Forgiveness Heals Everyone!

2/17/2012

The following quote was celebrated on Facebook:

“Forgiving people who have hurt you is your gift to them. Forgetting people who have hurt you is your gift to you.”

I'm happy to say that this is inaccurate, in my humble opinion. Forgiving doesn't equal "tolerating" or "letting off the hook". To forgive is to choose love. It's a gift we give to everyone and ourselves. There's relief, freedom and celebration in it. You might ask, "Well, how is that true, Joe?"

The problem is that we don't forget - not even when we have ADHD, Alzheimer's, dementia or something like that; because, the vibration of the experience becomes a part of us and causes dis-ease. Forgiveness transforms the vibration and causes healing. Love heals. Therefore, forgiveness rules! <3

Lovingly Namaste,

Joe

Metaphysical Visionary & Speaker

5 Comments

william aponte link

2/19/2012 02:51:08 am

why you so beautiful my little brother answer that miss you

Joe Simmons link

2/19/2012 10:56:44 am

Thank you for the love, Will! I miss you, too! <3

Donna Reed Thompson

2/28/2012 07:04:53 am

Yes, yet I find some easier to forgive than others. So, how does one let go of old wounds that lie deep?

Joe Simmons link

2/28/2012 07:41:01 am

Hi Donna,

The way we let go of wounds that run deep is to displace, reinterpret or re-frame the experience as being love coming up. That's possible when we remember that we're one and that we are all products of each other.

The freedom lives in the ramifications of this knowledge. For example, we were afraid of falling off the Earth when we believed it was flat. However, when we learned it was round, the fear dwindled as the new information sunk in.

Remembering that we are one is an active practice. We do it by pretending that we are one and entertaining what it is like while playing the role. That's how we can give ourselves the opportunity to feel it. The more we practice and feel it, the more real it becomes in our lives. After a while, our oneness becomes more and more obvious, and the wounds heal to become pockets of compassion.

If someone has treated you abusively or cruelly, a good place to start is to remember that hurt people hurt other people. When we remember that the "abuser" is one who was abused and is one who is in pain as a result of the abusive treatment, we create an opening for compassion to role in. Forgiveness is born!

Thank you for the opportunity to look and remember!

Lovingly Namaste,

Joe

Ellen Delgado link

6/10/2022 12:22:47 am

Hello mate nice blogg

Forgiveness Heals Everyone!

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