I stumbled across this section in my reading of The Way of Mastery this morning:
This is how forgiveness begins. It occurs in the moment when we see others as being the same as ourselves.
All minds are joined and therefore, in many ways, they are, actually, us.
I found myself contemplating the line from the quote above, "therefore I will give them what they seek". Just what do they seek? Well, just as I do, everyone ultimately seeks love. Everyone longs to be loved, to feel love and to give love in return. It's our basic nature. Love is what we are and we all seek to return to it.
What makes us feel loved? Being loved is being recognized. We feel loved when others acknowledge our existence, our worth, our truth. When others accept and acknowledge us, we feel valued. We all simply want to be seen.
In the movie Avatar, I love the way they say hello to each other. They stop and face each other and look directly into one another's eyes, "I see you."
I see you, is what it's all about. Seeing and accepting the existence of another human being is the act of extending love. Forgiveness happens in this moment. The miracle happens in this moment. When we shift our thinking from fear to love, from confusion and opposition to acknowledgement, forgiveness happens.
We are simply knowing the truth, that ultimately we are all the same, despite the crazy things we all do here, despite the crazy dreams we follow in this insane 3D world we call earth. At our core, in our joined minds, we are all, each and every one of us, simply love.
"All minds are joined, and I see not a stranger before me, but one who walks as I walk, who feels as I feel, who longs as I long, who is humbled as I am humbled, who prays for peace as I have prayed.
Therefore I will give them what they seek. And in that giving, I receive it." Way of Mastery p. 122
This is how forgiveness begins. It occurs in the moment when we see others as being the same as ourselves.
All minds are joined and therefore, in many ways, they are, actually, us.
I found myself contemplating the line from the quote above, "therefore I will give them what they seek". Just what do they seek? Well, just as I do, everyone ultimately seeks love. Everyone longs to be loved, to feel love and to give love in return. It's our basic nature. Love is what we are and we all seek to return to it.
What makes us feel loved? Being loved is being recognized. We feel loved when others acknowledge our existence, our worth, our truth. When others accept and acknowledge us, we feel valued. We all simply want to be seen.
In the movie Avatar, I love the way they say hello to each other. They stop and face each other and look directly into one another's eyes, "I see you."
I see you, is what it's all about. Seeing and accepting the existence of another human being is the act of extending love. Forgiveness happens in this moment. The miracle happens in this moment. When we shift our thinking from fear to love, from confusion and opposition to acknowledgement, forgiveness happens.
We are simply knowing the truth, that ultimately we are all the same, despite the crazy things we all do here, despite the crazy dreams we follow in this insane 3D world we call earth. At our core, in our joined minds, we are all, each and every one of us, simply love.
"Forgiveness is an act through which you learn what Love is, that carries you into a transcendence of the world. Sharing only loving thoughts, supportive thoughts -- as you look gently upon the Christ in another is a way that takes you into the transcendence of the world. Looking upon all things of this world and seeing their perfect harmlessness, their lack of ability to constrain you or harm you or imprison you, is a way that takes you beyond the world." --Way of Mastery p. 127-8
