Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the most powerful choices that a being can make.  This refers to our conscious decision to let go of the emotional energy around our stories.  In shamanism this is often referred to as shedding.  The serpent or deer represents this in nature by shedding their skin or hair and antlers.  This is so growth can continue in the way nature intended.  We all have stories that we hang on to.  There is an underlying parameter or limiting belief associated with a story that has emotional charge on it.  This belief creates  rules that run throughout our lives forming repeating patterns.   Also known as the karmic wheel, this creates suffering due to our actions based upon this rule.  The essence of the experience remains constant while the characters and locations may change.  By consciously letting go of the emotional energy around this story, we get an opportunity to decide whether we want to follow the rule we set up around this the next time the universe presents us with a similar situation.  The story will remain, but the influence from it is diminished.  In forgiving ourselves and others we create a possibility of being free from this pattern.  

We are beings that are interconnected in ways that our intellect can not really fathom.  Forgiveness helps everyone.  This affects our personal growth in a way that is expansive to our consciousness.  To enter into the oneness, the sacred heart or whatever you want to call it requires us to let go of our judgements.  Forgiving one's self and others goes a long ways to helping with our judgements, especially self judgement.  We get moments of interconnectedness that are so exquisite that we can recall them throughout our life. These may motivate us to search for that fulfilment and peace.  We are all part of something much bigger than we can understand,a oneness or God.  Our emotions radiate through this oneness.  By choosing to forgive, we have a beneficial effect on everything.   If you could remove poison from the water that everybody drinks from, would you try?  Forgiveness is like that, it helps us grow in a healthy way, in harmony.