How do you forgive yourself?

[KindaEnlightened]

Perhaps instead of trying to learn to forgive, you should try and learn not to judge. The absence of judgement leaves the idea of forgiveness null and void, for if you don't judge, what is there to forgive?

Also, as far as your issues with your parents, perhaps you might want to pick up a book called the Celestine Prophesy. It's child's play compared to the Ra material, but it does have some useful perspectives on our relationships to our parents you may find helpful.

This is, in my opinion, excellent advice.

In his books, The Four Agreements and The Fifth Agreement, Don Miguel Ruiz explains that we humans tend to judge ourselves over and over for every mistake we make, every time we are reminded of the mistake. He states that our sense of injustice recognizes that we keep paying for the same mistake, keeping us conflicted. He urges the reader to see the past as nothing more that a virtual reality, because the only true reality is what is occurring RIGHT NOW and to stop judging.

I found both books quite helpful, and the belief that we are all one is a main component of the books. I really can't recommend them enough.

Mistakes are for learning and they allow us to grow in that sense.