FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS

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Category: New Age: Title: Author

Forgiveness

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Seen from spacethis blue planet of ours

is a scene of great beauty,of lovely perfection.

From its grand icy peaksmisted with clouds

to the fine structure of a leaffrom a graceful treein an ancient forest.

The rugged shapes of rocky cliffs,the swirling waters of ocean and lake,

the rhythm of galloping horses.The joy of music around,

the harmony of shape and colour,the scented airs.

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We who are privilegedto live in this place

for a time,who are custodians

of this natural splendourand creators of what we will

with joy and hope,in the wealth of abundant nature,

must perchance sometimeto think.

As co-creators herewith the privileges aroundcome also responsibilities

for this living earth its creatures and creations.

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Look around the world. Our recorded history

is dominated by revenge warfare

with fear, suspicion, anger, between

nations, religions, societies, tribes. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

An endless circle of greed aggressively poised armed forces

always better equipped. Revenge is but a seed

from which grow more of the same. It is time we learned

there is only one answer for us. We must learn Forgiveness.

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Forgiveness is ableto cast a light of loveover the whole world.

It can take those hatredsanger and war

and by its magic alchemyturn them to love and joy.

It can by this onestrategic manoeuvrecreate peace around.

By changing our human outlookwe can truly participate

in saving ourselvesand the natural world around.

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Here in this spacewhere human kind is now

dominant over alland his mighty machines roar

and shape,now Think of the Love

inherent in this structure,this living Earth.

We are a part of a wider space.This universe

made of related atomic shapes,each a set of energised

suspended particlesheld together by an Energy

of which we are a part.

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Learning the Art ofchanging one thing into anotheris now part of our modern world.

The ancient art of alchemysought to change

other elements into gold.To create substances of great value,and to move the building blocks

of elemental matter.We have now

to learn the magic trickby which we change

hatreds into Love, anger into joy

and spread forgiveness around.

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By the use of forgiveness we can create Freedom.Freedom for ourselves

and the world.Freedom from the servitude

of the hatreds, anger and jealousy that entrap our minds and bodies, that limit our lives and thoughts.

Forgiveness can broaden our comfort zones of meaning

and help us to find the redemptive power of love,

to illuminate our lives and the life in all forms around

in this living world of ours.

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Forgiveness is the way,it is the way of love.The way we find

those things we desire.The way to the lost Mastery

over Ourselvesand the material World.

It is the most important thingin the world today.

It is the key to unlockingthe human entrapment,

a condition we have beenreduced by

for millennia.

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Forgiveness frees usfrom

the cage of ideaswe have been dressed in.

Those ideas from childhood and education.

The cage of ideaswhich limits and confines,

the powerful thought formsthat became our master.

Those hatreds and angers can be

converted tolove and happiness,

joy and delight,by the alchemy of

Forgiveness.

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It is a techniquewe can all

learn and master,whereby we

are enabled to rise abovethat

which binds and limits.Forgiveness frees usfrom the torments

imposed byour failureto let go.

To cut the ties that bind. To free us from consuming greed,

finding joy in peace.

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The concepts and emotionsso often as anger,

jealousy and hatred,which will damage and blind

misdirect and trap.These can be recognized

and discarded.Learning forgiveness is not simple.

It has eluded uslike a hidden Treasureyet it is there before us

often unseen,frequently unrecognised.Indeed almost unknown.

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How then do we learn this Magic trick

which can so changeourselves and the world.

We all have our own faults,shortcomings, past mistakes,Poor choices; these firstly

we must forgive and put aside,

so that we are free to move on.

We are all here to learn.Mistakes are part of learning.

Often the part we remember most.Learning to see mistakes with love.

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Forgive yourself first and then the others. That mistaken act, that tragic farce

the imperfection that completedthe beauty of the picture.To see beyond any blame

that obscures the joy of the lesson.Love yourself, the child within,

the immortal spirit,transcendent beyond blame.

To know that in the next act, the next life,

it will balance out as we all meet again.

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There are many aspects to forgiveness.When you can say it is past

and no longer mattersyou have begun the process.

Then pass on to the next phaseto send love by mental projection

for the one you have forgiven.Remember what you have put out

will return manyfold to youlike casting the bread of lifeover the waters of infinity.

A simple way of forgivenessis to see no wrong in what was done.

There is nothing to forgive,no sin or stain, just love.

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As we confront those who have created a great injury

by their calculated actions, outright forgiveness may be

very difficult. Shift the anger hurt and bitterness

to one side and leave it. Move on leaving that behind.

