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At the root of
virtually all spiritual practices is the notion of forgiveness. This was
what came out of Jesus of Nazareth while he was being tortured on a cross
by a Roman soldier throwing a spear into his side. It is perhaps the most
healing thing that you can do to remove the low energies of resentment and
revenge from your life completely.
Think about every single person who has ever harmed you, cheated you,
defrauded you, or said unkind things about you. Your experience of them is
nothing more than a thought that you carry around with you. These thoughts
of resentment, anger, and hatred represent slow, debilitating energies that
will disempower you. If you could release them, you would know more peace.
You practice forgiveness for two reasons. One is to let others know that
you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with that person; and two,
to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Resentment
is like venom that continues to pour through your system, doing its poisonous
damage long after being bitten by the snake. It’s not the bite that kills
you; it’s the venom. You can remove venom by making a decision to let go of
resentments. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and
notice how much better you feel, how much more peace you have. It was one
act of profound forgiveness toward my own father, whom I never saw or
talked to, that turned my life around from one of ordinary awareness, to
one of higher consciousness, achievement, and success beyond anything I had
ever dared to imagine.
Indeed, there are no justified resentments if you wish to walk along the
extra mile and enjoy inner peace and success on every step of the path.
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