On Forgiveness

[Guest guest]

Great thread and very relevant irrespective of what life path you are on!

 

Forgiveness is one of the major life keys and linked 100% to

unconditional love and ego, but true forgiveness is not quite as

simple as it appears at face value.

 

Forgiveness requires truly coming to terms with the wrong – not the

perceived cause but the cold hard facts. Sometimes (not always) it

requires the acknowledgement and understanding of your own part in the

action or wrongdoing.

 

To truly forgive the ego must be under control – we are egocentric by

nature and part of our survival mechanism is (incorrectly) that

preservation of self esteem or ego. Only once the ego is `evolved'

and assigned to its correct place in life is the door to forgiveness

and unconditional love truly open. You cannot truly forgive if you do

not know unconditional love and you will not know true unconditional

love unless you can truly forgive. Ego is the gatekeeper.

 

Forgiveness comes gradually and in stages – there is no `quick fix' or

transition due to the complexity of the other related variables that

have to be understood. You have to keep working at it and it can

sometimes take years to arrive at that point of true forgiveness.

 

Also remember that to forgive is to set the prisoner free and then to

see that the prisoner is you.

 

Blessings - Jonathan