FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness and States
Neville teaches that true forgiveness stems from recognizing that individuals are merely occupants of temporary states, not the states themselves. Dislike or…
Related Bible passages
- Luke 23:34
Related ideas
StateForgivenessStates of ConsciousnessNon-judgmentDivine MercyRedemption
Blake On Religion
Blake calls upon everyone to bear this in mind constantly and forgive every being in the world. For he says: “Mutual forgiveness of each sin, such are the Gates into Heaven in our world.” If I could only remember every moment of time when I see someone I dislike, that he is only in a state. That is why I dislike him – I dislike the state. I identify him with the state I dislike, but I think it is the occupant. It is not the occupant. He could come out at any moment in time, or I could get him out if I pulled him out and put him into another state, and I wouldn’t dislike him. If I bear this in mind, knowing my power to pull him out of the state I could save him, at least temporarily, until he is actually redeemed by this “Divine Mercy that steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.” And that is a true vision. We are “Redeemed in the Body of Jesus.” In Heaven the only Art of Living Is Forgetting and Forgiving. And you stand in his presence and you hear these words ring out: “Forgive them; for they know not what they do.” “Mutual forgiveness of each vice; such are the Gates of Paradise.” No one can get through holding any resentment, because you are holding it against a being when it should be a state, and the states are fixed forever through which we pass.
Neville teaches that true forgiveness stems from recognizing that individuals are merely occupants of temporary states, not the states themselves. Dislike or resentment is directed at the state, not the person. By understanding this, one can forgive others and even help them move out of undesirable states, which is the 'Art of Living' in Heaven and the 'Gates of Paradise'.