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What do you need to forgive yourself for?
Self-forgiveness…a difficult topic at the best of times. Many of us, I would venture to say most of us, carry the weight of past things we have done, or not done. The burdens may feel subtle or crushing, but either way they take an enormous toll on us. They tie up a lot of energy that we could be using for other, more positive activities. Awareness of these feelings can help us go further into them. Gentleness with ourselves can create the possibility of releasing them.
I hope you will find the following article excerpts on Self-forgiveness helpful. You can read more by the clicking the link following each:
“Our hearts melted into one another’s in instant recognition during that first hug;two spirits connected by the mother-daughter bond which can never be broken. Only shame, guilt and remorse fed the fire of apparent separation. Only forgiveness would dowse the flames and complete the circle of love…Thirty-six years before I had given birth to my first daughter and released my baby for adoption…30 years later, I found myself in a class of spiritual counseling students with six other women who shared a similar past…Together we began the excruciating journey of dredging up our pain. We faced our demons – guilt, shame, blame, anger, self-recrimination – and we prayed for one another and all those whose pain we share”…
Read more in The Miracle of Self Forgiveness by Diane Harmony
In the waiting room in my clinic, there is a poster that says “Self Forgiveness is Essential for Healing”. A patient once asked me what it means and why I put it up there. There are two main reasons why I put the poster up. Firstly, I want my patients to realise that some physical illnesses are just manifestations of unresolved emotions and conflicts. Most times, these unresolved emotions have to do with anger and self blame. Both emotions are actually two sides of the same coin”…
Read more in Self Forgiveness is Essential for Healing by Dr. Tim Ong
“The act of self-forgiveness changes the energy and physical structures of your cells, and of your DNA. Guilt is a very powerful and deadening emotion. Guilt in itself can, as it were, close down the energy systems of your body;Because each and every one of your cells has consciousness, they too can carry the essence and energy of guilt within them that makes their energy denser. With this denser energy;throughout the body the illnesses;leave a residue”…
Read more in: Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness by John Payne
