True Forgiveness

The Course of Miracles has a very different interpretation of forgiveness - one which is relevant, constructive and transformative.  According to conventional teachings, we have always been taught that to forgive is to pardon someone else's mistakes.  But true forgiveness is to forgive ourselves through the mistakes of others, and this is done through acknowledging how distorted our views are.  It is to recognise and forgive what others have not done and yet we believe that they have done.  This is not to say that mistakes are not made, but rather, we do not see such doings as a form of attack and thus impose guilt and blame on ourselves or others.   

Forgiveness is a shift in perception and to be able to see the divine nature in the "sinner".  As all minds are joined, forgiving ourselves is thus also forgiving others.  The real change is simply bringing the focus back from an external event or another person to within.