Radical Forgiveness

There are many things that link us, one to another, the two most powerful being love and resentment, one we embrace, the other we must be free of. When we think on those we love we feel peace, calmness, brings a smile to our face. Conversely when thinking on resentment the blood pressure rises, the jaw tightens, our thoughts taking on a decidedly darker tone. To be free of resentment requires work, for nothing will retard, even stop spiritual progress more than resentment and it is deadly.

To be free of resentment we must embrace radical forgiveness. Many confuse forgiveness with having to like the object of the resentment. Fortunately it is not required, not a bad thing, just not required. We do have to “love” them in the sense that we free them from our heart, where all resentment truly resides, and give them over “root and branch” to God’s care. We do this by saying a definite and specific prayer giving over the resentment and all attached to it to God. We do this once and only once. If we repeat the action, we short circuit the process so when the resentment pops up again in our consciousness, and it most surely will, thank God for knowing Him better. We may have to repeat this action and affirmation many times, but it is worth the effort to be free. Avoid retelling the “story” of the resentment to others until you are sure it no longer has any power in your life and then only as a demonstration of a successful application of the process. Additionally do not volunteer any action or direction another should take in regard to a resentment unless asked specifically what you have done, for when we answer unasked questions we run the risk of creating a resentment.

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