FORGIVENESS II

There is much more I have to say about forgiveness. I didn't talk about forgiving yourself and I didn't connect it with our sense of worthiness.

The most difficult problem is the forgiving of self. Perhaps not so surprising, the ego resist your forgiving of others, but really digs in its heels at the idea of forgiving yourself. There lies the ego's ultimate control. And this goes back to, at least, two thousand years of programming.

We have been programmed for control and eventual slavery. Attacking our self-worth has been a fruitful way of maintaining control. Folks who are unsure of their worthiness don't demand much. They are easily cowed.

Control by an elite group predated Christianity and so did the concept of original sin. However, the early Christian church used it as a cornerstone of its control mechanism. Can you imagine anything more diabolical than original sin? So you are born unworthy and destined for purgatory and can only be purified by a priest in an institution that you have to support. How could anything be more awful and transparently controlling? What kind of a God would approve of this nonsense? That makes God the devil. You are born on this beautiful, fruitful planet only to find you are condemned by something your mythological ancestors did. Hey! Give me a break! What kind of nonsense is this? What happened to the God of Love? Where is love in an institution that would do that to its people?

The church is not the only institution that uses your sense of unworthiness for control. It is rampant in this old world. All our institutions, in some way, demand you prove yourself worthy and hold that judgement over your head.

All through our history, groups of people have seen this reality. Some have rebelled and have been quickly put down. Some have called for evolution and have been ridiculed and marginalized. There never was the sheer mass of people that can 'see' as there is now. We have passed the critical mass. We cannot be stopped. We will create paradise.

Why is forgiveness so important in this scenario? We are soon to see how lied to and manipulated we have been. It is very possible, that nothing you hold true is true. It is going to boggle your mind. Yet, we were the willing participants in the creation of this old world because we were convinced we deserved nothing better.

We have to rise above this struggle. We are co-creators. We get the world we want. It feels good to rail against injustice and be indignant about the dishonesty and pain of this awful world. However, any involvement that causes negative emotions keeps you stuck and neutralizes the love you want to pour into the creation of a new world.

Accept the fact that you, in some way, participated in the horror of the old world. See it for what it is. Then turn your eyes to a vision of a world made of love.

We need to forgive ourselves for our participation in the negativity of the old world. Only forgiveness will wipe the slate clean; then we are free to create with love.

WE ARE WORTHY OF PARADISE. WE ARE WORTHY OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

We need to be able to stand on the Earth, our toes deeply into the fertile soil, and with our arms outstretched, proclaim our sovereignty and the oneness of man, the oneness of man with the universe and the acknowledgement of God as Unconditional Love.

Love and Peace,  Gregg