We all know someone who never misses an opportunity to retell a story of
some past injustice, real or imagined, seemingly perpetrated against them. If
they are close
to us (family), we have heard the tale so many times we know it by
heart. These tales attempt to justify why they haven’t or can’t and
never will demonstrate over or
put behind them some incident in their lives, usually finishing the tale
with a note of satisfaction in their
voice. Unfortunately many choose to hold on to past
injustices and hurts to the point of shutting themselves off from the
sunlight of the Spirit. If we are to be free we must set free all
who have harmed us, leaving their final disposition to their
demonstration before God, getting us out of the resentment business. To
be clear: there are those who have committed grievous acts beyond the
pale, they will reap as they have sown, but harboring hurt and hate in
our heart stunts our growth and limits our demonstrations and forgiving
does not mean forgetting. Living on the
Spiritual Basis requires us to forgive but it is does not mean we ever have to place ourselves in a
position to be harmed again.
So we forgive all who have harmed us, setting them and ourselves free, but we don’t have to go to lunch with them. If for some reason they do appear in our life or they are someone whom because of family or some other reason we will have to face, we ask in prayer to be shown the way of patience, kindness, tolerance and love toward them and to be kept safe and free of new resentments when in their presence. By saluting the Presence of God within them and releasing them you will be amazed by the results. To state a Great Teaching once again: simple but not easy, a price has to be paid and that price is the surrendering of self.
So we forgive all who have harmed us, setting them and ourselves free, but we don’t have to go to lunch with them. If for some reason they do appear in our life or they are someone whom because of family or some other reason we will have to face, we ask in prayer to be shown the way of patience, kindness, tolerance and love toward them and to be kept safe and free of new resentments when in their presence. By saluting the Presence of God within them and releasing them you will be amazed by the results. To state a Great Teaching once again: simple but not easy, a price has to be paid and that price is the surrendering of self.
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