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The Power of Forgiveness

1/19/2022

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​I want to talk about forgiveness again. Even though it’s been a topic that I’ve brought up multiple times, its power is unmistakable.
 
I recently had a lightbulb moment when I realized that I was still victimizing myself from an issue I’d been dealing with for about seven years. I was giving my power to one part of a situation versus not only taking my power back, but ultimately, forgiving myself. 

I started doing forgiveness work every morning. I needed to forgive myself for going through it, forgive myself for blaming parts of the event and thus surrendering my power to it, and forgive myself for the level of physical pain it caused.
 
I forgave every physical body issue that resulted from that experience. I forgave myself for choosing that experience; recognizing I was doing the best I could at that time. Then I forgave all the explosive and harmful emotions that were below the physical repercussions. At that point, I realized it was my own rage, fear, and pain that had caused the bodily harm, not the event itself.  
 
I forgave myself for my emotional trauma and all the pockets of stored pain and hurt that were stuck in my physical body. I forgave everything I could think of in regard to that situation; both speaking all I forgave, and using the Ho’oponopono.
 
Most importantly, I forgave myself because I was keeping the pain alive. No one else was doing it to me. I was blaming and causing my own continued suffering. In my anger over the issue, I wasn’t allowing in the healing, nor the transcending, of that pain. The anger and righteousness were winning. And frankly, one can’t heal in that place.
 
After each forgiveness session, and it only took me less than five minutes a day, I would take a moment and let in and receive the energy of forgiveness. I would see it filling up all the places where the trauma and pain were released. I then chose what energy I wanted in its place, for example: love, healing, joy, etc.
 
The more I forgave, the more the remaining emotional pain lifted and became a non-issue. All the charge was gone. The more I forgave, the more the answers came for how to heal the physical ramifications of my emotional trauma. 
 
I no longer blame myself or what I went through. Now my focus is solely on healing and finally laying the past to rest. I’m there emotionally, and almost fully there physically.
 
While this example was on a physical, and ultimately emotional, level, it can be applied to anything.
 
What in your life are you still allowing yourself to be victimized by? And can you take your power back and allow forgiveness in? You may not be able to forgive the actual event, especially if the event was horrific, but can you forgive yourself for going through it? Can you forgive where it’s held you down and prevented the fullest range of your light and sparkle? Can you forgive yourself for experiencing such pain and hurt? 
 
If it’s difficult, have the compassion with yourself that you would give to a little child or a baby animal. You wouldn’t scold them for not knowing differently, why punish yourself?
 
Forgiveness sets you free. It doesn’t negate what happened, it’s not for any other parties involved, it’s for you. Your freedom. Your freedom from suffering and pain. 
 
Give yourself that gift and release the past. It can be too heavy a burden to keep carrying. A brilliant future awaits.


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MARTIN SCHNEIDER
1/19/2022 02:45:10 pm

Absolutely
Glad you are allowing yourself the kindness, peace, love, & joy you deserve, Tina, & glad that, as well, with that allowance & clarity, you are returning to a healthier physical body to match spirit
As always, thx for sharing, & as we know, “there is power in the telling”
FYI
Hoping to hear back from you as a follow up to our last communication
Keep healthy & healing ❤️‍🩹

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Tina G
2/4/2022 01:09:17 pm

Thank you, thank you Martin so very much!!!
xo

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Diedre
1/19/2022 03:19:11 pm

I think you wrote this for me 😵
Way to start the year with a bang!
As I sit with it, I’ve been blaming my parents and holding them accountable for my choices in relationships and for my money issues. I’m still mad at how they treated me and the messed up things they said. My blame felt like I was punishing them but really, I’ve only been punishing myself.
Crap.
I think I need a refresher on your other forgiveness blogs and I guess I have some work to do.

Thank you, even though it’s a tough pill to swallow. My word this year is freedom. I’m understanding why I needed to read this.
💙

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Tina G
2/4/2022 01:17:05 pm

Lol, I'm so glad it helpful! And that's a brilliant awareness to have so yes, now to do the work to shift things.
You got this!
xo

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Dot
1/19/2022 05:27:57 pm

Really auspicious timing as I’m grappling with a health issue and have definitely been angry and blaming.

I will follow your lead because I choose to overcome this issue.

Thank you, this was needed and helpful 😊
xo

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Tina G
2/4/2022 01:18:53 pm

Bravo Dot for choosing to heal it!! Make sure you excavate all that blame and anger and deal with fear etc. below it.
And I'm so glad it was helpful!
xo

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Halle
1/19/2022 10:56:56 pm

This is SO beautiful! I know I've said it repeatedly(!), but you have such a gift for making information accessible. I love all your very specific examples of how you forgave yourself, plus throwing in the 5 minute comment. It's so easy to feel overwhelmed by forgiveness, but who can't do 5 minutes a day?

And you did such an excellent job of showing how it's a layered process vs one and done. People need to hear that especially with so much misinformation about how forgiveness REALLY works. Going to a priest, rabbi or guru who "absolves" you just doesn't work. And thinking you can forgive yourself once for a big, multilayered issue doesn't work either. Then people conclude forgiveness doesn't work vs realizing they had an ineffective approach. Can you imagine if people worked out once, didn't get the immediate results they wanted and then just quit, saying exercise doesn't work? Pretty absurd but that's what people do -- unless they read your blog! Then they can set their expectations accordingly instead of feeling like a failure and piling on more guilt, shame and undeserving.

I'm using this as a whisper to do more forgiveness work with my knee. Thank you for being such a luminous (and clear) light on my path. 🙏

Xoxo!! ❤❤❤

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Tina G
2/4/2022 01:43:21 pm

Aww, thank you, thank you so very much Halle for you beautiful and supportive words!! I'm so glad this resonated and was so helpful! Yes, use it as a whisper!
xo

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