By Gonny (Ten days of unlearning with A Course in Miracles)
Let’s be honest. Somewhere deep inside…way deeper than we can image…there might still be a tiny whisper of fear: What if God will be mad at me? What if I blew it? What if I’ve gone too far this time?
We might not say it out loud. But it could sneak into our dreams. Or the way we flinch when something goes wrong and we think, “That’s what I get…”
Welcome to the second part of the Workbook of A Course in Miracles.
It begins with ten powerful meditation lessons that gently, but firmly, untangle this hidden belief in a punishing God.
These are the “What Is Forgiveness?” 10 days…not about saying sorry, but about seeing clearly.
Here’s a taste of what these ten days declare:
– Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still.
– God is with me. I live and move in Him.
– God is my life. I have no life but His.
– God is my Father, and He loves His Son.
– His Son loves Him too.
– My home awaits me. I will hasten there.
– This is my holy instant of release.
– God has condemned me not. No more do I.
– Love, which created me, is what I am.
– Now will I seek and find the peace of God.
Let’s be clear. These are not poetic feel-good quotes.
They are the gentle hammers that loosen the foundation of a very old and false belief:
that God judges.
That there is some divine finger pointing down saying: “You did this. You deserve that.”
Forgiveness, in ACIM terms, is the undoing of this entire thought system.
It doesn’t say: “You hurt me, but I’m spiritually mature enough to overlook it.”
It says: “Nothing real was ever attacked. Nothing eternal can be harmed. The whole scene was a dream.”
That sounds… big. Almost too big.
So the Course doesn’t push us into that idea with force…it invites us to sit with these truths.
Ten days of sitting, breathing, receiving, and…most importantly…noticing.
Noticing when guilt creeps in.
Noticing when you still flinch at the idea of being “wrong.”
Noticing when you feel you must earn your way back to Love.
These meditations are forgiveness-in-action.
Because every time you catch yourself slipping back into the old story…
God is Love, but also… a little scary, a little punishing, a little disappointed in me…
and instead you pause and say,
“No. That’s not the God I know now,”
you are forgiving the world you made.
You are forgiving the idea of sin.
You are forgiving yourself for believing in something that never was.
In that sense, forgiveness is not a band-aid. It’s demolition.
But done with Love.
With light in your eyes.
With the kind of knowing that doesn’t need to fight anymore.
So if the word “forgiveness” ever felt heavy, burdensome, or impossible,
maybe these ten days are the beginning of a new relationship with it.
One that feels like relief.
Like coming home.
Like remembering Who our Father is and Who we are.
Let’s sit with that.
With love and light,
G.