October 1, 2025
The Eternal Power of Forgiveness
In a world often divided by conflict and misunderstanding, it takes great courage to choose a different path—the path of Oneness and forgiveness. Darkness grows when we ignore its root, but when we nourish the goodness and unity within us, that darkness disappears. This journey is not truly about pitting good against evil; it is about remembering the One behind all things, and reflecting that unity through the love and strength in our hearts.
The Day of At-ONE-ment: A Gift of Unity
For over 3,300 years, a small community has paused once a year to enter a living remembrance of our true unity—a practice of Oneness known as the Day of At-ONE-ment. In the very first observance of this sacred day, the people discovered that they could only reconnect with the Divine after they had first forgiven one another. A full state of mutual forgiveness among the people was required before the One (the Source of All) would fully return to them and wash away their past misdeeds. Only when they let go of every grudge and judgment did they become aligned with the love of the One. In that alignment, they experienced unconditional mercy, healing, and a new beginning.
This once-a-year revelation—when the One lovingly revealed Itself to Its children—was meant as a gift for all humankind. Though it was kept alive by a few, its promise extends to every one of us, without exception. It offers an open pathway back to our Infinite Source—a spiritual “reset button” for the soul. By entering into the spirit of At-ONE-ment, we retrace our steps to the Unity we came from. In truth, returning to Oneness through universal forgiveness is the only way we can truly heal our world.
Today, the call of this ancient tradition is more urgent than ever. Especially now, as our world cries out for healing, all of humanity is invited to step into this tradition and make it our own. We are invited to join together for one sacred day of collective forgiveness and reconciliation—a Great Holy Reset of the heart that can ripple out to transform the future of our planet.
The Great Reset of Forgiveness
Imagine a day when every person lays down the burdens of yesterday. We pause the frenetic play of the world and become still. We release every old grudge and resentment. With open hearts, we offer apologies and extend forgiveness—mutually and universally. On this day of At-ONE-ment, the victim forgives the aggressor, and the aggressor sincerely asks pardon of the victim. The poison of hatred is drained away; the hunger for revenge is set aside. In that very exchange, both the one who suffered and the one who caused suffering become teachers to each other—each inviting the same sacred lesson: that only the love of the One truly matters, and all else is empty and bound to fall away.
Each of us is invited to cleanse this inner poison by forgiving others, and also by forgiving ourselves. In doing so, we receive the grace of deep inner and outer healing, healing the wounds caused by our momentary amnesia of being One with all.
As the toxins of anger and division dissolve, healing flows in like clear water on parched ground. Love rushes in to fill the space once occupied by pain. The human family, once fractured by blame and fear, begins to feel whole again, sheltered under the loving care of the One who gives life to all.
In that sacred clearing of the heart, no foreign or fearful thought can intrude. For these 24 holy hours, all distractions fall away. What remains is an ego-less Stillness of Consciousness—a hush of pure Being in which we remember who we truly are. We experience Oneness directly, gathered together at the single point of Unity.
For one precious span of time, we stand together in the quiet of the One. The memory of division starts to fade like the night dissolving at dawn. Fear and hatred fall silent in the presence of all-embracing Love.
Especially now, let us embrace this chance to reunite as one human family, that Love may finally silence fear and that the illusion of separation may vanish with the shadows of night.
On this consecrated day, let us become artisans of amends. Each of us can mend what has been torn, return what has been borrowed, and repair what has been broken—even if it was just a harsh word spoken in haste.
Let our words be bridges of understanding, and let our silences be altars of peace. If there is a name we have been avoiding, let us speak it now with tenderness. If there is a door we have kept closed between us and someone else, let us open it without fear.
In the gentle mathematics of grace, each small reconciliation adds up. Countless drops of forgiveness can gather into a vast ocean of healing. Every tear of pain or relief that we shed becomes a drop in that ocean, and that ocean merges back into Oneness.
Let every heart make an inner pilgrimage—from grievance to gratitude, from suspicion to trust, from the narrow confines of the self to the wide meadows of the Whole.
Forgiveness is not the erasure of memory but the re-inscription of meaning. What was once a wound becomes instruction; what was once a wall becomes a window; what was once a debt becomes a gift returned to the Giver of Life.