Do not take it with you it will only damage you.

Fill your heart with the love. Send them any forgiveness you can.

See their point of view. Ask their forgiveness also.

Allow time to heal your wounds. Leave them with their Karma.

It is their lesson.

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That Karma incurred, that eternal debt to the

infinite spiritual higher self in each of us.

We must balance our good and bad.

That infinite equation we carry from one life to the next

so that the errors we have created, those unkind thoughts and actions

will require to be balanced out,as we face and confront our faults

and redress the wrongs done now or in future times

with loving acts and compassion.

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In trying to forgive the act of another,

dislike the act, not the person. Be confident and secure.

Know Yourself. You did not deserve what was done.

Learn from this experience. Now move on.

Thank them with love, understand their weakness,

have the strength to rise above their weak folly.

Know yourself to be loved. Know that you are secure within.

Know you have the ability,the gift of forgiving.

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If I develop bad feelings to those who make me suffermy peace of mind is damaged

and destructive emotions follow. Much better to forgive

and proceed with a calm mind. Compassion is better

for as we reduce the others we reduce ourselves.

For we are all one in our humanity. Our own best interests are served

when we freely forgive and send love out on the water

for it to return multiplied.

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Develop genuine compassionfor those who would torture you.

Believe in the healing power of forgiveness.

Keep your mind free from hatred or revenge.

Focus on the strength of love. Send love by thought projection.

Focus on those involved. Free them and yourself

from the chains of unreasonable limitations.

We all know the difficulty of forgiving. It is part of this human condition,

but we are here to learn and this is the major lesson.

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Feelings of revenge are a form of violence.

Avoid this seed from which will grow more.

Avoid the anger. It destroys your peace and happiness,

harming the body in many ways. We have been trapped by this

for many centuries. Avoid the temptation

to resent and hate. Instead see them as yourself, understand their weakness,

their unwise decision, and mentally advise them

knowing thoughts survive and last beyond this time.

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There are manyworld events of such

terrible consequence that theyare hard to live with.

Such is the personal anguishthey may cause.

They are best handled byone of the various ways

of forgiveness, whereby they are put aside

until the hatred and bitterness have left and they are

no longer of consequence, and we can view it all

through the sieve of time. The screen of love.

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Time is the great healer and there is more

active energetic life in the passage of time,

a reality of the present space-time of this dimension of space

in which we pass this brief life. Time can be a barrier

a protection,part of the construction of matter and molecules with quantum energy

for this our worldly life. See the passage of time as it washes clean and we forgive.

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In the heat of those momentswhen jealousy anger and haterise to the surface like the slagin a crucible of molten metal,

we need the vision to seethe soft gentle way

to brush aside the eventand place the angered responseon the draining rack of time,

while the acid drains outand we can be free of its influence.

These are not easy to do. They come with practice and

learning especially froman early age,

taught with love.

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When we forgivewe create

a thought form.A powerful thingable to changemany things.Ourselves

and the others,the substanceand form of

the world around,reaching out and in

to the infinite Spiritual energywhich is the only real thing

in our lives.

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The ancient artof alchemy

sought to changeother elements

into gold.To create substances

of great valueand to move

the building blocksof elemental matter

in this, the physical planeof our dimension of time and space.

They sought to Createin many ways.

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Consider the artof forgiveness

by which we changethat

which is of no value,into the gold

of immense reward.By giving away

the angerwe create

a divine blissin this life

and beyondinto the spiritualwhere love is all.

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Forgiveness is a formof trust

in the infinitefrom which we came

and to whichwe will return

through the doorwaywe call death.

By casting asidethe dross metal

of anger and hatewe alchemists create from the

universal substance,the only enduring wealth

we can carry away.

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As we forgivewe cleanse ourselves.

We give loveand in giving we receive.

In declining to seethe error of another,

we wipe the slateclean of

our own errorsand enter

a loving state.A higher energy

of thoughtand creation

beyond.

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In this lifewe encounter many

difficultiesthrough which

we grow.As we makechoices and

choose paths,collect experiences,

treasures, and enrichment.We can only progress

as we help othersalong the way

and createa culture of Giving.

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Imagineyou are an

eternal spirit.Here in this body

for one more life experience.One more chance

to get it rightthis time.

One morepresent time now.

One more setof joys and sorrows,

triumphs and disasters.Keep the love.

Discard all the hatred. Do not carry it.

