forgiveness, what does it really mean

[JustLikeYou]

As Ra suggests, the first part of the process is "understanding". Then comes acceptance and then forgiveness. If you do not yet understand, you may not yet be ready to forgive yourself. I've seen people who have enormous weights of guilt on their shoulders (and I've been one of them). If these people truly understood what it was they felt guilty about, they would be sent immediately into a tailspin of depression and self-loathing. So it certainly was not my place to inform them about the nature of their lack of forgiveness. A person who cannot yet forgive because she cannot yet understand is a person whose mind is being gently guided into a state of consciousness in which the truth can be received and constructively used. When you are ready to understand, you will. And then you will have the opportunity for acceptance and ultimately forgiveness.

There are some who suggest that the process of Ho'oponopono can be done without knowing what it is you are forgiving yourself and others for. I contend that while high vibration is always beneficial, a full state of forgiveness is not possible without conscious knowledge of what is being forgiven. As Ra says, "Know yourself, accept yourself, become the Creator".

If you feel you are ready to know what you need to forgive, tell Universe that you want to know. You may find one morning that you wake up with a clue.