My show I Am A Success Story Radio Show is LIVE for the next hour on BlogTalkRadio. Have Tea with Me, every Thursday night at 6:30 pm on a journey to becoming our AUTHENTIC Self. The Power of Forgiveness blogtalkradio/iamasuccessstory Lesson used on tonights show The Power of Forgiveness in Action By Rev. Susyn Reeve, M.Ed. & Dr. Sheri Rosenthal Co-creators of WITH Forgiveness withforgiveness The Power of Forgiveness offers us a broad view of forgiveness from religious, spiritual and scientific points of view. While we may agree more strongly with some rather than others we are given a potent opportunity to delve deeper and explore our personal views of forgiveness and ultimately open our hearts and minds to a deeper experience of compassion, kindness and unconditional love. And maybe, just maybe by putting forgiveness into action in our own lives we can expand the possibility of peace in the world. We can embody the words of Gandhi and, “Be the change we wish to see in the world.” Before you begin this powerful exploration we want to share another point of view about forgiveness with you. Generally speaking, we could say that forgiveness is the act of pardoning or excusing oneself or someone else without harboring resentment. First and foremost, it is important to understand that forgiveness does not mean we are disagreeing that the action in question was hurtful or inappropriate. It is a real challenge to forgive someone for something that we believe is absolutely wrong. But if we view circumstances from the level of consciousness where we are judging beliefs and ideas, forgiveness will never occur. Our world contains over 6.5 billion humans whose minds are filled with different concepts and we are never going to get all of them to agree as to what is right or wrong in any situation. Instead of looking at what is right or wrong then, we can simply recognize that an action was taken in ignorance of our true nature and that the action caused pain and suffering. (By ignorance, we mean lack of awareness of our divine nature and oneness.) The true nature of humanity can be described in many ways, depending on one’s spiritual or philosophic tradition. To be as simple and inclusive as possible: When we experience the One consciousness or God that exists within all things, we have realized our divine nature. With this experience comes the understanding that it is our concepts, ideas and beliefs that create separateness among people. With this in mind ultimately we are forgiving ourselves and others for our concepts and beliefs that nurture our sense of separation. When we transcend the beliefs of our programmed minds and see with our spiritual eyes we see our inter-connectedness and oneness. View the Power of Forgiveness and use the questions below to explore forgiveness in your life. (You may want to stop the video and explore the questions along the way or watch it in its entirety and then focus on the question.) Become aware of the conditions you place on forgiveness and the imprisoning memories that keep you filled with anger, resentment and the desire for revenge. And most importantly do not judge yourself or others as you become aware of your thoughts. Rather mark this as a starting point, the key to unlock a prison that has been kept alive by your thoughts and point of view. Thich Nhat Hanh states, “Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.” • What is compassion for you, and how do you express it in your life? • What places in your heart is there a need for compassion: for yourself, for your family, friends, co-workers, community, the world? • Do you think you can call yourself a compassionate person if you still hold anger towards someone? Alexandra Asseily says, “But actually, forgiveness allows us to let go of the pain in the memory. And if we let go of the pain in the memory, we can have the memory but it doesn’t control us. And I think it’s the fact that when memory controls us we are puppets of the past.” • Identify several memories that continue to cause you pain and suffering. • What people and circumstances have you been unable or reluctant to forgive? • Consider that it is not true that you cannot help but be upset and hurt about something that has happened in the past. Can you truly be prisoner of a thought unless you consent to be? For more information visit withforgiveness Thank you to Rev. Susyn Reev, M.Ed. & Dr. Sheri Rosenthal Co- creators of With Forgiveness
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 00:43:46 +0000
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