{"id":13091,"date":"2016-04-24T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T02:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2019-12-14T11:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T18:31:42","slug":"bruce-rawles-the-3-rs-of-forgiveness-42416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/bruce-rawles-the-3-rs-of-forgiveness-42416\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Rawles &#8211;  Special Mini-Series &#8211; Part 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE 3 R&#8217;S OF FORGIVENESS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Listen to this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivehq.com\/file\/df.aspx\/publish\/RAkers\/RDAPublicFolder\/AwakeningTogether\/Featured%20Talks\/Bruce%20Rawles%204-24-16.mp3\">recording<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are not trapped in the world you see, because its cause can be changed. This change requires, first, that the cause be identified and then [second] let go, so that [third] it can be replaced. The first two steps in this process require your cooperation. The final one does not (<cite>A Course in Miracles<\/cite> Workbook, W-pI.23.5:1-4).<\/p>\n<p>There is a prayer the Course urges us to use whenever we are not joyous, and it contains within it the three steps we are describing:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.<br \/>\nI made the decision myself, but I can also decide otherwise.<br \/>\nI want to decide otherwise, because I want to be at peace.<br \/>\nI do not feel guilty, because the Holy Spirit will undo all the<br \/>\nconsequences of my wrong decision if I will let Him.<br \/>\nI choose to let Him, by allowing Him to decide for God for me.<br \/>\n(T-5.VII.6:7-1 1)<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Rawles leads us through the three basic steps of Forgiveness as outlined in <cite>A Course in Miracles<\/cite>. He refers us to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miraclestudies.net\/Forgive_3Step.html\">Forgiveness and Jesus<\/a>: The Meeting Place of A Course in Miracles\u00a0and Christianity, pp. 59-66, Fifth Edition, By Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE 3 R&#8217;S OF FORGIVENESS Listen to this\u00a0recording You are not trapped in the world you see, because its cause can be changed. This change requires, first, that the cause be identified and then [second] let go, so that [third] it can be replaced. The first two steps in this process require your cooperation. 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