Forgiveness

Without forgiveness is the mind in chains, believing in its own futility.  Yet with forgiveness does that light shine through the dream of darkness, offering it hope, and giving it the means to realize the freedom that is its inheritance.
-ACIM -W-332:1:7-8

What does forgiveness mean to you? I was brought up to believe it was something that only came if one repented for their sins...and sins were horrible and evil things that we or others committed because we were inherently bad. Pretty gruesome , eh?

I don't think that way anymore.  I see forgiveness simply as freedom, a freedom that comes from letting go of old perceptions and ideas, a letting go of fear.  We were born free...just as our minds were born peaceful.  This so called 'sin' was just all the 'wrong and busy thinking' we piled on top of that peaceful state and  that led to fearful choices and behaviours. It darkened the light that is us. A change of mind is all the repenting we need to do.


Forgiveness is warm. Like a tear on the cheek. Nell: The Haunting of Hill House: Red Room Scene.

 

(Recycling my pics like crazy....need to get out and shoot some more lol)

 

All is well!