Can you see a pattern in these post? I hope so. For those who haven’t been following or haven’t gotten the message: so far, we are doing several things let’s go over them. All of the steps of the week are getting you ready to absorb some information and ideas that will make your life better! I pray more enjoyable and more productive. There are only a few more things I want to say until we get down to work. The following exercise will get our souls ready to take in and remember the new things we learn. So please meditate take a minute to do the exercise below and make sure you have vision of where you life and the light of your soul wants to go in the next yearand don’t stop praticing after you read the post.
On to Forgiveness! !
What is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves? Forgive ourselves! You have got to admit that most of us carry around entirely too much guilt. If your creator your GOD can forgive you: who are you not to forgive yourself? We are told in all of the holy books that we must forgive ourselves and let the weight of the sins go. If God can forgive and forget who are we not too. Your relationship to your God allows you to let it go then helps you to get back on track. Let it go! It’s not a get our of jail free card! You have got to be determined to change not to make the same transgressions again.
It can be exhausting to carry around all that guilt and feel like you couldn’t get back on track even if your were a train. Here’s something you should try, it is an exercise in letting go of your sins, your past baggage and it works. It works because human beings are not very good at forgiving themselves nor letting the past go! Sometime we need a ritual or meditation to allow us to let go and getting back on track. Many of us feel unworthy of forgiveness or resolution, somethings are hard to let go! Staying on track takes constant thought the work although that is not the hard part. Forgiving yourself is. It is so important because it allows you forgive yourself and to forgive others and open your heart to the world. Not to mention forgiveness is the perfect vehicle for allowing God in and developing a deeper walk with God . Here is the thing, go outside and find yourself a rock one you can hold comfortably in your hand and even rub like prayer beads as you meditate on what you are wanting to release from your heart. Talk to your creator and just convey that you will be learning forgiveness yourself and you will need as much help as possible. Even though God knows already why you are going to be carrying this rock in your pocket for the next week I want you to follow through on the meditation and go somewhere private and convey everything you are wanting to rid yourself of outloud. The reason is when you communicate with god you will be laying your sins any lingering guilt, any transgression done to you, the weight of all of these things is will be placed in this rock. You may even want to rub the rock in times of crisis or when the old thoughts come back into your mind to remind yourself of Gods love and his forgiveness. As everyday goes by, you will notice that the rock will start having a very strong meaning to you. You will become attached to it. Remember you have been attached to these wounds for a long time. At the end of the week tell God that you are casting this rock and all of its weight and sins that you have put into it over the past week into a lake or a field or someplace that you will never find it again. Then go there and throw that rock and all it carries away from your sight. You may find it hard to let go of your rock. But do it! Now it is imperative that you carry this exercise all through until the end ! KNOW that all that those negative thoughts feelings and actions have just been removed from you and your soul has been loosed from them you are free. You should feel a lightness and a happiness of heart. You have symbolically and mentally allowed yourself to let it all go! Good job. Now go out into the world with a fresh start and a clean and unburdened heart.
Now find a new rock, carry it with you. This rock is to remind you of this cleansing practice. It will also remind you that the joy and lightness you feel is how your creator wants you to feel all the time. It will remind you to stay on track and not to get weighed down by the hard things in life. It will also remind you that you are not carrying the weight of guilt that you once did! It should also serve as an important reminder to forgive others as you have forgiven yourself and not get weighed down again. But most importantly it will be a remind you that your Creator is an active part of your life working with you to make yourself whole and happy. God loves you so love yourself, and remember to love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Let me know how it goes.
Live and love in peace!
Duncan