Do Not Judge Too Hard Pray don’t find fault with the man who limps or stumbles along the road Unless you have worn the shoes that hurt or struggled beneath his load There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, though hidden away from view Or the burden he bears, placed on your back,…
What is forgiveness
What Is Forgiveness? FROM A Course in Miracles Workbook -pII.1 What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It does not pardon sins and make them real. It sees there was no sin. And in that view are all your sins forgiven. What is sin, except a…
Forgiving others
FORGIVING OTHERS Releasing the Past There is a general reluctance on the part of most people to forgive old injuries. Some of us wasted lots of time brooding about old wrongs done to us or trying to get even for some past injury. The only way we can ever really get even is to forgive…
Forgiveness
Forgiveness Today I understand the true meaning of forgiveness. I had thought that forgiving was what good and nice people did. I thought I should do it because it was the right thing to do. I now understand that to forgive someone else is to forgive myself. When I hold anger in my mind, my…
Loving Kindness Meditation (Extracted from Encyclopedia of Spirituality – Timothy Freke)
Buddhists cultivate compassion through a meditation practice known as the “metabhavana” or “loving kindness meditaton”. This involves sitting silently with eyes closed for about 20 minutes while succesively bringing to mind someone you find it easy to love, then someone toward whom you feel indifferent, then someone you find difficult to love, and finally yourself….
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