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We createour own reality

by the thoughts weput out.

The power of a thought,does not disappear,

it lives on and is with you,your creation.

The infinite spacewithin your molecular

structuresjoins you

to the unity of allin spirit

and transferred thoughts.

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Catch that angry thought,moderate it with reason.Choose another path,

avoid that turmoil.Explain your position,

create some peace.Power it with good

and Give out learning.Turn possible Evil back through itself

to its reverse polarity,with it emerging as

a love form.The collected energy of good and bad

expressed as karma,carries from one life to the next.

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Happiness and laughter,love and joy,

are known to begreat givers of healthand bodily healing.

The cells of the bodyare all separately aliveand they respond to

the climate of thoughtand resulting hormones

pheromones and peptides.Retained anger, hatred,

resentment and jealousyhave a damaging Influence

on immune systemsand cells generally

causing ill-health and disease.

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When you forgiveyou shed the anger,

dissolve any resentment,and cleanse your system

from the damaging effectsthat would linger on.In giving away that

which is of no use to you,you save yourself mostly.

Save also the other whom you forgive,by the simple act of not seeing any error or sin in their actions

words or thoughts.You save then the later necessity

to work off any Karmic imbalancein your future times or lives.

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There is a balance in all thingsin this life we follow here.Between light and dark,

good and bad, rich and poor,hard and soft, first and last,

love and hatred.There is a polarity which relates

these opposites.We think of positive and negative

as with electric or battery terminals. As we reverse the polarity

we change and reverse the flowin the energy system around.

As we humans create thought forms,our collective thoughts influence

the volume of good and bad in the natural systems around.

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As we grow and learnthere are many skills we master.

Reading is a skill we need,to deal with organized life in society.It requires proper attention to learn

and alters the life of those whoare able to proficiently use it.

Tennis and golf require attentionand practice in the mind to masterthe deeper game plan for success.

There are many such skills we need to learn and teach

to master the hidden imperatives.Forgiveness is such a skill.

A neglected art of great difficulty, able to give great returns to those who

master the complex strategies.

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Consider the powerful realmof love and hatred.

Those opposite polaritiescreating so much energy.

Consider the alchemy of changewhereby we chemists are able

to totally change the elements there.Such an act is that of forgiveness,whereby the hatred is convertedinto love, and the poles reversed.

The energies change, the balance alters,the flow is reversed, the effect flows out.

As our thoughts have effectin the infinite realm around

and we influence theuniversal unconscious of all,

there is a hidden power we tap into.

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Forgiveness is an act of love.Love defies definition or explanation:

It is a function of the divine spirit,that spirit which is the basis

of our consciousness.Our divine spirit within expresses itself

through love: love is like a flame,a catalyst to the divine union of souls,

the unknown infinity of soulswhich joins us all.

We are one togetherin the love of the divine.

You and I are onein the infinity of God.Love in its many formsis a flame of the infinite.

The infinite life we are part of.

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The infinity of Spirit, God, is within.God, the Universal Absolute, is about love,

not anger, revenge, hatred. This life is short, a time of

learning.Abiding hatreds badly affectour progress in the beyond,

as well as here,where abiding anger and hatredsinjure the body in many ways.

Revenge is empty,hatred is a bitter draught of poison.

See yourself and that other as one in the unity of spiritual life

which will stay with us through time, and know that as we cleanse them

we cleanse ourselves.

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Consider the relationshipbetween forgiveness

and trust.Then think about trust

and surrender tothe Infinite Almighty

and see that to progressin the infinite journey,

we should cleansethe slate

with forgiveness.The redemptive love of forgiveness

is beyond no man,for we have within each of us

the loving infinite spirit deep in our consciousness as the Universal Absolute.

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Remember that forgiveness has two sides

and that we must askforgiveness from those we injure

by deed word or thought. For we are all inter-dependent

and taking care of themto atone as well as we canis taking care of ourselves.

Love and cherish your friends, but it is your enemies who

provide the chance to experience forgiveness and compassion

and cultivate the qualities of loving inter-dependence.

That major lesson for this time.

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Nothing exists in isolation. There is no real independence

for we are all intertwined.As we have empathy for othersour own problems shrink in size

and we gain real compassion, and begin to understand

ultimate Reality beyond our material world.

Emptiness and love beyond the atomic substance,between the energy bonds,

through the quantum energies to the spiritual homeland,

where love is all, and peace everywhere

with forgiveness.

