“I forgive you.” … Three of the most healing words you can say and hear. They say to another, “I recognize that beneath the action which I perceived as hurtful there lies a being just like me. We may never see things the same. We may never act the same, but at the very core we are the same. When we take away all thought and all actions, we are love, for we both come from the Source of all love.”
When one says, “i forgive you,” one is saying, “I see past your humanity, for I am human, too. I know what lies beneath that humanity, for it lies within me, too. In forgiving you, I help the spirit being within me to rise and emerge. May my forgiveness help you to recognize that same spirit within you.”
When all can see the Spirit within each other, there will be no more need for forgiveness.