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We are merely and forever inside of the divine flow, just like Isaiah’s “rain and snow.” Forgiveness is not some churchy technique or formula. Forgiveness is constant from God’s side, which should become a calm, joyous certainty on our side. Mercy received will be mercy passed on, and “will not return to me empty, until it has succeeded in what it

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Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without. A silent space of intense presence arises both in you and around you. Whoever or whatever enters that field of consciousness will be affecte

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Shakti Gawain on forgiving others:

Write down the names of anyone who hurt you or toward whom you feel anger. Next to each name, jot down the problem.

Close your eyes, relax, and visualize each person you’re angry with, one at a time. Imagine yourself telling why you feel angry or hurt, but adding that you now wan... See more

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I have lately spent some of my prayer-time each day with a modified form of the ‘Jesus Prayer.’ It runs, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner, and forgive all those who hate me or do me harm. Forgive them freely without reproach and grant me true repentance.” I offer no great authority for this prayer – inde... See more

More than anything, Christ Crucified is a revelation to humanity that God is love. However, it teaches us that love is not coercive. The philosopher’s God is expected to selectively coerce, controlling evil and rewarding the good. The scandal of the Cross is that it reveals the weakness of God who, in love, suffers Himself and His creation to endur... See more

Genesis 2:18 says: “God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper for him.’” On this Rashi writes: A HELP MEET FOR HIM — (כנגדו literally, opposite, opposed to him) If he is worthy she shall be a help to him; if he is unworthy she shall be opposed to him, to fight him (Yevamot 63a).

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It has always struck me as the greatest spiritual irony that the most recalcitrant locks that we encounter are those on the outside of the gates of paradise, those that insist to God that He remain beyond our world behind gates we have barred against Him. And there on the outside, we can rant and rage against all the injustice of our world and all ... See more

Julie: “Did I give you the car keys?”

Current AJ: “I don’t have a memory of it, but it’s possible.”

And then I’ll spend a few seconds searching for keys in my backpack. Sometimes I even find them there.

the attempt at fencing in the ambiguity of that rule yields an arbitrary law that may draw justified objections even from proponents of the original. We have created a division and resulting conflict where none was ever necessary, and done so in the name of protecting a rule everyone agrees was just. ... Whatever we feel divides us, we should caref... See more