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Practicing unconditional forgiveness

1. Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. ²It does not pardon sins and make them real. ³It sees there was no sin. ⁴And in that view are all your sins forgiven. ⁵What is sin, except a false idea about God’s Son? ⁶Forgiveness merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go. ⁷What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God. (ACIM, W-pII.1.1:1-7)

I have a hard time with this. A few months ago, I disclosed something very shameful about a family member. I feel like I put his life in danger because the dimension of his shame is mind-blowing, life-altering and lethal. I find it nearly impossible to forgive him, and even more difficult yet to forgive myself for putting his life in danger and in turn hurting my family so deeply that it is hard for anyone to navigate this darkness. So, in regards to this quote, I find it difficult to understand what it means, because his offense is very much real. It took place. How can I release it and deem it unreal? ACIM is always true. It has guided me through insane levels of darkness. But how can this be true? How can it be practiced?

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