Forgiveness

Beloved ones, God did not create beings who need to be  punished. None of you are of the nature that you need to be punished. You may act and think, at times, as if you were,  but you are not.

When you relate to one another, remember who each other are. Remember, that each person is good, truly good. Do not act as if they TRULY are the person who would act in ways that are reprehensible, for that is not who they are. Sometimes, when people do things that you don't like, or which hurt you, you want to punish them, or hurt them, you are angry. You want them to get what they deserve. But ask yourself this: WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Are you talking about the child of God that that person is? No. You cannot be, for God did not create children who are bad. My children are perfect. And ALL are God’s children.

When I look at people, and see them doing things that hurt others, and themselves, I still know who each one is. I still see your vulnerable hearts. I still see the one who needs love, who needs to be seen, to be known. You are a human being, you are innocent. I do not ever become convinced that you are the one who you are acting like. That is not you. That is the result of false ideas that you have believed, about yourself, about others, which cause you to act in strange and fearful ways.

So, remember who people really are. Remember that each one around you is like yourself, with all the same heart needs, and with all the same fear that causes them to act in strange ways, that they DO NOT actually agree with. See that there is really no difference, and forgive.

What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is not saying that it is okay that a person should act bad. Forgiveness is not overlooking. Forgiveness is seeing who the person is no matter what they do. Forgiveness is to not form a negative idea of who a person IS based on how they act, but to remember that they are a child of God, a magnificent person, a vulnerable heart, a human being. Forgiveness is to say, "I KNOW YOU. In spite of all that you have done that suggests that you are of bad nature, I know that you are a child of God, a heart full of love and feeling. I see you, through all that you do. I continue to see you, for who you are, and I continue to love you AS YOU ARE, no matter how you are acting. When you act differently than a child of God, than a sensitive, loving, feeling heart, I know that that is not you, but the result of false fears and ideas that are causing you to act in unnatural ways." And furthermore, forgiveness says, "I will help you to let go of your ideas, so that you do not fear me, others, God, the world, or yourself; so that you are able to relax, and be who you are, and not be burdened by this false identity, which alienates you from your fellow man, from God, and from your true feelings." This is forgiveness.

I do not mean that you should only memorize the above statements, but that you should KNOW these things. It is a feeling, a feeling.

Forgive, my dear ones, forgive one another. This is the only way to stay in touch with reality. For when you bear grudges you forget the truth of who people are, who God is, and who you are. For example, if you forget who people are, and think that they are bad, you relate to people as being something that they are not. Then you are living in a false world, a world of false entities. You are relating to the world as something that it is not. My dear ones, this is a very confusing and depressing state to be in.

The same is true of God. If you cannot forgive, you cannot see who God really is.  You need to forgive God for the things that you think God is, and for the things that you think God has done to you, so that you can see who God really is, and have a true relationship with God.

So you see, dear ones, you need to forgive. And, as I said, when I say forgive, I don’t mean that you should forgive a bad world for being bad, I mean that you should forgive a good world, by seeing that it is truly good. By forgive, I mean SEE. See the truth of who people truly are. Let go of your personal hurt, so that you can see who people truly are. Then you can forgive.

If you hang onto your personal hurt you may want to take revenge on people, or you may relate to them as if they are bad, in your anger. When you do that, you are convincing people, further, of the false ideas they already have about who they are. BY relating to them as if they were bad, you are agreeing with who they THINK they are. And by doing so, you are creating a miserable world for yourself, and everybody, to live in. If you reinforce the goodness in people, the heart sensitivity in people, the divine, loving nature in people, then you will live in a better world. The world around you will be happier, and eventually, the whole world will be happier.

You get to have the world that you relate to my dear ones. If you relate to what you perceive to be a bad world, you bring out badness, wherever it can be brought out. If you relate to the true goodness of all, you bring out that goodness, wherever people are willing.

Therefore, loved ones, forgive, and see.