Forgiveness as Seeing the Desired State

Step by step

1. Identify what you 'have against' someone or yourself (e.g., their illness, your limiting belief).
2. Imagine that person (or yourself) in the opposite, desired state (e.g., looking well, successfully achieving a goal).
3. Persuade yourself of the reality of this new, ideal image.
4. Maintain this new perception until a complete change of consciousness regarding them takes place.

Related Bible passages

• Mark 11:25

Related ideas

Release Barabbas And Crucify Jesus

To forgive someone (or oneself) means to mentally revise their current undesirable state or a limiting belief by imagining and seeing them in their desired, healthy, or ideal state. This requires a complete change of consciousness regarding that person or situation.

Forgiveness in the mystical sense tests man’s ability to enter into and partake of the nature of the opposite. I think I cannot do something. That belief is what I must forgive. If I can do this, then I am forgiving myself. If I can take a friend who is ill and accept the fact that he is ill, then I have that against him. I must forgive him by seeing him looking well, and to the degree that I am self-persuaded, I am forgiving what I held against him. Can you forgive a man by mumbling some words and saying you have forgiven him? You can only forgive to the degree that “complete” change of consciousness takes place. When I think of you, I should see a different you, a new you. If I do not see a different you, then I have not forgiven you.

True forgiveness is a creative act of imagination that transforms one's perception and, consequently, the reality of the person or situation being 'forgiven.' It's about assuming the ideal state for them, rather than dwelling on their current limitations.

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