FORGIVENESS
Submitted by Nahu Lanham on December 24, 2006 - 2:49pm.
I grew up in abusive foster homes. I could have suffered doubly from the pain and sadness I had to endure if it wasn't for something I learned early--forgiveness.
Forgiveness is something we must learn to give others, but strangely, it starts right at home, within ourselves. It is a difficult lesson to learn that we create the world we encounter by the way we see ourselves, yet it is intrinsically true. The love we give the child that has fallen within ourselves, that is, that part of ourselves we cannot accept, love or wish to reject becomes projected outward upon the world, and the world suffers in turn from our lack of forgiveness within.
In that sense, the forgiveness we give that part of our SELVES we wish to reject, is a form of self-love--a difficult thing to understand when we learned so well to hate ourselves. Part of this self-hatred comes from the way we remember others treating us through various forms of rejection or abuse; such as our father's harsh treatment or the lack of a loving mother figure.
Later on in life these hidden parts of ourselves become projected outward upon everyone we meet, blinding us in our ability to perceive people as they are, or in fact, to give love to others. Thus, we see ourselves as living in a loveless and uncaring world.
To forgive is a virtue and the truth of the matter will be seen in the fruits it will bear in our healthy relationships with others, and most of all, in the understanding we give ourselves. Without this inner forgiveness of self--we will grow ill and diseased.
I know this to be true, because I have heard people say, "I will not forgive them; I hate that person. He made my life terrible!" And several years later, they had a heart attack. I believe that it was directly related to their inability to forgive others for their behavior toward them.
Therefore, the gift I will give and hence, receive, is forgiveness, because forgiveness means to give oneself and hence others, love.
Let us all learn to forgive and to forget as our learned spiritual teachers so wisely have instructed, and the world will be a better place this Christmas and throughout the years ahead!
MANY BLESSINGS FROM THE LIGHT!
Nahu Lanham
author of: UFOs: GOD FROM INNER SPACE


