God does not forgive because He has never condemned. And there must be condemnation before forgiveness is necessary. Forgiveness is the great need of this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself.

Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of forgiveness. Fear condemns and love forgives. Forgiveness thus undoes what fear has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. For this reason, forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions disappear.

Today's exercises require at least three full five-minute practice periods, and as many shorter ones as possible. Begin the longer practice periods by repeating today's idea to yourself, as usual. Close your eyes as you do so, and spend a minute or two in searching your mind for those whom you have not forgiven. It does not matter "how much" you have not forgiven them. You have forgiven them entirely or not at all.

If you are doing the exercises well you should have no difficulty in finding a number of people you have not forgiven. It is a safe rule that anyone you do not like is a suitable subject. Mention each one by name, and say:

God is the Love in which I forgive you, [name].

The purpose of the first phase of today's practice periods is to put you in a position to forgive yourself. After you have applied the idea to all those who have come to mind, tell yourself:

God is the Love in which I forgive myself.

Then devote the remainder of the practice period to adding related ideas such as:

God is the Love with which I love myself.

God is the Love in which I am blessed.

The form of the application may vary considerably, but the central idea should not be lost sight of. You might say, for example:

I cannot be guilty because I am a Son of God.

I have already been forgiven.

No fear is possible in a mind beloved of God.

There is no need to attack because love has forgiven me.

The practice period should end, however, with a repetition of today's idea as originally stated.

The shorter practice periods may consist either of a repetition of the idea for today in the original or in a related form, as you prefer. Be sure, however, to make more specific applications if they are needed. They will be needed at any time during the day when you become aware of any kind of negative reaction to anyone, present or not. In that event, tell him silently:

God is the Love in which I forgive you.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 ·𐑣𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑛. 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦. 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑝 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑝 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟. 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑣𐑵 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑸 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑝𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑣𐑵 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑸 𐑚𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑝𐑟 𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑕𐑴 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓.

𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝, ·𐑣𐑦𐑟 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼𐑞𐑩𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑕 𐑝 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕. 𐑓𐑽 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑟 𐑯 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑟. 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑽 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑑, 𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑞 𐑩𐑢𐑺𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛. 𐑓 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯, 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑵𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑷𐑤𐑛 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑽.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑓𐑫𐑤 𐑓𐑲𐑝-𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑖𐑹𐑑𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤. 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴, 𐑯 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑑𐑵 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯. 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑨𐑑𐑼 "𐑣𐑬 𐑥𐑳𐑗" 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑲𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤.

𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑸 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑿 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑝 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑱𐑓 𐑮𐑵𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑵𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑. 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑚𐑲 𐑯𐑱𐑥, 𐑯 𐑕𐑱:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑿, [𐑯𐑱𐑥].

𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑱𐑟 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑿 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑣𐑵 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓.

𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑝𐑴𐑑 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑱𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑑 𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑨𐑟:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑚𐑤𐑧𐑕𐑑.

𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑝 𐑞 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑱 𐑝𐑨𐑮𐑦 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑤 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑤𐑪𐑕𐑑 𐑕𐑲𐑑 𐑝. 𐑿 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑱, 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤:

𐑲 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑜𐑦𐑤𐑑𐑦 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑩 ·𐑕𐑳𐑯 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛.

𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑷𐑤𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯.

𐑯𐑴 𐑓𐑽 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑩𐑛 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛.

𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑑 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑰.

𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑧𐑯𐑛, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑩 𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑨𐑟 𐑼𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛.

𐑞 𐑖𐑹𐑑𐑼 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑥𐑱 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑲𐑞𐑼 𐑝 𐑩 𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑼𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑹 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓𐑹𐑥, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑻. 𐑚𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑼, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑥𐑹 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑛. 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑩𐑢𐑺 𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑯𐑧𐑜𐑩𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑. 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑, 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑕𐑲𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑲 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑿.