Forgiveness is truth

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LESSON 134

Let me perceive forgiveness as it is. (ACIM, W-134)

Today’s lesson puts aside the idea that forgiveness is somehow at odds with justice and truth. It dismisses the concept that anyone “deserves” to be condemned at all.

Nothing untrue — nothing unreal — exists. When people “sin,” they are acting based on an illusion, not truth. As much as we sometimes want to think ill of them, they didn’t mean it. They thought this world we share is all-there-is. But this world was built on false assumptions. Sin doesn’t come from a place of rebellion, it comes from a place of error. It comes from a false assumption or premise.

If someone was raised to believe a falsehood, and then takes action based on the falsehood, are they at fault?

As we wouldn’t accuse ourselves of acting out of error, so we can’t blame others. The truth isn’t threatened by error, and forgiveness is the belief that only truth is real.

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