The Forgiveness Principle
- Why is forgiveness so important? What is the role of forgiveness in our spiritual growth, relationships,
- How do grievances occur?
- What is the trigger to forgive?
- How do we forgive? What are the tools and processes? What does the action look like?
- What are the different levels of forgiveness?
- How do we know that we have truly forgiven? What does it feel like?
- Different traditions in forgiveness – Jainism, Christianity (Course in Miracles), hoponopono
- Why is forgiveness so difficult?
- How do we ‘let go’ of something or someone?
- What is the role of self-forgiveness?
- What is the act of forgiveness?
- For whom do we ‘forgive’?
- What is the role of healing in forgiveness? And vice-versa?
- How do we ask for forgiveness?
- What is the role of (social) justice – and forgiveness? Our current judiciary system, and who is charged with what?
- Tolerance vs. forgiveness
The Miracle of Forgiveness
7 Principles of Forgiveness
- It is the primary – it is why we are alive – it is the only true marker for inner/outer progress
- Un-Forgiveness is the only thing holding us back from fulfilling our dreams
- Energetic – feel it in our body
- Takes energy to hold grievance
- “Letting it go”
- To forgive is a gift to yourself
- You are the creator of your life
- Your ego is what creates separation between you, yourself and other – held up through emotions – and fear
- Learning about your needs, desires, feelings – self-acceptance and self-love
- Understanding your triggers
- Our world, is our mirror – people trigger us, to allow us to look internally and understand/heal
- Practice – pardon yourself everyday; practice self-forgiveness
- The Spirit of Forgiveness
- “Eager to love”
- Withholding forgiveness – moral high-ground – not be forgiven
- Self-punishment – addiction
- Betrayal – our greatest teacher
- Betrayal – can we trust again? Betrayal – our most important teacher – return to love
- To heal, is to forgive; to forgive, is to heal
- Spiral of healing, seeking truth, meaning
- Forms a part of our purpose
- Karma & forgiveness – healing our patterns
- We forgive, for our ancestors and progeny
- Forgiveness is the path to healing our fragmented self
- Levels of forgiveness
- Forgiveness is the Path of the Warrior
- Our greatest spiritual teachers – Gandhi, Mandela
- Speaking our truth
- Making difficult, yet compassionate decisions
- Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable – touch the pain and face it
- Forgiveness forms the true path to any spiritual practice
- Spiritual practice – Trust, faith, grace, gratitude – filling the void
- Releasement – void – must fill with grace (will-power not enough) – spirituality
- Forgiveness is a choice and intention – a state of being – not a single action
- Forgiveness is a process, by which we transform and heal
- Learn our life lesson
- Understanding, loving another person – enemy
- Tonglen
- Forgiveness is a process, by which we transform and heal
- Process of facing our pain& anger, expressing our truth
- “Have you been angry long enough?”
- Forgiveness leads to tolerance
- Not expecting an outcome
- Pardon vs. forgiveness
- Forgiveness leads to freedom, joy & love
- Instant forgiveness
- Weather, people, self, strangers
- Release our expectations
- Forgiveness is directly correlated with Love
- Career, work, relationships
- Finding our own boundaries, self-love
- Instant forgiveness
- Every act of forgiveness contributes to our collective/global consciousness & healing!
- Man-made vs. eternal forgiveness
