The review continues! Below are links to my earlier postings for lessons 65 and 66 in the workbook of A Course in Miracles:
Day 65: My only function is the one God gave me.
Day 66: My happiness and my function are one.
We only have one function, and as we have been told in previous meditation lessons, that function is forgiveness. Forgiveness is synonymous with Love, which is also synonymous with Joy (as lesson 66 tells us). The action of love, which we call forgiveness when it involves overlooking any perceived form of attack, brings us joy. As such, and as they come from one source - God - they are one and the same.
The question, one which I've posed in previous postings, is how do we forgive? I meditated upon this today. Forgiveness can be difficult in a world where people seem to attack one another left and right. Whether it's something as small as someone cutting us off in traffic, or as large as the rape and murder of a loved one, forgiving someone is not always easy.
One way to go about forgiveness is to look at it as blessing someone else. That's precisely what forgiveness is anyway. Blessing someone can be as simple as praying for the person who has wronged us: May God be with you.
If you're more a visual person, and a particular circumstance makes it especially difficult to look past someone's behavior at the light residing within them, another way to bless that person (before letting your ego react for you) is by looking within at your own light. Imagine that light shining outward and extending into the other person. By them being basked in your light, you won't see them as apart from you. You won't see them as your attacker. Instead, you will have performed a miracle, choosing Love over fear.
So wherever we are, whatever we're doing, let us not forget that we are here but for one reason, and one reason only: to forgive, which is to love. Doing so can and will bring us nothing but joy.
Until tomorrow,
Journeyman
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