Project Forgive: Shawne Duperon

The true freedom and nobility of the human spirit can never be fully known or experienced by a mind bound by judgment, condemnation and grievances. “As Jesus says in A Course In Miracles,” continued van Verschuer, “’The unforgiving mind is full of fear, and offers love no room to be itself; no place where it can spread its wings in peace and soar above the turmoil of the world.

The unforgiving mind is sad, without the hope of respite and release from pain. It suffers and abides in misery, peering about in darkness, seeing not, yet certain of the danger lurking there.’”

“In contrast,” added van Verschuer, “Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss. Forgiveness paints a picture of a world where suffering is over, loss becomes impossible and anger makes no sense.

Attack is gone, and madness has an end. What suffering is now conceivable? What loss can be sustained?

The world becomes a place of joy, abundance, charity and endless giving. It is now so like to Heaven that it quickly is transformed into the light that it reflects.