Day 88:
Love is For Giving....
This concludes the current series on forgiveness. First some techniques.
Before you start the forgiveness choose the person you wish to forgive. To a
certain extent the best person to choose is the one who is most difficult to
forgive. Remember that so long as you do not forgive somebody that person is
bound to you with invisible chains of discord. One thing which may help one
to forgive is the fact that in past-life therapy we see a karmic dance between
two people who keep in turn victimize and be victims to each other. In one life
the first person would abuse the other and then in the next the roles would
be reversed. This would continue over many lifetimes until one person would
refuse to play and dropped out of this vicious game through forgiveness. Now
we are not necessarily suggesting that reincarnation is a fact. What we do know
is that past life therapy does work and produces wonderful metaphors for our
current problems in the here and now. So using this metaphor, the choice is
ours. We can refuse to forgive and have the shade of the hated person follow
us for the rest of our lives closer than our own shadows or we can forgive and
be free. When you find it so difficult to forgive someone ask yourself this
question: "Suppose there is something to this reincarnation theory, do
I really desire to spend another life with this person? Or am I ready to free
myself from his/her influence right now. Once you have chosen the person you
can begin the actual forgiveness...
The starting point of forgiveness is quieting of the mind. Take some deep breaths
first. Then you may use your favorite relaxation technique. Once your mind is
still you may surround the inner image of the person you wish to forgive with
pink light of unconditional love. Depending on your religious beliefs use words
such as these: "Before God and all loving Spirits, I freely and truly forgive
XXX. I forgive and set him/her free. I let go of him/her, and we are free of
each other...." Once you have affirmed the forgiveness with words as those
preceding you can now ask person or person's you may have harmed in the past
for their forgiveness. Finally you cover all people involved and all the situations
with pink light of unconditional love.
As we said:
Love is For Giving....
Love is forgiving....
Namaste means "the Divinity within me salutes the Divinity within you...."
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