I was watching a scene from an old movie where a priest came to have a conversation with someone in distress. The priest slowly pulled a wooden chair forward, sat down and said:

“Offer me your confession. And I can offer you God’s forgiveness.”

Instantly, memories flooded back of all the times I was forced to confess as a child. I say “forced” because I never wanted to do it. Yet, I had no choice; that's what my parents made me do. As a child, I was simply afraid of revealing my secrets or being vulnerable with a stranger who was an adult.

It felt intuitively weird to me back then. And then, this movie scene. A priest, which is a human being, saying that he has the power to offer God’s forgiveness. Nonsense.

The Absolute is pure Spirit, the eternal Center from which all life emanates. It is not a person who forgives some people and not others. As you grow spiritually, you draw closer to it, becoming wiser, more understanding, kinder, more empathetic, loving, compassionate, unattached, calm, and joyful. And you discard the lower attributes of the mind, one by one.

Regardless of where you find yourself in the scale of spiritual evolution, you are not a ‘sinner’. You don’t need to be ‘forgiven.’ You don’t need to make offerings or sacrifice yourself for ‘God’s love.’ You are already perfect just the way you are. You are precisely where you need to be at this moment in time.

The Absolute, Spirit, God, loves you unconditionally every single moment of your life. In fact, everyone and everything is wrapped in the boundless love of this Being.

Do not for a moment think that God needs your advice, praise, or suggestions. Do not think that you need to ask for forgiveness. All you need to do is act, think, and speak as best you know how. To learn and to grow at your own pace, trusting that the Supreme Intelligence behind it all knows what is best for you and will guide you along the way.