Overlook

Overlook: 

Chapter 9 of A Course in Miracles tells us the secret, directly so, and it's marvelously freeing, blissful really, even as it causes us such a great deal of distress. Here's the directive, simple in both language and decree - to forgive is to overlook. That's it, five words to freedom and it's the very last thing we ever want to do. Jesus tells us in the Course that we perceive sin over error, preferring our stories of maliciousness and attack instead of the truth of who we are. And that's the crux, our projections laid bare, our own judgement's imprison us behind bars of perception. 

we don't want to be free...we want to be right.

yet Jesus says, 

accept as true only what your brother is, if you would know yourself. 

and so we overlook perception to see reality, escaping from a small darkened room to a light-filled to rediscover the beauty of the natural world. This isn't bypassing any hurt or harm caused by another, it's not overlooking the need for our own safety - it's forgiveness for our salvation. While we overlook the sins of the body in order to experience the freedom of reality, our true sense of being pure and sinless, we also honor the place we find ourselves in our perception. The Holy Spirit meets us where we are at every moment, making no demands, and never asking us to be in harms way. We're only ever asked for just a little willingness to see with Christ's vision...

letting go of every story,

to overlook,

and truly know the beauty of the world.

that's our salvation. 

right now.

exactly where we are. 

~

I love you, Eric

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