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Originally Posted by Gem
If it is a burden, it's ingrained deeper. The mind ruminates on it, be it a grudge, a betrayal, an injustice, shame or whatever it is that weights you down. Usually the mind flounders in confusion and anguish because it doesn't understand it properly.
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Let us not forget the power of forgiveness.
If we carry the burden of grudges, betrayals or injustices then that suggests a need to forgive others.
If we carry the burden of shame then that suggests we need to forgive ourselves.
All too often the burdens we carry come from resistance. We tell ourselves that someone else should not have done whatever they did. We reflect on our own actions and believe we should not have done whatever we did. We resist the reality of what did happen because we think that it should not have happened.
Forgiveness happens when we let go of our resistance. Whatever happened happened. We do not need to carry it around with us.
And as we drop our burdens we become more empty. As we become more empty we realise that nothing happened and there is nothing to forgive.
Peace