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As we seek understanding beyond this time-space we inhabit

as humans and look through the mirror

meditating past our limited abilities,

through compassion and emptiness with long practice,

wisdom and method, we exclude the negative emotions,

the fear hatred jealousy angerwhich anchor us down

and embrace the interconnected love, flying free with understanding

knowing we are all one together.

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The relationshipbetween Man and God

has been perceived differentlyover the ages of recorded history.Now a great and loving Teacher

has come to live among usand teach of God in our present.

To tell us we are a part of that God.That God the infinite is through alland in all things as loving energy.

Thus each has a part to playin the on-going process of creation.

Each and every consciousnessis part of that love and power.

This modern Deity again living now comes at this difficult time in the history of our world.

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Each and every one of usno matter how small or large

is part of the infinite spiritual Love we call by many names.

In many times and religionsprophets and teachers through timehave filled man’s need to understandman in the universe, the Big Picture.

Now One comes in Indiato remind us who we really are

and to teach us once again of love compassion and forgiveness.

He demonstrates divinity livinga human life

able to alter time space matter.To heal and redeem,

to know beyond.

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Accepting that we are the spiritual power of Love

which is in all things through love, we can exercise

our power understanding creativenessand rise to the highest.As we forgive with lovewe embrace our reality,

our real destiny,to clothe the whole worldwith compassion, joy, bliss

morality and understanding.

We are one together in the spiritual reality

that is the basis of this material world.

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Embrace the reality within,the Infinite Love available there,

the power without limitavailable through the simple act

of freely giving theforgiveness and compassion

which are the real power we haveyet will only come when given away.

As we join with love and feel blissour Consciousness fires in unionwith the Network around in all

the Love Energy,the God we call by many names

according to our birth and education.The chains which bind us still

are when we retain the old fear, hate and anger.

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The secret alchemy ofconverting the dross metal

of hatred and bitternessto golden joy of love

comes with embracingforgiveness within.

Of finding infinite lifein our consciousness

in the many levels of knowingwe can access within

giving some insight tothe wider life of love

through this lovely earthto wider dimensions beyond

as we learn the lessons we came for.

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The power of our thoughtsto influence the world around

is well known to many.By holding a thought,

it can go out to the infiniteto the universe,

from whence it will createand influence the flow

of ideas in minds aroundproducing the outcomein ways undreamed of.

We all have within a hidden power, a spiritual reality

kept secret as we labour here with learning.

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The attraction of like thingscoming from thoughts we generatemeans that we attract to ourselvesthe like of what we are holding.

So thoughts of fear hate and anger,grief and bitterness,

revenge and violencegenerate around a climate

which in some mysterious waywill produce an attraction to us,

of those very things,often in ways and timesso totally unexpected.

As we expel such negative thoughtswe benefit ourselves

in ways beyond imagination.

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The great secret of the universe that like attracts like

generosity attracts the generous hatred attracts hatreds

forgiving attracts forgiveness happiness is contagious.We are able to choose

how things will move along and then sow as we wish to reap

in this world’s journey of life. Learning how to dispel the dark clouds of hatred taught in some

families, societies, countries, involves cutting those ties

which have bound and limited.

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Cutting the ties of past hatreds to free us now and in future requires specific technique. With love and forgiveness cutting the Ties that Bind whereby one visualizes

the Higher Self we have within as the apex of a triangle. With you and the other

at the base angles and swirling love between.

As the old ties are washed away you become free

from the limiting thoughts.

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Forgiveness is not easy or cheap. Old wounds may need to be opened

and cleaned out for healing to occur.

By forgiveness we open the door for those chained to past mistakes

and welcome them back into the compassionate society.

We cleanse with love the old hatreds and restore a peace of mind

to ourselves mostly, our higher consciousness and the others involved.

As we give away that which limits and send out feelings of joy the whole world benefits.

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Suffering and adversity are important circumstances

for our learning. We should thank our

persecutors and perceived enemies for the suffering

we learn to forgive. For this is really why we have come

to learn and advance and allow

compassion in this adversity. Giving moments of joy

to others makes life worthwhile.

We came for that.

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The legal processes of our society focus on retribution

and revenge. World society generally

at an official level does not appear to have a place

for forgiveness as a process. Nor does it educate its children

into the thinking system with a normal acceptance

of forgiveness as a way of handling difficulties. National identities and borders,

armies and weapons think of force pride and anger

of attack and defence.

