I forgive you for what I did to myself

My thanks to all who offered their thoughts on the Practicing Forgiveness talk on Sunday! Muchly appreciated. The talk was very well received One of the comments made to me afterwards was that people seemed to gain clarity from the definition we give of forgiveness in our Practicing Forgiveness group:
To FORGIVE means to GIVE a heavenly interpretation FOR our earthly experience.
In essence, to forgive means to see with the eyes of God, and to think with the mind of God. God sees everyone of us as God created us - pure spirit and God knows that every act is an act of love or a call for love, and God always responds with love. Giving a heavenly interpretation for our early experience means we do as God does.

I also heard from people that Level 4 forgiveness - "I forgive you for what I did to myself" - was far out on the deep end for many. The idea that the life you seem to live is really just your dream and that you are home in God...this idea flies against everything we have be taught to be true. The idea that we are the creator of the dream while believing we are a body in the dream - seems far too unbelievable to be true.

The good news is that it doesn't matter whether you believe it is true or not. However, if you pretended that it was true...
Imagine the peace that you would carry with you pretending that everything you experience is just a projection you have created for your healing.
Imagine the amount of judgment and anger you could release when you pretended there is no one to get mad at - this person is just a projection you have created. They haven't done anything to you.
Imagine the guilt you could release when thinking about the things YOU have done of which you have felt ashamed and you can say, "When I was doing this I thought it was important to my salvation, but I was mistaken. This is just pointing out an area in me that appears to be in need of healing. I will choose differently when I am ready to wake up and be home in God."
As always, you teach what you need to learn. Oh, the lessons! Oh, the peace.

In Joy,
Michael