Are you forgiven?

February 25th, 2009 by admin

“It really doesn’t matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.” ~ Real Live Preacher.com ~

Do you have people in your life who have hurt you in some way and you have not forgiven them? Sometimes you may have to think about this because the incident has been buried so deeply that you do not remember it on a conscious level.

If you harbor resentment or anger towards another person it hurts you more than it hurts them. These are negative emotions that interfere with your growth.

One of the purposes of our being here on earth is to learn how to love unconditionally. Unconditional love contains automatic forgiveness. One is unable to love while holding resentments or anger.

Sit quietly and make a list of everyone who has hurt you or in someway wronged you in your life. Set your intention to forgive them.

Picture each person, one at a time, in your mind and use this method to forgive them. Say to them with love and passion; “I forgive you for all hurts and wrong done to me. I release the feelings of anger or resentment I have held against you. I love you and God bless you.”

Then before you go on to the next person you have one more thing to do. Remember that you created your reality so you share some of the responsibility for what happened. So it is necessary to also forgive yourself.

You will go through the same process to forgive yourself as you did to forgive others. Tell yourself with passion and love that you forgive yourself, you love yourself and God bless you.

It is more important that you recognize your part in all situations and to take responsibility for your part. Therefore it is more important that you forgive yourself than others. If you can feel love for others they are forgiven. But until you forgive yourself you cannot truly move on with your life.

Until you forgive yourself all real or imagined negative interactions with others you will feel unworthy or undeserving. This is because in your heart you know that the way of spirit is love, not resentment , not anger or any other negative emotion.

There is a phrase used in Ho’Oponopono, a Hawaiian healing system, that goes like this: “I am sorry. Please forgive me, I love you. God bless.” This simple little phrase, if repeated over and over can work wonders in your life.

With this phrase you are addressing the Universe and all the people whose paths you have crossed. You not only work on forgiveness of others but forgiveness of self.

Repeat that phrase for a couple of minutes and notice how you feel.

TODAY’S TIP: Practice forgiveness as a part of your life. Forgive the moment it becomes needed. This way you do not carry the garbage into your future.

Who do you need to forgive?