Adopt a Lifestyle of Forgiveness
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” ~Catherine Ponder
Forgiveness is your response to an injustice either toward yourself or others. It is your conscious turning toward the “good” in the face of a wrongdoing.
It is the generosity of a compassionate spirit, where you make a choice to give the gifts of non-judgment, mercy and love.
Forgiveness frees the mind because it allows you to release negative thoughts of bitterness, resentment or revenge.
If your ego is at the center of your universe, and you still compare yourself to others, or you think you don’t measure up, then you may be a candidate for self-forgiveness.
The Issues Are In the Tissues
From a vibrational standpoint, there is nothing but energy. If we don’t manage to forgive ourselves, we set the stage for internalizing this blocked energy.
By simply observing and acknowledging memories of injustice, blame or resentment you can release negative emotion and thought forms that no longer serve.
When you hold a grudge toward someone, you are really holding it inside yourself. This requires negative energy or internal strife that accomplishes nothing, except to cause disharmony within your body.
Meditation and self-observation are great tools to help you acknowledge your inner pain. This awakening can reveal long-hardened beliefs about who you think you are and the vital role that forgiveness can play in your spiritual development toward acceptance.
Nobody’s Perfect
Our evolving universe and the creative process of life is a drive for perfection. Whether in relationships or work, finances or health, we are always reaching for perfection, while knowing that we are never going to reach it.
Why would we strive to reach something that we could never possibly reach? This striving for perfection puts us in the best possible position for our evolution.
We all do the best we can, based on our current state of consciousness and evolution. Some of us have been blessed with more grace and awareness than others.
Be careful when treading the pathway to over perfection and be aware of it’s pitfalls.
To Err is Human, to Forgive, Divine
A choice to forgive does not mean we dismiss, ignore or approve of the damage inflicted on us. We must be thankful for the growth that comes from our experiences.
We are in essence, Divine. Responding to a transgression with that awareness in mind is the difference between wisdom and knowledge. From this higher level of compassion and acceptance, all that remains is kindness and love.
Forgive Yourself First
Forgiveness is arguably the most important issue we must address as a human race. Therefore, it’s not surprising that tolerance, and loving thy neighbor as thyself, is the central theme of so many religions. All life affects other life, and everything is interdependent.
If we are to survive and evolve into a loving, compassionate world, we must recognize and adopt a lifestyle of forgiveness. If you don’t learn to forgive yourself, how can you forgive others?
Forgive Yourself
Forgive Your Family
Forgive Your Friends
Forgive Your Country
Forgive The World
Forgive Yourself
Deep Inner Healing
In order to experience true spiritual understanding and freedom, you must clear away all non-essentials that cloud your awareness. This is the true purpose of forgiveness.
I wrote a song on our latest CD, “Soul Affirmation,” Music For Better Outcomes, called: “I Choose Forgiveness.” Singing this affirmation can help in healing and releasing the pain.
When you enter deeply into forgiveness, you will more clearly see the true nature of reality, and this insight will liberate you from suffering.
And the cumulative loving effect on the collective consciousnesses of humanity will open and soften the heart of the world.
Top 5 Tools to Help You Forgive
- Write a letter to yourself or to the person who has harmed you, and ask for forgiveness.
- Be the silent witness. Observe negative self-talk and where it is concentrated or frozen in the body, visualize your warm breath thawing, opening and releasing the pain.
- Write an affirmation to change your thought patterns from one of self-condemnation to one of forgiveness and love.
- Avoid comparing yourself to others
- Learn to practice self love through self-compassion and self-nurturing.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. ~George Herbert
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