CONNECTIONS to HEALTH

Radical Forgiveness I've been a fan of Colin Tipping and his Radical Forgiveness for quite some time. What Is Radical Forgiveness? Traditional forgiveness is 'letting bygones be bygones.' And that's OK as far as it goes. But because the belief that something bad happened remains, we still think of ourselves as having been victimised. This results in a struggle between two conflicting energies; The more you were hurt or damaged, the more the scales will naturally tip towards the need to condemn. Not surprisingly then, it takes very many years to achieve - if at all. RADICAL Forgiveness, on the other hand is virtually instantaneous, easy to do and can be achieved using some very simple tools. It requires no special knowledge, no special skill or discipline. It is not so much something we do; rather it is a spiritual viewpoint that we are willing to take. RADICAL Forgiveness occurs simply as a consequence of our opening up to the possibility that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes. If we could see the spiritual big picture (which we cannot), we would understand that the situation was divinely guided and happened not TO us but FOR us. Also, that our Higher Selves actually called forth the experience for our healing and our spiritual growth. It is experienced as a shift in consciousness, or a movement of energy both within ourselves and throughout the situation itself, such that elements within the situation itself shift and change. Such changes begin to look like miracles. Today I received Colin's latest newsletter and I thought that this was a perfect closing thought given what happened yesterday.  Here's the link to his Blog article. After the reading the blog scroll down to read the letter about the Amish. Feel free to explore Colins site to find out more about Radical Forgiveness. Let's hope we can all forgive ourselves a little more this year.

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