glorious!

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