One of the great things about the study of divine metaphysics is the never-ending opportunity to put esoteric ideas into practice in daily life. There are no dead ends when translating life through Love. But occasionally I run up against a situation which causes me to question my understanding and wonder if I could practice what I preach under such terrible circumstances. An acquaintance shared with me something which happened to her half a century ago: Her husband killed their 10-month-old baby. Although he spent time in prison, had a terrible life and horrid death, she cannot forgive him, and does not want to release herself from the ordeal. When she remarried and had another child, she left a good, kind man because of fear that he would do the same thing as her past husband. She has spent her life in fearful dread. Her situation has stayed with me as I delve into A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #134, “Let Me Perceive Forgiveness As It Is”. Do I understand forgiveness? It brings me peace to know I will find help from the ideas presented in this lesson. And I am grateful …
“Let us review the meaning of ‘forgive,’ for it is apt to be distorted and to be perceived as something that entails an unfair sacrifice of righteous wrath, a gift unjustified and undeserved, and a complete denial of the truth. In such a view, forgiveness must be seen as mere eccentric folly, and this course appear to rest salvation on a whim.
This twisted view of what forgiveness means is easily corrected, when you can accept the fact that pardon is not asked for what is true. It must be limited to what is false. It is irrelevant to everything except illusions.”
A Course in Miracles W-134.1:1–2:3
“When false human beliefs learn even a little of their own falsity, they begin to disappear. A knowledge of error and of its operations must precede that understanding of Truth which destroys error, until the entire mortal, material error finally disappears, and the eternal verity, man created by and of Spirit, is understood and recognized as the true likeness of his Maker.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 252:7-14
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