Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Finally, I think acceptance is the healing, but I don't find the idea of acceptance being instantaneously effective, but I do believe a continued exploration of acceptance is in fact worthwhile. well, that's the way it looks here and now. Who knows what will happen next? Love, Ermkaric Thanks Ermkaric {new name?} Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Hi Lynette, I think it is worthwhile keeping that desire to forgive in mind (cultivating it). While Harsha's suggestion that healing happens when it is ready to happen seems true here, I also find the idea that healing is ready to happen when I have practiced it and made it welcome, which happens sooner when I keep it in mind, than when I cultivate hatred, anger and fear. (It may well also be that my lapses into hatred, anger and fear are all part of the process and not to be regretted or second guessed either... dunno frankly) Finally, I think acceptance is the healing, but I don't find the idea of acceptance being instantaneously effective, but I do believe a continued exploration of acceptance is in fact worthwhile. well, that's the way it looks here and now. Who knows what will happen next? Love, Ermkaric I hope to one day be able to say 'yes I love him, in spite of it all' Or perhaps its not truly necessary to say it..... Perhaps just accepting the past as part of my chosen path, will allow me to love him unconditionally. Love, Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Just for a while... Love, Rick Mera Thanks Ermkaric {new name?} Lynette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 >Just for a while... > >Love, >Rick Mera An interesting variation... "Rick," I think, comes from a word for "king." "Mer" is the "sea." >Thanks Ermkaric This one's interesting too... Erm with an H, Herm, would be Hermes, messenger god and psychopomp... guide through initiation/ through the underworld... Kar or Car is an ancient name of the Great Goddess. You could even see a "ric" on the end... "king" again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Hi Ermkaric... Rickmer... >I think it is worthwhile keeping that desire to forgive in mind >(cultivating it). While Harsha's suggestion that healing happens when >it is ready to happen seems true here, I also find the idea that healing >is ready to happen when I have practiced it and made it welcome, which >happens sooner when I keep it in mind, than when I cultivate hatred, >anger and fear.... Yes... forgiving is so important to our own healing and growth... and so difficult. If someone did something to us years ago, it's easier to really forgive and get over the feelings entirely... clear them completely. But how do you forgive completely if you still see the effects of the actions in your life... or in your child's life? It's very, very difficult... I was finally able to forgive everyone who had ever hurt me or mine in this and all past lives. And the only way I found to forgive everything was to understand that I have also made mistakes, in this life and in other lives, and forgive myself... and the others too. The books say that the basic energy of our solar system is love ( or they call it love/wisdom). And it's so... this world really is about love. We all come into incarnation to learn to love better and more wisely (through, or as well as, whatever service we may have planned). And life in this world isn't easy... it isn't easy to grow up here... and sometimes we are hurt and warped... sometimes we are taught unfortunate things... and we make mistakes... get off on the wrong track. But we were trying to love and learn to love more and better. I have made mistakes myself, in this life and in other lives... I have done terrible things... and I forgive myself... I was trying to learn to love better, and I forgive myself for the mistakes. In the same way I see that all the people who have hurt me also came into incarnation to learn to love better... they were trying... and they made mistakes... and I forgive them too. I love them all... forgive... and let go. Love and let go... love, forgive, let go... that's important. Open hands, open heart... Love, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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