The Fundamentals Of Forgiveness: Clearing Your Unconscious
"Forgiveness means that you do not hold others responsible for your experiences." ~Gary Zukav
What do you have in your attic (or basement)? Old clothes that don't fit anymore? Paperwork that you'll never need? The children's old toys that they don't care about anymore, but to which you have a sentimental attachment? Maybe boxes and boxes of things that belonged to a deceased relative that you do not need?
Maybe these things are holding you back, maybe they're not. They are certainly weighing you down, if not physically, perhaps psychologically. But unless you have a problem with 'collecting' or being a pack rat, then the stuff in your attic might not be that big a deal.
What about the things you store in your mind? You'll find some memories there of the pleasures of living--weddings, anniversaries, births--maybe some sadnesses--deaths and loss. These are what make up a complete life, the highs and lows, ebb and flow. You've also got knowledge and appreciation up there, as well as all of your abilities--how to bake a cake, change your oil, ride a bicycle.
We've also got some junk up there. One of the fastest ways to get rid of this junk is the act of forgiveness. In an upcoming article I'll give you some specifics on how to use forgiveness to dispose of some of this useless garbage.
The purpose of forgiveness is not to benefit the other person that you're forgiving (though it probably will). The purpose of forgiveness is is not to make you a better person (though it probably will). And the purpose of forgiveness is not to make you right with God (though if you believe that it will, it probably will help).
Forgiveness has the potential to remove the obstacles that are holding you back and preventing you from achieving your dreams. By clearing out the unconscious, you figuratively remove a huge chunk of negativity.
We can turn to the Bible for this: 'By beholding we become changed.'
This is the law of attraction that has become so popular lately but has been around forever. You are what you focus on. It's that simple.
When we focus on the hard parts, the bitternesses and challenges, then all day, every day, we bring hard parts, bitterness and challenges. We're here on earth, I believe, to learn from this school called planet earth that we're capable of manifesting exactly what we want in life.
Try this: imagine you're dividing your unconscious into sections and lump all of the 'bad' parts--the troubles, difficulties, problems, resentments--into one section.
What percentage of your unconscious is being consumed by that mental garbage?
If we took all of this anger and bitterness and we assigned it a value in our unconscious mind... Well like, let's say that there is 5% down in there somewhere, even 1%. How would that affect you? It's like Chinese water torture. It's a drip, drip, drip, pain, pain, pain, agony, agony, constant problems dripping, dripping, never stopping. If we could somehow root that out, get rid of it, and instead, focus on our universes, what would our life become?
When we employ the process of forgiveness, we clear out that 1 or 5 or 15% and make space for more of what we want.
Coming soon: Part II--the process of forgiveness is mapped out for you.
Kenrick Cleveland teaches strategies to earn the business of affluent clients using persuasion. He runs unique public and private seminars and offers home study courses, audio/visual learning tools, and coaching programs in persuasion strategies.
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