forgiveness

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dear Lorna, austin , ahktu , meerie and derek. thanks for the wonderful responses. there is much contained in them to think about. also the willingness i see to be forgiving is inspiring to me .
i have decided to not try and take on the really big issues like forgiving someone who has committed a grievous offense against my family. i honestly dont know how i would respond. instead i want to apply these thoughts to my everyday life which i can handle much better. in the sense that i will be more accepting of people just as they are. people are not really going to change or become who we want them to be. so accepting them as is without condemnation is to me a form of everyday forgiveness. and it makes the vibe between us and others much better.

your brother
norral

Yes the bigger issues are obviously the hardest parts to handle. For me, the way I find acceptance is to understand that in the eyes of oneness, that person committing the act is literally you. It isn't something outside of yourself..it is not an enemy. You must accept the self or you cannot move forward by denying who you are.

If you focus not on the act, but the understanding that it is an other-self, a naive student, you can more easily accept their actions and find comfort. They're learning. Because in reality, if say you were a wanderer from a hostile planet, you too possibly committed murder. In the end it's irrelevant, because all is one.

Someday wanderers from planet Earth will possibly venture out to other hostile planets in service and look around with horror. If they only knew! But then they'll awaken and remember...

I would add that yes, your acceptance may not immediately change someone, but it is changing the planet as a whole. When viewing the larger picture if we all practiced acceptance and forgiveness the planet could drastically change in the short-term. If you inject love into the planetary vibration, others will develop love faster.