It is your forgiveness that will bring the world of darkness to the light. It is your forgiveness that lets you recognize the light in which you see. Forgiveness is the demonstration that you are the light of the world. Through your forgiveness does the truth about yourself return to your memory. Therefore in your forgiveness lies your salvation.
Illusions about yourself and the world are one. That is why all forgiveness is a gift to yourself. Your goal is to find out who you are, having denied your identity by attacking creation and its Creator. Now you are learning how to remember the truth. For this, attack must be replaced by forgiveness, so that thoughts of life may replace thoughts of death.
Remember that in every attack you call upon your own weakness, while every time you forgive you call upon the strength of Christ in you. Do you not then begin to understand what forgiveness will do for you? It will remove all sense of weakness, strain and fatigue from your mind. It will take away all fear and guilt and pain. It will restore the invulnerability and power God gave His Son to your awareness.
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. It will help to make the day as happy for you as God wants you to be. And 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.
As often as you can, closing your eyes if possible, say to yourself:
Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.
I would fulfill my function that I may be happy.
Then devote a minute or two to considering your function, and the happiness and release it will bring you.
Let related thoughts come freely, for your heart will recognize these words, and in your mind is the awareness that they are true. Should your attention wander, repeat the idea and add:
I would remember this because I want to be happy.
✨ Summary & practice
Forgiveness is not what you think it is. It is not a noble gesture or a favor you do for others. Forgiveness is your function, the only reason you are here. As the light of the world, your forgiveness is what carries the world from darkness into light. Each time you forgive, you demonstrate that you truly are the light that lesson 61 invited you to recognize.
Understanding this completely transforms your view of conflict: you are not negotiating with others, you are healing your own perception. Every grudge you release is a step toward the light you are. Here is the key: illusions about yourself and about the world are one and the same. When you forgive, you do not change the other, you change your perception of yourself. Every forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. Attack appeals to your weakness; forgiveness calls upon the strength of Christ within you. Forgiveness removes all fear, guilt, and pain from your mind.
This lesson is the direct extension of lesson 61. Lesson 61 established the identity (you are the light), lesson 62 defines the action (forgiveness is your function). Together, they prepare the way for the following lessons, which will explore how this light brings peace (63), why you must not forget this function (64), and how happiness and function are inseparable (66).
Today, repeat often: "Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. I would fulfill my function to be happy." Choose someone you find hard to forgive and, silently, say to them in your heart: "I forgive you and I free myself." Breathe deeply and feel the weight lift from you.
Remember: each time you forgive, you take one more step toward recognizing who you truly are.
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