Forgiveness

1. A Scientific Principle

Forgiveness operates according to electromagnetic laws—thoughts and emotions are consciousness energy forms that create electrical impulses and magnetic fields. Unforgiveness sends out destructive energy that inevitably returns to the sender, while forgiveness neutralizes negative energy patterns and creates harmony within one's consciousness field.

➤ On the true purpose of forgiveness:

"When I was on earth, I urged people to forgive and to abstain from judgment, criticism, condemnation. The church has misinterpreted this as meaning you must 'please' God by loving others and abstaining from the negative emotions. This is not what I meant at all. There is no 'God' who needs to be 'pleased' by your behaviour. You are masters of your fate in that you always 'reap what you sow'." — Letter 8

➤ On forgiveness according to sowing and reaping:

"I repeatedly taught the people that they would receive the 'Father's' forgiveness of sins according to people's willingness to forgive others — for it would be done to them according to their own 'sowing'." — Letter 9

➤ On the electromagnetic nature of consciousness:

"You must know that every electrical field creates a like magnetic field — the two always work together — so that WHAT GOES OUT EVENTUALLY RETURNS. This is a scientific law of existence but what science does not yet admit is this: Electrical force powers the mind; it is the consciousness impulse of 'Get Going' in the mind. Electrical force is a facet of consciousness. Two-faced Magnetism powers the human and animal emotions — it 'attracts' and it 'repels'. It is the impulse of human love and the impulse of hatred. Magnetism is experienced by all living things as emotion — feeling." — Article 14

➤ On the boomerang effect:

"FOR — whatever power you give to resentful thoughts, that power will send a direct electrical stream of consciousness to the person who hurt you, — AND the stream of consciousness returns, zinging its way back to you in due course, like a boomerang." — Article 14

2. A Path to Physical and Emotional Health

Christ emphasizes that refusing to forgive creates "magnetic rejection energy" that depletes cellular bonding and leads to illness. Forgiveness, conversely, maintains the integrity of one's electromagnetic consciousness system and promotes healing throughout the body, mind, and spirit.

➤ On the physical effects of unforgiveness:

"If, however, you should refuse to listen and empathise and accept, with loving forgiveness, the 'truth' of another person, the rejection creates an emotional 'magnetic rejection' energy which joins and reinforces other residues of rejection energy force within the consciousness electromagnetic fields of your entire system. 'Rejection magnetism' depletes the 'bonding magnetism' between cells and ill health sets in."
— Letter 8

➤ On self-protection through forgiveness:

"PRAY and MEDITATE and ask for help. It will be given you if you persist. If the ego persists in forcing your thoughts downward again to virulence and anger and raising all kinds of arguments as to why you should condemn someone who has deeply hurt and even wounded you physically, go into meditation again and again, seeking insight and relief from your dilemma, asking to have these troublesome recurring angry and vindictive thoughts removed from you — NOT to please God — as you have been taught by the churches, but to protect yourself from the whiplash of your angry thoughts which rebound in your lives bearing violent upheavals and further rows and arguments to deal with." — Article 14: "Urgent Message from Christ"

➤ On forgiveness neutralizing negative energy:

"FORGIVENESS, complete and total and LOVING, dispels the violent hatred energies. Without forgiveness, they gather momentum from the ongoing resentment of the opponent." — Article 14

3. A Gateway to the Kingdom of Heaven

Rather than an external place or afterlife destination, the Kingdom of Heaven is described as a state of consciousness characterized by unconditional love, peace, and divine harmony. Forgiveness is presented as essential for cleansing consciousness of ego patterns that create barriers between individuals and their Source of Being.

➤ On repentance and forgiveness as entry to the Kingdom:

"'How shall we enter the Kingdom?' 'I have already told you. You enter the Kingdom of Heaven when you repent of all that you are in your heart and mind. When you take your evil to the 'Father' and ask forgiveness and pray for the strength to be cleansed of your evil thoughts, words and deeds, and you finally get rid of them, then you may be sure that you are about to find the Kingdom of Heaven. When you have accomplished this, you will find that your attitudes towards others are changing, for the 'Father' will be doing Its Love Work within you. You will be free of the chains and thongs of evil desires and deeds which previously bound you and made you a captive in the world. More than this, you will find that the 'Father' does satisfy your every need.'" — Letter 3

➤ On transcending ego impulses:

"Daily I must remember that to overcome ego, I must be able to hear any truth about myself without wanting to retaliate or find excuses. In the Kingdom of Heaven is no backbiting, vindictiveness, resentment! By undertaking to help build the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, I must transcend all these ego impulses — exchanging them for unconditional love." — 2007 Message

On forgiveness before prayer:

"If you go to the altar to pray or offer a gift, and on the way there you remember that you have quarrelled with someone, turn around and go to that person and make your peace with him. Then, when you approach the 'Father' in prayer, you will have a clean and pure mind, and you will be heard by the 'Father' and the 'Father' will be able to respond, giving you all you need, in the peace and quietness of your being." — Letter 2

4. A Progressive Spiritual Practice

Christ's teachings acknowledge that forgiveness is not always easy or immediate. He provides practical guidance for when the ego resists forgiveness—through meditation, prayer to Divine Consciousness, and persistent effort to understand others' motivations. The journey moves from painful, deliberate forgiveness to spontaneous, joyful release of all grievances.

