FORGIVE AND FORGET

Learn to forgive other for offending you in order to free yourself and become a better person. I know many people reading this will probably sneer or at worst get angry because, they believe that they are entitled to retaliate if someone offends them. Let me tell you that it is not my intention to tell anyone what to do with their life but, as a teacher and a learner I have come to realise that your peace of mind is extremely important for your spiritual wellbeing. If you are at peace within yourself, you are a troubled soul and therefore you cannot be happy. 

Let me say this for those of you who don’t know it yet: you are a spiritual being living in a perishable body. This means that your spiritual dimension is more important than your physical one. If this is true, how can you neglect your spiritual life by keeping in your mind grudges about people you believe offended sometimes for many years, in some cases even when they have forgotten the wrongs they done to you?

The answer to this question is simple; your ego is telling you to hold on to your grudge because you have the right to hit back at those who hurt you. Your biggest mistake is that you are the only one hurting; in fact you are allowing yourself to be continuously hurt by that same person after the initial offence. If you are still in doubt, you only have to see what happens when you finally decide to let go of your grudge. You are left wondering why you kept hold of that all this time. This is why you should not waste your precious time and energy keeping hold of grudges about people who presumably offended you a long time ago.

Learn to forget and forgive for your own sake, let go of the hurt as soon as possible and clear your mind of all that is negative to keep and maintain a peace of mind. If you cannot keep your room full of rubbish and clutter, why would keep your mind full of grudges for years and therefore deny yourself the opportunity to heal and live a peaceful life? You are not going to lose anything by forgiving others; you are creating a peaceful environment by getting rid of all that is not conducive of a healthy life and by cultivating a restful mind.

When you begin to learn how to forget and forgive, you will become a different and tolerant person, stronger in your mind as you easily rise above things like jealousy, envy and grudges. As you reach that level of consciousness, you will be and feel like an extraordinary being. As I said in the beginning, I am not telling what to do but just giving you more options by showing another way. The choice will always be yours because the way you choose to live your life is entirely up to you.

 

Christian