ACIM Workbook Lesson #147
Review of:
#133 "I will not value what is valueless."
#134 "Let me perceive forgiveness as it is."
The main thought to hold to in this review:
“My mind holds only what I think with God.”
"I can forgive but I'll never forget." How often have we heard those words? If true forgiveness means realizing that the "offense" never happened, then how wonderful it is when we don't even remember the event! Very few things can I dredge up which I thought were so terrible that they would be painful memories forever. But they're not. I honestly can say that nothing stands out in my mind which seems horrible. I think the realization that we're all doing the best that we can in any given situation was the freeing element for me. Now, that may not be what I would deem best, but I really feel that even the most heinous of crimes are perpetrated because the person believes he is serving a higher good of some sort. Perhaps recognizing what is of value and what is valueless is a factor in forgiveness, also. Nothing is of value if it's changeable and transient. So the only things of value are, for example, Life, Truth, and Love. Nothing else really matters. I'm reminded of George Carlin's comedy routine about our "stuff". It puts our so-called valuables in proper perspective!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"Everything good or worthy, God made. Whatever is valueless or baneful, He did not make, -- hence its unreality."
Science & Health Page 525:20-22
