The Art Of Forgiveness, Loving Kindness And Peace

When a colleague whose work I admired, whom I considered a friend, who for no reason that was ever clear to me, began to write vicious attacks of my work, I was stunned. Her critiques were full of lies and exaggerations. I had been a caring friend. Her actions hurt. To heal this pain I entered into an empathic identification with her so that I coul

The final step in forgiveness is a request: let me forgive myself. Sometimes the biggest grudge we hold is against ourselves. But the universe holds no such grudges. Look closely at your worst moment and see if you can find some good in it. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was becoming pregnant my junior year in high school. That mistake hur

Forgiveness is for you.

Forgiveness The wise are comparably realistic about other people. They recognize the extraordinary pressure everyone is under to pursue their own ambitions, defend their own interests and seek their own pleasures. It can make others appear extremely mean and purposefully evil, but this would be to overpersonalize the issue. The wise know that most