The Lessons of Mastering the Power of Forgiveness

My topic for today is related to love and only by learning to practice the art of forgiveness can a person attain the higher calling of enlightment and ascension and heal themselves, our planet, and others.

Forgiveness means not to cause misery to any living beings, or not to get angry on any unpleasant and unwanted happening.

Forbearance (Forgiveness) is the inherent virtue of soul. When the soul degrades from its real attribute to ill nature, such a soul is called attached (raggi i.e. the poison of attachment) or full of malice- ill- will (dwesh i.e. taking revenge) etc., because soul is simple and forgiving by nature.

Rightly it has been said: ‘to err is human; to forgive divine.’

When we have been wronged, it is natural to harbor thoughts and feelings of ill will, grudges, anger, and thoughts of harm sent out against the person or persons responsible for our hurt. An amazing thing that I discovered along life's endless journeys is that I was ment to learn and practice and put forgiving and forgetting into action so it becomes as natural as breathing, this is the beginning where one learns the lessons of forgiveness. Does this mean that it is easy to do? No.

But as one learns to release the grudges and judgments of the past in the greater understanding that one’s own ancestry has perpetrated the same dance of darkness as the other that one is forgiving. Sometimes we can learn from other people's mistakes where they hold life long or worse generation long or millennial vendettas never forgiving or forgetting by observing what they are doing. Unless one learns to forgive and forget the vicious cycle of bad karma is repeated for unforgiveness is like a movie that repeats forever and ever. As one forgives, the debts of the past are wiped clean and one is free of the karmic bonds that once held one captive to a particular dance with another, or a group of others.

One sign of a lack of mastery of forgiveness is one that wishes to hold on to the grudges of the past. Another is one who is incapable of releasing the karma; for all karmic release is founded upon the ability to forgive. If one cannot forgive, then karma cannot be released and all other attempts to transcend will fail in ascension. One can think of the lesson of forgiveness therefore as the foundation of ascension.

If you harbor unforgiveness, you need to work on getting this cleared. "Forgiveness is the key to happiness".

Therefore forgiveness is a gift we give to our self. It is not something we do for someone else. It is simple. One must seek forgiveness from every one and more particularly from whom we have hurt in any way i.e. in thought, word, and deed by asking for forgiveness and or exchanging letters seeking forgiveness. I know that sincere forgiveness can wipe out all the sins committed, and revitalize us to be more loving, compassionate and charitable in the our life and work.

Therefore, one is duty-bound to try to befriend an angry man or an enemy with love rather than being angry on him.

What would the world be like if we all followed the wise words below? Every religion teaches the importance of forgiveness but unfortunately few really practice it on a day to day basis. If only the world were to practice what is listed below, wars, intolerance, hatred, bigotry, racism, etc. would be a forgotten memory. Let this be so!!!