(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
A Course in Miracles, discussion [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']
Date: 2025-05-06
This week I have been considering the ideas in Lessons 120 to 126.
------------—
Forgiveness isn’t something you do, it is something you allow. Lesson 126 points out what we believe now.
(what we believe now) When you “forgive” a sin, there is no gain to you directly. You give charity to one unworthy, merely to point out that you are better, on a higher plane than he whom you forgive. He has not earned your charitable tolerance, which you bestow on one unworthy of the gift, because his sins have lowered him beneath a true equality with you. He has no claim on your forgiveness. It holds out a gift to him, but hardly to yourself. Thus is forgiveness basically unsound; a charitable whim, benevolent yet undeserved, a gift bestowed at times, at other times withheld. Unmerited, withholding it is just, nor is it fair that you should suffer when it is withheld. The sin that you forgive is not your own. Someone apart from you committed it. And if you then are gracious unto him by giving him what he does not deserve, the gift is no more yours than was his sin. ACIMi
Red Dwarf, Season 4, Episode 3, “Justice” dramatizes this using an instant karma route.
We talk about karma here a lot. As if we can say. Karma you are really going to get it now and I will enjoy watching without getting sucked into the muck myself.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/6/2318670/-A-Course-in-Miracles-discussion?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
