“I have a function God would have me fill.”
The function God would have you fill is forgiveness, setting free, releasing your grip, letting go of your hold on people and on things. Not in the sense of letting something pass, or of overlooking out of “the goodness of your heart” while still remembering the wrongdoings. No. You set them free because you know that what you are seeing is a mirage, a play of shadows, caused by erroneous thinking happening in your own mind. Those thoughts are generated by obsolete beliefs and convictions.
Why do we use the words erroneous and obsolete? Because these thoughts and convictions no longer fit you. How do we know they no longer fit you? Because you have noticed that the so called wrongdoings of your neighbor are disturbing to you. The fact that you feel not at ease with an image in the world means that you are now ready to let go of a belief that is causing the projection of that image. If it wasn’t up for release, the image would not disturb you. You wouldn’t even notice the image. But since you have noticed, and since it is disturbing to you, it means that a new step on your path toward becoming lighter has announced itself. That step is the setting free of that image and of the people involved.
When you find that setting a certain person free is difficult for you to do, just remind yourself that it is impossible for anyone to be aware of all the ins and outs of the situation they are in. No one in the world knows each and every detail of the experiences that have led up to the situation as it appears, nor is anyone adequately informed about what comes into play in the situation at present, let alone the purpose it might serve when given to inner guidance.
So, hand it over to inner guidance – that is what forgiving is. For, truly, you have no clue, nor do you need to have a clue as to what anything means. In fact, contemplating a clue as to the justification of the classification of some image as “a wrongdoing” will surely hamper you on your path to becoming lighter and more joyful. Give the image and the feelings that have surfaced to inner guidance.
Handing it over, forgiving it is the new purpose God has given the world in answer to the purpose the ego thought system sees in it.