Stress, Forgiveness and Your Reality

I know of many people who have difficulty letting go of past and even present hurts.  I for one is guilty of this.  The hurt is so deep and the pain just won't go away until at some point this pulls you back every time you try to move forward.  This kind of pain causes stress and now affects our total self and how we create our reality.

Yes, we do create our reality by choosing or allowing things to happen.  The more you take responsibility for your life, the more you can change it!  From a place of radical responsibility, forgiveness can be seen in a brand new light.

Here are some thoughts about forgiveness to reflect on...

"Forgiveness is really self-forgiveness. If the world is simply a reflection of your own mind, if all blame and judgement are projections of your own guilt and self-attack, then forgiveness of others releases both the others and the subconscious guilt within you. Guilt is really a form of arrogance which makes life all about oneself, rather than just learning the lesson, correcting the mistake and moving on. Forgiveness puts things in perspective and brings back innocence. It returns life to ease, flow and confidence. Forgiveness is not a form of winning the competition while another fails. Nor is it about condescension or superiority. It is not deigning to grant the other mercy - which is really superiority (hidden judgement and overcompensation for guilt and feelings of inadequacy) and competition (distraction from success and fear of the next step)."- CHUCK PEZZANO

"Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself."

"The unforgiven have no mercy to bestow upon another. That is why your sole responsibility must be to take forgiveness for yourself. The miracle that you receive, you give."

"As I look about, I condemn the world I look upon. I call this seeing. I hold the past against everyone and everything, making them my enemies.  When I have forgiven myself and remembered Who I am, I will bless everyone and everything I see. There will be no past, and therefore no enemies. And I will look with love on all that I failed to see before."

SOURCE: A Course in Miracles

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