For this one day, we are invited to fast from the usual appetites of separation: to abstain from the hunger to be right, the thirst for vindication, and the craving to place ourselves above our brothers and sisters. In this gentle abstinence, the soul remembers its native nourishment—the quiet bread of stillness and the living water of love. We will feast on these together, without ever taking anything away from one another.
Let us also trade in the true currency of this holy day: heartfelt apology and sincere forgiveness. Let an apology offered with an open hand be met with acceptance received with an open heart. Embrace one another in the name of the One and Only Creator who breathes us into being, moment by moment. In that embrace, no one is a debtor and no one is a judge; there is only a single Life, recognizing itself in every face.
And when this holy span of hours concludes, do not seal it up as if it were a rare treasure to be put away on a shelf. Instead, carry it forward as a lamp to light your way. Walk into ordinary time with extraordinary gentleness. Let your speech be soft with mercy; let your choices be yoked to truth; let your steps be guided by the quiet compass of humility and awe.
May this Great Reset of the heart take root and grow beyond just this one day. May old grudges find no soil in which to take root again. May fear find no foothold, and hatred no audience. May the One Mind we all share—felt again as our common Home—keep us alive in unity, now and always. And may Love reign without rival, as surely as the morning light dispels the lingering darkness of night.
Remembering the First At-ONE-ment
In remembering the first principles that gave birth to this sacred day, we recall that the original Day of At-ONE-ment was established in the wake of a great purification. Long ago, an ancient people fell into the worship of a golden idol—a symbol of misplaced devotion to wealth and power. That idol was shattered and consumed by divine fire, revealing the peril of such false gods and the corruption they seeded. In the aftermath, the Day of At-ONE-ment was instituted to refocus everyone on what truly matters: the One Source of all life, who alone is worthy of our devotion and trust.
That lesson remains urgent today. Any human order built on the obsessive pursuit of control—on greed, domination, and division—stands on hollow ground.
Those who stubbornly cling to such an order, refusing to forgive, denying the equal divine spark in every soul, and keeping their fellow beings in all manner of bondage (whether through unpayable debts, fear, or oppression), are choosing their own unmaking. By their refusal to harmonize with Love, they separate themselves from the very fabric of Life. What cannot join the harmony of Life will eventually crumble and return to the void, as the earth closes over that which cannot harmonize with Life.
But for those who answer the call of Oneness, a new world is already being born. The dismantling of old, enslaving structures is underway even now. Let all who resonate with this vision begin—on this holy day of reconciliation—to help re-create our original unity. The old world is yielding to the new, and I long to greet you in the beautiful new world we shall share.
Core Principle
It is in the ignorance of the root of evil that you cause it to grow.
It is by the energizing of goodness and Oneness within that you make it disappear.
It takes great courage to counter the first and encourage the second.
It is not about good versus evil but about the One and our Loving strength reflecting It.
“The aggressor is there to teach the victim a dear lesson, and the victim is but there to teach the aggressor to invite the same lesson: Love of One and the notion of It, is all that really should Be and really exists. All the rest is but void and headed toward it.”
Gerald O’Donnell. Originally written on October 15, 2001
The day of AT-ONE-ment is silently whispering and calling you within to the Kingdom of Love and forgiveness!
Ten years ago, on the Day of At-One-Ment, I received a direct message from the One and Only. Years have passed, but the ONE’s Dream and Teachings are Eternal and more crucial now than ever. You can and truly should revisit this word-for-word communication at https://probablefuture.com/message-one-september-23-2015
Thank you for your kind attention. I am sending you all lots of Love!
Gerald O’Donnell
P.S.> This is not meant to be a regular article, but rather a call for urgent action, invoking the “Presence” of the One, the absolute Original Source, in all humans who intensely desire to align with unity consciousness. I shall explain very soon why we are extremely short of time. All bubbles where people hide selfishly are about to burst open and deflate, because humanity has left the best and preferred traveled path of Oneness and entered uncharted territory. In fact, I won’t even have to prove anything, as intensifying severe, insane, violent shaking chaos is highly probable and about to engulf our planet. Please reclaim and regain your birthright, your co-Creative power NOW, as you partially merge with the Unity Level! Ask for pure forgiveness from those you have hurt, and forgive fully those who have wronged you. Build bridges, not walls. Spread love, not fear. Instill these values in your children and future generations.
