Lesson 62

Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.

As K. Wapnick said in his comments to the Workbook: "Forgiveness is the process that does not occure between two people, but in our minds, within the context of our relationships. I don't forgive you, but rather I forgive the projection of my self-concept of guilt I placed on you. That is all I need to forgive. "

"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. "

Forgiveness is the end of all suffering:

"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. "

Jesus does not talk about anything external here. The source of all weakness, fear, pain, and guilt is in our mind. Therefore, it must be undone in our minds. The world always seeks to remove negative experiences by fixing the effect of our mind projection whatever form it takes. It never really work because it cannot undo the real sourse of pain in the mind : our decision to separate. This decision can be reversed only internally by ourselves.

Practicing today’s idea "Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.I would fulfill my function that I may be happy" 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.

This lesson also reminds us that “salvation is a collaborative venture.”

“Where there is love, your brother MUST give it to you, because of what it IS. But where there is NEED for love, YOU must give it, because of what YOU are. Long ago we said this course will teach you what you are, restoring to you your identity. And we have already learned that this identity is shared. THE MIRACLE BECOMES THE MEANS OF SHARING IT “

“[The Holy Spirit] brings the light of truth into the darkness, and lets it shine on you. And as it shines your brothers see it, and realizing that this light is not what you have made, THEY SEE IN YOU MORE THAN YOU SEE. .. And you will see it with them. Because you taught them gladness and release, they become your teachers in release and gladness.”

“Teachers of innocence, each in his own way, have joined together, taking their part in the unified curriculum of the Atonement. There is no unity of learning goals apart from this.”

(Chapter 14; Comments to Workbook by K. Wapnick)