Knowing Lasting Peace Through Forgiveness

by Christopher D'Orta

For nearly two thousand years much of the world has prayed, "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive our trespassers." Many other religions have similar thoughts. Put more to the point, however, the saying really means "forgive us our blocks, as we forgive our blockers." You say why block and blockers? Because when we hold a grudge of a judgement against another, we block ourselves from the goodness of God, from everlasting peace.

The only way to lasting peace is through forgiveness. Free will allows us to make choices though, to forgive, or not. So we have a choice: to be a peace, or to not to be at peace. The long and short of is that when we forgive, we are at peace, when we do not, we are not. Forgiveness is done through, and peace fostered by, a change in vision. We have to change from seeing a world of hate, sin, and wrong-doing, to a world where God’s children exist in their full glory of divine perfection.

Start by knowing that God’s son can do no wrong, and thusly there is really nothing to forgive. That is how Jesus taught us to forgive our enemies, to "turn the other cheek." If you know that your brother can do no wrong, then you will not need to forgive him in the first place. Jesus asked the Father for forgiveness of the man who stabbed him on the cross. Why? I say its because Jesus knew that the man incapable of doing wrong. When Jesus "overcame the world," he overcame judgement, judgement which was in fact limited seeing of the full truth of his brothers. We sort of have to die in humanness, and receive completion in God. When you rise above my your human self, you see the larger truth.

We all are God’s children, incapable of doing wrong. Does this mean that we should all go around doing wrong to each other because it doesn’t count? No. Obviously not. But why? Because we should all be goody two shoes and its "the right thing to do?" No. We should refrain form doing wrong because to do so further remove us from the truth; the truth of who we are, what we are, what are to be, once again. See, the truth is within, and the truth is divine. The more we remove blocks to this inner truth, the freer it flows to and through us. Judgement and blame are mere hindrances to God’s flow through us. That’s why we were taught to forgive by all the great masters.

Blocks, that’s what its all about. The reason you ever really do any emotional or spiritual clearing is really to remove blocks. And in fact, the only way I think we ever heal physically is when blocks to the inner flow of God’s love and truth are removed. Jesus walked up to people and healed them instantly. How? He had such a pure connection to the Father that he was able to remove blocks. When the blocks were removed....re-alignment to inner truth occurred, and healing took place. As the Edgar Cayce readings explained: Healing then is the sub-atomic structure of the body re-coordinating with the universal cosmic flow of God’s loving creative essence. To forgive is to release the log jam from our inner spiritual river, so that God’s truth and love may flow through us, so we may reconnect. We then experience all the joy and bliss imaginable. Good stuff right? Yes it is.

Further, we begin to see that forgiving really has nothing to do with the other person. A curious thing right? When you forgive you are really for-giving to whom? YOU! Forgiving another then is all about you! Forgiveness is really then almost a selfish act! In fact, when people do wrong to you, (illusory wrong as it is), they give you a golden opportunity to forgive them, which allows you a chance to re-learn universal truths about love that you forgot. In other words, they do you a BIG favor. So next time you think someone wronged you, blow their mind, (and your own), and thank them for it!! Hee Hee.

Should you not strive to be more like the Father? Of course. God does not judge you, so he does not need forgive you. We were create in the likeness of our creator. So, my job is to truly forgive you, and yours is to truly forgive me. But isn’t true forgiveness one of the hardest things to do? Especially when we realize that truest peace can only be achieved by truly forgiving everyone for everything? You bet it is. But the good news is that WE really do not have to forgive. We just need be willing to forgive. The Holy Spirit will take care of the rest, when all we do is be willing, and give up the unforgiven junk clogging our spirit passageways. See, the road to peace has been made easy for us. We just need be willing to travel it; the means of transportation are coming along the way the instant we are ready, really ready.

A Course in Miracles states that we are one; that forgiveness is our way out of pain; and that Heaven and forgiveness are essentially one. Why? Because as one, there is no need to forgive anything. How can I hurt myself? And further, when I judge or project hatred onto others, I in fact keep myself separate from all others. But how could I judge my brother if I saw him as part of me, and he/she as being a continuation of me in an infinite ocean of love. You and I are one and are pure love. Pure love is incapable of doing wrong. I don’t care what our limited perceptual selves see. The deeper knowing self knows the truth. And it is to the deeper self that we must rely for vision, for truthfully, peace comes from this sight alone; truth is non-negotiable, immutable. Precisely, there is no wrong we can do, nor can we ever change who we really are. Not possible. Its like hanging our under an apple tree waiting for pears. Ain’t gonna happen honey. You and I are as God created us, perfect, perfectly perfect, pure perfect love. All else is some kind of mistaken identity crisis we have been going through for millennia. A man-made-up-dream.

The bible tells us to love our neighbors, as ourselves. Anyone hear a call fro self-love there? Sure thing. But self- blame, self- criticizing, and self-flagellation, are the norm. So, if we truly are not capable of doing wrong, how do we come see so much wrong in our-selves? The answer is: learned wrong thinking. That’s all it is. Its just wrong thinking, and, it was acquired from without. When we came from the womb, we were incapable of unloving thoughts, for we were love personified. But we were shaped and molded by a world that is predicated upon seeing an illusory separation from God. And this perceived separation is the cause of all unloving thoughts, feelings, and actions, whether directed toward self, or others. But none of this un-lovingness is real. Explained further: what is of God is love, and everything is God, therefore if its unloving, it is not of God, thusly, it is unreal! Get it? Whew, yes, complicated a bit. But you got it, I know you did. So, we learn the junky unloving thinking, feeling, and actions. It ain’t real, and we can lose this stuff fast because it ain’t real! It isn’t really part of our true nature. All you got to do then is be willing to give up the learned wrong illusory patterns, and turn it over to your higher power. Don’t concern yourself with the details. We were promised by the highest of sources that it would all be taken care of, if ever we asked so. And I think it best that we assume the truth was told to us.

Jesus came here to teach us about Grace. Grace under God’s love. We do not have to do anything to accept our Grace. It is ours already. We need just allow it, accept it, take what is already ours. What is grace though? Unmerited forgiveness, unearned perfection. It’s a realization that you need do nothing to become more of what you already are, just realize it, and you are! It’s a gift that we cannot ever change nor bequeath. But how can we accept the gift of grace if our arms are loaded up with boxes of junk like judgement and hate? Its like we go to God and God says "here are all kinds of wonderful gifts I have in store for you," but our arms are loaded with our worldly judgement junk. Quite a dilemma. That’s where forgiveness comes in. Forgiveness is the act of letting go of our junk, our blocks. Then we have room to take in God’s gift of Grace.

In the end, you don’t actually forgive anything. Instead you are actually rising up to a new level of mind where you no longer see guilt; where all you perceive is love and perfection in God. Your human ego side is melted away, and the higher spirit becomes. That is a very high mountain to be upon, and to climb up such a mountain you are gonna need assistance. And in fact, you cannot do it alone. Remember, "Of my own self, I can do nothing." That’s where the surrender and letting go part comes in. Ask for the help. Then Let Go! And trust. It was promised to you. All you need do is ask for it. Take Them all up on the promises They made to us. Then watch the beautiful stuff that starts to happen. You will begin to notice that your whole life transforms when you begin this process of forgiving. The more you forgive, the more you will be freed from your own self-imposed limits on enjoyment in this life (and quite possibly beyond as well!). Your inner radiant light will shine through you more and more. Your shadows of guilt and pain will lift as the morning fog to the burn of the early summer sun. The process can start now. Now? Yes I mean RIGHT NOW. Peace be with you, this moment, and always, dear friend.

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