What if Nothing Happened
When we’re mad, is it not because we’re upset at what someone did (or failed to do)? Or something that occurred that we believe should not have happened.
Our anger shouts to the world that something or someone is in the wrong.
But what if nothing happened? Imagine you’re dreaming at night, and in the dream someone is unkind to you. When you see the person the next day, could you be mad at them for what happened in your dream? Of course not.
But that’s exactly what we do here in what we consider to be reality. We think people or events are the source of our unhappiness. But like our sleeping dreams at night, nothing happened. Except our choice for a thought system of victimization – namely, the ego.
Consider this line from A Course in Miracles: “Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred.”
The Course goes on to say, “Forgiveness sees there was no sin. It merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go.”
When we choose our right mind of spirit, we recognize that nothing happened. All we see is people either extending love or crying out for it. And we will respond with love and compassion – without anger, and with no judgment.
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