Thank you for your Saturday Bonus post that led me here. I wasn't on Substack back when you first wrote this post. Forgiveness, according to the Course, is so far from any forgiveness we've ever imagined or been taught. I've getting there slowly but surely but am still not 100% there--a sure sign that I'm still operating under "orders of difficulty" and the need to forgive every form of the same problem.
In the self-help book days of my 20s and 30s, there was this idea of forgiving for your own peace, even while holding on to the belief that you were wronged in some way. I think there's still a lot of that idea in the world. But with Course forgiveness, it is a step past that even. It acknowledges that there's nothing to any of it. There's nothing to forgive. That is so far from how we think that it really is a wow moment when you are able to get there...to truly believe that you aren't at the effect of lovelessness because lovelessness can't even exist because "what is all encompassing can have no opposite." Of course, this always leads to a need to address spiritual bypassing and how important it is to meet others where they are in their life, especially when they are in pain. But that's another post for another day. 🙂
Yes, the Course's lens on forgiveness is genuinely radical and revolutionary. It calls for a fundamental rethinking of our human experience and placing it into a loving alignment with our spiritual truth. It is powerful, and by embracing the Course's view of forgiveness, we really turn away from the ego. I've read many self-help books as well and diverse literature on spirituality and meditative thought. The Course's overall perspective as shared in the intro, "Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists" really changed my life and has supported me through challenging moments. Thanks for sharing your insights, and I hope you have a great day!
This has always been a tough one for me! I cling to old hurts and blame others because it absolves me from my responsibility for things that I was not successful at! I am learning to be truthful about my part in the situation(s) and am realizing it was my ego they transgressed with their egoic self and therefore never truly happened! Also, since it was in the past, I need to leave it back there and quit letting it affect my happiness here in the now! It is difficult but these teachings and tools are helpful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insight!!!
Thank you for your Saturday Bonus post that led me here. I wasn't on Substack back when you first wrote this post. Forgiveness, according to the Course, is so far from any forgiveness we've ever imagined or been taught. I've getting there slowly but surely but am still not 100% there--a sure sign that I'm still operating under "orders of difficulty" and the need to forgive every form of the same problem.
In the self-help book days of my 20s and 30s, there was this idea of forgiving for your own peace, even while holding on to the belief that you were wronged in some way. I think there's still a lot of that idea in the world. But with Course forgiveness, it is a step past that even. It acknowledges that there's nothing to any of it. There's nothing to forgive. That is so far from how we think that it really is a wow moment when you are able to get there...to truly believe that you aren't at the effect of lovelessness because lovelessness can't even exist because "what is all encompassing can have no opposite." Of course, this always leads to a need to address spiritual bypassing and how important it is to meet others where they are in their life, especially when they are in pain. But that's another post for another day. 🙂
Hi Margaret,
Yes, the Course's lens on forgiveness is genuinely radical and revolutionary. It calls for a fundamental rethinking of our human experience and placing it into a loving alignment with our spiritual truth. It is powerful, and by embracing the Course's view of forgiveness, we really turn away from the ego. I've read many self-help books as well and diverse literature on spirituality and meditative thought. The Course's overall perspective as shared in the intro, "Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists" really changed my life and has supported me through challenging moments. Thanks for sharing your insights, and I hope you have a great day!
This has always been a tough one for me! I cling to old hurts and blame others because it absolves me from my responsibility for things that I was not successful at! I am learning to be truthful about my part in the situation(s) and am realizing it was my ego they transgressed with their egoic self and therefore never truly happened! Also, since it was in the past, I need to leave it back there and quit letting it affect my happiness here in the now! It is difficult but these teachings and tools are helpful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insight!!!