TRANSMIT LOVE AND RECONCILIATION

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TRANSMIT LOVE AND RECONCILIATIONIn gratitude and compassion, I bow

down and transmit my energy to those Ilove. (bell)(all touch the

Earth)All the energy I have received I now want to transmit to my

father, mymother, everyone I love, all who have suffered and worried

because of me andfor my sake. I know I have not been mindful enough

in my daily life. I alsoknow that those who love me have had their

own difficulties. They havesuffered because they were not lucky

enough to have an environment thatencouraged their full development.

I transmit my energy to my mother, myfather, my brothers, my sisters,

my beloved ones, my husband, my wife, mydaughter, and my son, so that

their pain will be relieved, so they can smileand feel the joy of

being alive. I want all of them to be healthy andjoyful. I know that

when they are happy, I will also be happy. I no longerfeel resentment

towards any of them. I pray that all ancestors in my bloodand

spiritual families will focus their energies toward each of them,

toprotect and support them. I know that I am not separate from them.

I am onewith those I love. . . .In understanding and compassion, I

bow down to reconcile myself with allthose who have made me

suffer.(bell)(all touch the Earth)I open my heart and send forth my

energy of love and understanding toeveryone who has made me suffer,

to those who have destroyed much of my lifeand the lives of those I

love. I know now that these people have themselvesundergone a lot of

suffering, and that their hearts are overloaded withpain, anger, and

hatred. I know that anyone who suffers that much will makethose

around him or her suffer. I know they may have been unlucky,

neverhaving the chance to be cared for and loved. Life and society

have dealtthem so many hardships. They have been wronged and abused.

They have notbeen guided in the path of mindful living. They have

accumulated wrongperceptions about life, about me, and about us. They

have wronged us and thepeople we love. I pray to my ancestors in my

blood and spiritual families tochannel to these persons who have made

us suffer the energy of love andprotection, so that their hearts will

be able to receive the nectar of loveand blossom like a flower. I

pray that they can be transformed to experiencethe joy of living, so

that they will not continue to make themselves andothers suffer. I

see their suffering and do not want to hold any feelings ofhatred or

anger in myself toward them. I do not want them to suffer. Ichannel

my energy of love and understanding to them and ask all my

ancestorsto help them.-- Thich Nhat Hahn in "Plum Village Chanting

and Recitation Book"