Blog #94 The Gift of Forgiving!
Thinking a lot about forgiveness the last few weeks and my Readee’s have been taking a good look at it too. Not only forgiving others but especially forgiving them-selves. Wow such a healing!!!
Choosing to walk the path of forgiveness and compassion for others and learning more every day about forgiving ourselves in each moment and loving and appreciating the process, I feel is the journey of love, freedom and joy.
Beginning by grounding ourselves and being nice and neutral, and take a look and identify any hurt, resentments, regrets and pain we may be holding on to.
*An easy way to release and let go is to do a Rose Healing. Create a big pink vacuum rose out in front of you on your viewing screen and allow it to vacuum out your space, all that you feel you need to forgive for all that someone did or didn’t do to hurt you. See the rose getting bigger and bigger and then just put a big firecracker under it and explode the rose in a big flash of light. Poof all that energy is gone! Breathe!
*Then create another vacuum rose, orange this time and let all the times you have hurt someone else in some way. Ask them telepathically to forgive you and let all the energy just fill up the rose and just explode it. BOOM! Notice the release and space you now have back.
*Next and I feel most importantly, create a third purple rose and put all the energy of you forgiving yourself for everything you did or did not do. Let the vacuum rose collect it all up out of your body and out of your aura and all the spaces in between. Put a firecracker under it and Boom just blow it up. Notice the overall freedom you feel and that heavy emotional feeling being lifted and gone.
Years ago, I was guided to make a decision for myself to move to a new location at the beach. I knew it was where I was supposed to be. My dear friend since childhood took it very personally and she felt like I was leaving her behind. I tried to explain and came up with a few ideas that I thought would make her happy but, it didn’t. I told her I was so sorry, and hoped she would someday understand. I felt so heartbroken, I didn’t mean for her to be hurt by it.
I used the Rose Healing to do some deep healing work on my relationship space with her; in meditation I asked for her to forgive me and I blew some roses on forgiving her and then I blew roses and forgave myself. I felt so much better. I continued to just treat and love her like I always did, as my dear sweet friend. A few years ago, she shared that she finally understood that it was the best thing for me to make that choice at the time. She told me she was so amazed at all the love and care and friendship that I showed her for all these years. She was so sorry she took it personally and she was so grateful I could be the kind of dear friend that I was. It was a great AHA moment for her and for me, on acceptance and forgiveness. That was such a blessing and a gift.
True forgiveness means releasing judgements and resentments and moving our awareness to love, peace and freedom and owning it for ourselves.
In most of the teachings around the world, forgiveness and gratitude define the true path to love and deep inner peace.
The beginning of the year is a powerful time to think of all those we would like to forgive and finally let go of the hurt and pain. And those who we would like to forgive us, and especially all the things we would like to forgive ourselves for. Life is learning and growing, and forgiveness and gratitude are some of the greatest lessons learned.
Take a look and do some healing for yourself and see how life becomes more peaceful and joyful.
“I know that forgiving others is the first step for my own inner peace” Louise Hay
Photo of a beautiful white rose I took while walking in my neighborhood.