The Power of Salvation

    In A Course in Miracles, it states that salvation is the undoing of what never was. That is to say, it is the unlearning of the miseducation of the ego. Our egos have led us to believe that we are guilty, unworthy, and separate from God. Lesson 72 in ACIM states that "holding grievances is an attack on God's plan for salvation." My conclusion here is that forgiveness and salvation are almost certainly one and the same...or the former leads us directly to the latter.
    When I view those whom I most need to forgive in their original, sinless, innocent form, when I view them as wounded children yearning to feel cherished, I am undoing what never was. By viewing them as beloved children of God, I am re-writing their stories of pain with stories of their undeniable holiness. I am re-writing my own history of pain with the knowledge that what occurred was not proof of my unworthiness, was not proof of my unlovability, or my lack of belonging. And I acknowledge that my father's actions were also not proof of his unworthiness, unlovability, or lack of belonging, just proof that he felt hopelessly alone in a world of darkness and despair.

Forgiveness is the means through which we reach our salvation.
Forgiveness entails perceiving who we were
before we thought ourselves abandoned by God, by love;
forgiveness entails perceiving who our villains were
before they thought themselves abandoned by God, by love.
The divine power of salvation rests in our very hearts, in our very souls.
When we remember our own divinity
and when we can see through the smoke,
when we can peer through the chaos caused by lost souls
and see our brothers' and sisters' divinity,
we shall set ourselves free
and grant the promise of salvation
to those who have harmed us.
After we do this work, it will be up to them
to set themselves free,
for we will have only shown the way.
However your own freedom from grievances
shall be the imperceptible draft from a butterfly's wing
creating a monsoon on the other side of the world,
it shall create a domino effect
throughout mass consciousness;
for it is no small thing
to release the weight of your grievances
in a world where chaos still yet reigns.