➤ On the journey from painful to joyful forgiveness:

"At the very beginning of your striving to live in this non-reactive and pro-active way — which requires you to consciously reject the state of ego reaction and enter the second state of pro-activity, you will find it very painful and annoying to have to let go, overcome, the old sense of having been badly treated but as you persist, joyfully, you find one day that you are able to move immediately into a state of pro-active joy, forgiveness, understanding and caring concern for whoever has just that moment upset your equilibrium." — 2014 Message

➤ On seeking Divine help when unable to easily forgive:

"And if you cannot forgive easily because your ego will not let you — then bring your hurt and anger to Divine Consciousness (which I termed the 'Father' when in Palestine) and ask for Its inflow of Spiritual Directing Power to gently ease and remove the burden from your minds." — Article 14

➤ On the growth of empathy and forgiveness:

"The more you can empathise with others, understand what motivates them, perceive the difficulties which push them into ill-considered actions, the higher becomes your own spirituality, your own sense of compassion and love towards those who — you now realise — are really doing the very best they can in the environment and circumstances they have created for themselves. From this standpoint, it becomes easier and easier to apologise, until the time comes when, seeing the truth of the other person so clearly, you cannot wait to forgive and erase all tension and criticism of them from your thinking." — Article 11

➤ On remaining poised in forgiveness:

"This means that when you are brought into contact with the unpleasant consciousness forces in life, you must continually pray to Divine Consciousness to help you ignore the hurt, the disgust, the rejection of offenders which your humanity, your ego would have dragged you into, and instead, rise into an awareness of Divine Consciousness as being the only Reality in your lives. And therefore, you will enter and remain poised in forgiveness and a concerned caring for the erring person's well-being and happiness." — 2014 Message

5. A Creative Force for Planetary Transformation

Perhaps most significantly, forgiveness is presented as having cosmic implications. Each act of forgiveness creates "an oasis of Divine Love" that remains in the earth's consciousness field. As more individuals practice forgiveness, these oases accumulate and begin transforming the collective consciousness, gradually manifesting as improved social conditions, reduced conflict, and the emergence of a spiritualized civilization.

➤ On creating Divine Consciousness through forgiveness:

"When you achieve this level of loving response to outer dark influences, you have established a framework of Divine Consciousness on earth." — 2014 Message

➤ On building oases of Divine Love:

"Pause here and try to fully understand that You have created an area of wholeness on the earth and this does not dissolve. Each time, you can retain love in your heart in face of opposition, you have built a little oasis of Divine Love in your environment. You will perceive that as more and more people on earth strive to respond to darkness in this way. The darkness itself will be affected - it cannot be otherwise, and so will the ranks of those striving to create the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, begin to increase and swell, and eventually the voices of the Divine will begin to enlighten the responses of those who are still unenlightened." — 2014 Message

➤ Universal call to forgiveness:

"Therefore I tell you clearly: In your home, in your community, in your town, in your State, in your country – FORGIVE whoever has injured you in any way – big or small. Let this word ring out across your land through any means you have." — Article 14

➤ Urgent opening call:

"Love your enemies; forgive those who ill-use you; pray for those who speak evil of you, … and if you cannot do this in your own strength, seek by all possible means to do it in the power of spirit – Divine Consciousness." — Article 14

6. True Understanding Rather Than A Reluctant Pardon

The highest form of forgiveness described in these letters is not simply a reluctant pardon but a complete understanding—seeing so clearly into another person's consciousness, motivations, and struggles that one can honestly say "there is nothing to forgive." This level of forgiveness represents a profound shift in perception from ego-based judgment to Christ Consciousness.

➤ On true forgiveness as understanding:

"Give the acceptance and forgiveness you would like to receive. What is true forgiveness? It is a state of understanding the other person and their reasons for their behaviour so clearly that you can say in all honesty — there is nothing to forgive." — Letter 9

➤ On seeing others with compassionate forgiveness:

"Learn to look at a person or a situation with the eye of kindly discernment. See them as they are at this moment and then remember that I see them with compassionate love." — Letter 9

➤ On forgiving historical injustices:

"Therefore FORGIVE — for you have no true knowledge of the journey of your soul through many centuries of earthly existence. You have no knowledge of what you, yourself, did in lives gone past. Forgive the present, forgive the past and accept that much good has come out of it, learn to bless and love those whom you thought injured you or your ancestors." — Letter 9

➤ On harmony with Divine Love:

"Blessed are you when you have been deeply wronged by another yet can forgive and can show mercy, abstaining from seeking justice or the means to persecute him. You put yourself directly in harmony with the love which is 'God-active-within you' and even so will you be spared in times of trouble." — Letter 2