Forgiveness
Weekly Wellness Newsletter
Forgiveness. It’s not an easy thing. We human beings tend to hold on to feelings of hurt and avoid forgiving people, places, and situations…maybe even ourselves. We avoid it so that we can protect ourselves from experiencing something similar in the future. Yet, holding on to those feelings usually end up hurting us more than forgiving would.
Forgiveness is an act of self-love. It is an ability to release yourself from emotions such as anger, resentment, sadness, and hurt. It is a way to heal yourself of ill thoughts, free yourself from emotional pain, and let go of the past and what’s holding you back. It doesn’t necessarily mean that what happened was OK or that you want to stay connected to that person or situation.
When you forgive, truly forgive, and release those emotions residing in your body, you feel a weight lift off of you. The “dense” subtle energy of your emotions float away and create more flow within your being; more balance. You can feel stress leave your body and inner peace take it’s place.
But sometimes we have a hard time forgiving. We hold on to feelings of shame or guilt and bring ourselves down or beat ourselves up. We tell ourselves that we don’t deserve things. We hold grudges on others and become passive aggressive or even cruel to the people that have done us wrong. Sometimes we even get mad at God or the Universe for situations that happen in our lives.
We are only human. We make mistakes. We are here on Earth learning how to be human, and one of our earthly lessons is to learn how to forgive ourselves and others.
The practice of forgiveness not only heals energy now, it heals generations. I’m sure you’ve heard of ancestral or generational trauma. The emotions and diseases that manifest because you choose not to forgive affect both you in this lifetime and the genes that will be carried on (if you have children, of course) for many lifetimes.
You can “forgive and forget” or “forgive and remember”, the important part is the forgiveness. I’ve heard some stories about people forgiving what sounds like the most heinous acts and yet they do it for themselves. To heal themselves from the experience. Remembering that we are all human and everything is a lesson to reflect back upon us can help us to have compassion and consciously choose to allow more light into our lives.
Question to ponder…
Do you want to forgive yourself, someone, or something? What do you want to forgive?
If you’re wanting to forgive yourself, someone, or something, write down what you want to forgive and say it out loud. “I forgive _______ for…” at least six times.
As you read your sentence out loud, focus on the area in your body that might be holding on to emotions tied to this person, place, thing, or situation. Is it anger? Do you feel sadness? Is it in your stomach? Maybe it’s in your throat? What does it feel like? Does it have a colour?
Get to know this feeling so that if you experience it again, you can more quickly recognize it and practice forgiveness. Pay attention to feelings of release or shifting of energy in your being as you forgive. Notice where it happens and imagine that energy fully lifting from your body and floating away.
Ho’oponopono Prayer
(pronounced Ho-oh-po-no-po-no)
“I’m Sorry, Please Forgive Me, Thank You, I Love You.”
This ancient Hawai’ian forgiveness prayer has been practiced for thousands of years for energetic reconciliation and self-healing.
Repeat the words out loud as a mantra to shift the energy and release any energetic blocks between you and yourself or you and someone or something.
When spoken to others or said as a intentional prayer, it can reconcile the energy between two people, even if you aren’t the one needing forgiveness. If you’re wanting to forgive someone, imagine that person saying this prayer to you and visualize yourself accepting it. This is a very powerful spiritual healing technique.
Composure.
This is a very complimentary Spiritual Message when it comes to the practice of forgiveness. Keeping calm and not reacting to a person, place, or situation in the moment can help us maintain our composure and make it easier to reflect on everything and respond in the future.
Maybe there’s something you want to sit and meditate on before reconciling, forgiving, or confronting. This card is a reminder to hold yourself together instead of bursting at the seams with emotions. Take the time to reflect and come back to the situation or person with more intention and compassion.
This is a good reminder around a full moon too, which happens to be today. Full moons represent hitting a peak, surrendering, and letting go. It is a time of heightened emotions and then the release of them, and this could be explosive if you’re not aware. Hence why keeping your composure at this time can be helpful!
As I was writing this newsletter, a song called The Art of Self-Forgiveness came on. I was a bit delayed in getting this newsletter out…so this is the perfect time for me to practice forgiveness with myself and you…I’m Sorry, Please Forgive Me, Thank You, I Love You.
Have a wonderful weekend fellow earthlings.
Namaste.
With Light, Love, & Gratitude,
