Forgiveness as Inner Reality

Neville's Inner Vision

Forgiveness is not an act toward a separate person; it is a change in your own state of consciousness. The trespasses are not crimes against a distant judge but misperceptions that you hold in your awareness. The heavenly Father is the I AM you are, the constant awareness that observes. Therefore, to forgive is to align your inner watcher with mercy. When you cling to grievance you feed the memory with attention and contract your life to injury. To forgive is to withdraw that attention and re-fabricate the scene in light of grace. The law is reciprocal: as you free forgiveness, you are free of your own bondage; as you revise the memory, you invite grace into your life. See the other as a reflection of your inner light, not an enemy to vanquish. The Father forgives you to the degree you withhold forgiveness from others, so choose mercy and watch your outer life harmonize with that inner state. Repeat until the experience becomes your felt reality, and you walk in freedom.