Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione on No Peace Without Forgiveness

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Best-selling author and psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Jampolsky has been fostering spiritual transformation since the publication of his groundbreaking transpersonal classic Love is Letting Go of Fear more than 25 years ago. Together with his psychologist wife Diane Cirincione, he guides the International Center for Attitudinal Healing and its 130 programs worldwide, while continuing to write and lecture.

In this heartfelt presentation, Jerry and Diane “talk story” about forgiveness, sharing their own life experiences and those of others to demonstrate its transformative power. While covering many aspects of forgiveness, they focus on the message that inner peace cannot be experienced without the release of all guilt and blame. As Jerry succinctly explains in his recent book Forgiveness: The Greatest Healer of All:

"Think about what happens whenever we judge other people, hold grievances in our mind, or cling to blame and guilt. What we feel at such times blocks us from experiencing love, peace, and happiness. Our feelings of unhappiness are magnified and we become faultfinders, probing our world for circumstances or people who might be to blame for our unhappiness."

Forgiveness is a transformational process. In a heartbeat, we can let go of the externally based paradigm that says we must look outside ourselves for true happiness. With a simple change of mind, we can release ourselves from the ego's conviction that to be safe we must believe in our victimhood and act defensively.

This presentation includes thought-provoking aphorisms that have come to characterize Jerry’s talks and writing:

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.”
“Not forgiving another, not releasing all judgments, is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die.”
“Self-forgiveness is healing the illusion that we’re separate from a higher power.”

The stories and insights he and Diane share about forgiveness are inspirational.

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