Forgiveness Principles

The Disappearance of the Universe has quickly become my favorite teaching device for learning to walk through this life as a spiritual being as opposed to a physical one. Far too often I still look up and find myself joining with the ego and thinking about myself as the physical Michael, or the husband Michael, or the business owner Michael, or the father Michael, or the son Michael, or the... on and on. And I am always comforted when I remember that I have made this choice only because I have temporarily forgotten who I am. And, at any time, I can choose to remember.

In the Disappearance of the Universe, we learn that one of the best tools for remembering is to start each day joining with the Holy Spirit. Our Practicing Forgiveness Group has adopted the following 7 Principles for Practicing Forgiveness as a way of joining.
1. In truth, right now, we are one in God. This has always been the truth, and truth never changes. And with truth comes the Peace of God.
2. We must let go of the belief that we are separate from God and separate from each other to experience the Peace of God.
3. When we forgive, we give up thoughts of separation for thoughts of Truth. It is our beliefs that seem to bind us and it is from these beliefs that we are set free.
4. When we forgive, we give a heavenly interpretation for our earthly experience. We see that what we think others did to us never occurred because this earthly experience is just a dream of separation.
5. When we forgive, we affirm our wholeness. We recognize that we are not bodies, we are one spirit. Whether we judge, blame, love, or lift up, we are doing it to ourselves because there is only one of us.
6. When we forgive, we lift everyone and every experience. We see everyone as spirit and one with God. We see every experience as an act of love or a call for love, and we respond with love.
7. As we walk through each day, we walk in forgiveness. We start each day affirming the truth; we invite the Holy Spirit to help us to see everyone and every experience as the Holy Spirit sees it. We forgive ourselves and others when we forget. We close each day joining with God in remembrance of our true home.

I affirm our joint remembering, this day!

In Joy,
Michael