The Power of Forgiving
Thoughts of forgiveness have been on my mind recently, stemming from a conversation with a loved one who was finally able to say a family member’s name out loud and with ease, after twenty years of not being able to even utter it. It made me realize that my loved one had finally been able to forgive the egregious acts this family member had committed without realizing the negative impact it would have on our entire family.
This brought to mind a personal reading I, and my husband, had with a spiritual medium. During the reading a relative my husband did not know well in life identified himself and asked for forgiveness. He explained that in life he wasn’t a good person, and forgiving him wasn’t for his soul, but it was for the family bloodline. He went on to say how his actions affected the family bloodline and forgiveness was needed in order to help the living, and future, generations. Knowing some of the history of this man, I saw how our children, and grandchildren, have been affected by his actions. The things he did to my husband’s parent reflected on how his parent treated him, and then he to his children, and so on and so on.
If forgiving is a way to clear our bloodline, then isn’t that what we need to work on? If you are harboring past hurts, anger, hatred or abuses of any kind, would you pass that onto your loved ones as well? Don’t carry the pain in your bloodline any further. You can forgive, but never forget the lesson you have learned.
There are several ways I have learned to do this in the past when working on my “inner self” and have listed two below. You may know of other ways, please feel free to share them in the comment section.
1. Write down as many times as you can the person's name and a statement of letting go, such as, "Jane Doe, I fully and freely forgive you. I let you go, I set you free" or simply, "I forgive you Jane Doe." I have done this in the past to help myself let go of the pain, anger and sometimes humiliation.
2. Place two chairs across from each other. Sit in one and face the other empty chair. Mentally place the person who injured or upset you in the chair. List the painful acts this person committed to you and tell him/her how it affected you. Then tell that person he/she will no longer hold any power over you or your soul. Tell him/her that you can forgive them so that you can move forward and leave them behind. You no longer need to dwell on the negative actions of this person and are free to move forward with your life and all the wondrous possibilities it holds.
I know it might be hard, but thank them for the lesson and graduate onto a better life. Leave the past in the past or find a way to use it to better your life or the lives of others.
Forgiving = Giving forward movement to your soul.
Forgiving = Giving yourself permission to move past your pain and forward with your life.
This brought to mind a personal reading I, and my husband, had with a spiritual medium. During the reading a relative my husband did not know well in life identified himself and asked for forgiveness. He explained that in life he wasn’t a good person, and forgiving him wasn’t for his soul, but it was for the family bloodline. He went on to say how his actions affected the family bloodline and forgiveness was needed in order to help the living, and future, generations. Knowing some of the history of this man, I saw how our children, and grandchildren, have been affected by his actions. The things he did to my husband’s parent reflected on how his parent treated him, and then he to his children, and so on and so on.
If forgiving is a way to clear our bloodline, then isn’t that what we need to work on? If you are harboring past hurts, anger, hatred or abuses of any kind, would you pass that onto your loved ones as well? Don’t carry the pain in your bloodline any further. You can forgive, but never forget the lesson you have learned.
There are several ways I have learned to do this in the past when working on my “inner self” and have listed two below. You may know of other ways, please feel free to share them in the comment section.
1. Write down as many times as you can the person's name and a statement of letting go, such as, "Jane Doe, I fully and freely forgive you. I let you go, I set you free" or simply, "I forgive you Jane Doe." I have done this in the past to help myself let go of the pain, anger and sometimes humiliation.
2. Place two chairs across from each other. Sit in one and face the other empty chair. Mentally place the person who injured or upset you in the chair. List the painful acts this person committed to you and tell him/her how it affected you. Then tell that person he/she will no longer hold any power over you or your soul. Tell him/her that you can forgive them so that you can move forward and leave them behind. You no longer need to dwell on the negative actions of this person and are free to move forward with your life and all the wondrous possibilities it holds.
I know it might be hard, but thank them for the lesson and graduate onto a better life. Leave the past in the past or find a way to use it to better your life or the lives of others.
Forgiving = Giving forward movement to your soul.
Forgiving = Giving yourself permission to move past your pain and forward with your life.
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