The Power of Forgiving - Page 5

#41 11-08-2011, 06:40 AM

Bundle of thanks to sharing with us a useful post,material.These virtues really have power and have strong effect on your self and soul.

#42 11-08-2011, 09:10 AM

Awesome! Everyone should learn forgiveness!

Xan · #43 15-09-2011, 01:47 AM

bringing this up....

#44 16-09-2011, 04:03 AM

That's awesome of you to share this!! Thank you!! Thank You!! ooooo

Xan · #45 16-09-2011, 03:50 PM

You're welcome T/G.

Xan

#46 17-09-2011, 01:14 AM

I don't know if I completely agree with the idea of "a conscious process of forgiveness" or not, but that doesn't matter.

What I do know is that I was in my 40s already when I finally forgave my mother for all the supposed wrongs I thought she had committed.

There was no process. The forgiveness came unbidden, spontaneously. It was complete and deep.

And when it happened, I realized that until we forgive others we cannot forgive ourselves, and it is we who need the forgiveness.

I know that I am the one who needs the forgiveness. Not you, or they. Me.
The forgiveness doesn't descend from on High. It comes from within.

It is not something we can work at and succeed in. Rather, it is a process, slow and gentle, of seeing and accepting both the world and ourselves until we reach that point where forgiveness simply comes of itself.

The harder we fight against what we feel is negative, the more we resist our sins, the stronger they become. Surrender and submit. Peace is found there.

What a wonderful post Xan. Thank you.

Xan · #47 17-09-2011, 02:35 AM

Well said, Greybeard.

Xan

#48 20-09-2011, 01:53 AM

Beautiful, thank you for sharing. I am having a hard time letting go/forgiving my sister, my only sibling. She hurt me so bad and has yet to think she has done anything wrong. She crossed boundaries that cannot be fixed. I feel that just because she is my blood doesn't mean I have to like her as a person and I chose to release that kind of negative energy from my life and I broke all contact. But it still hurts and disturbs me. I don't know how to completely let it go.

Xan · #49 20-09-2011, 02:46 AM

Clover Fairy... I suggest you read the opening post a few times, to get more understanding of what forgiving is and what it is not. Then just do the forgiveness process suggested.

That way you don't have to think about how to let go, simply doing the practice does the work. And keep going with it... even when you think it's enough, go for more.

Xan

Xan · #50 14-10-2011, 05:44 PM

bringing this up...