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Negotiated forgivenessbetween nations and societies

instead of war hatred and brutality. Meetings to bring understanding

from conflicting outlook and issue enabling comprehension

that we are all one.That peace may reign

and that the greater give is the forgive

so that the spirit of love may triumph over hate and anger.

There are no real winners in war.

It is time we evolved past the primitive fear and anger.

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Forgiveness frees usindividually and collectively

from the shackles ofthe emotional unreason

that has limited man in thespiritual progressto Infinite Love,

which is our collective destiny.

We are creatures of love.The love within

is of Godin whichever Form

you choose. This ancient truth is still central to our meaning.

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The entertainment business particularly on television and screen

appears to promote fear.,the adrenalin rush from terror

and shows violence in its many forms

as a way to solve problems. Our stressful way of life generally

and the perceived need for material affluence

promote a way of thinking which is strangely at odds

with the cycles of birth and death, that individual lives are governed by

and the central facts that love and forgiveness mean more

in the ultimate reality.

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There is nothing new about forgiveness. The concept is ancient.

Revenge has always stolen the show. Anger has mostly been favoured.

Violence seems to sell better. The primal desires win.

Sad isn’t it. Yet we are learning slowly

it comes in cycles, like the market forces in shares, wars have dominated history.

Economics rule our lives. Now the world is in trouble, we have to think outside the

restricted patterns which have so limited us.

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The food and water we live on coming from the planet earth

now are becoming sought after.

As planetary population soars to meet our record world

population levels we are converting petroleum

into food with diesel motors fertilizer insecticide.

We are finely balanced and need to think of

the living earth. The life in nature around the interdependence of all

living creatures.

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We should ask forgiveness from this living earth

whose forests we have ravaged,whose riches we plunder, whose beauty we pollute.

The cycles of moon making water movements

in ocean and earth. The energy of sun making

photosynthesis from which all our food comes,

and oxygen we breathe. All these make our life here,

and the ancient sunlight stored as wood, coal and oil

fuel our energy systems.

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Our modern societystill depends on combustion

for its complex machines to work. Conversion of sun energy direct

to electricity will save much of this.

The collective anger of our society generated as thoughts

transmitted out beyond has more effect than we realize. Forgiveness is like a cool breeze. We need it in the natural world. This overheating world of ours

needs urgent care as we send love out to nature around.

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The Life in water has now been shown as

water crystals when frozen, seen under the microscope producing crystal shapes

which are beautiful when the water was subject to love,

ugly with hate or pollution. The water is responding. It is not inert or passive.

We are told everything is alive but we generally need proof.

Water is in all of our bodily tissues. The inner climate we create influences all our living cells, each also independently alive.

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Our body has an immune system which keeps order

in the cell population. When we are happy this effects

the way the cells behave. When anger and hate persist the effect is felt throughout.

Curing illness is easier with happiness. Forgiveness promotes this,

laughter is the best medicine. Joy and love are better than revenge,

in the whole of nature,harmony and peace promote health,

forgiveness is the great remedy.

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All the world is interrelated often in ways we fail to understand.

When we forgive an injustice, hatred and forgiveness counterbalance.

We reverse the polarity. Something we don’t understand happens. We invoke forces from other dimensions

which exist latent in each of us. Love is our highest destiny

when unleashed it is awesome. The prophets and incarnations of God

the Universal Absolute through the ages in many lands

have taught of love and forgiveness. The hidden mystery of this

is still around.

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Learning to forgive we can change the world

and ourselves. We need to do this now.

We can renew the earth around. We have the wealth to renew the forests

to renew the rain patterns to calm the world with forgiveness. This beautiful earth is worth saving.

Hate and anger won’t do it but applied love

and forgiveness will. All the fighting and wars

only damage the whole of nature around. It is time we learned to progress

beyond this primitive stage.

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When we forgive we invoke the highest order of Love,the energy of the Creator.

To forgiveis an act of Faith,in the Infinite,

the Spiritual Reality, the many Names

that many religions call their God, the unknown Infinite Love, the joy of Service to Others,

the act of giving away damaging hatreds

and receiving Love in return.

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Man’s fall from grace has been His failure to forgive.

It is not from past mistakes or from poor decisions in life.

It comes rather from our failure to see love is the way

and our inability to Forgive.

There is no gain to be had in pursuing hatreds or malice

even when seen to be provoked. Rather see

the greater Give, the Forgive.

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As we view the life we lead on this earth in this time

and look for meaning and reason and seek beyond the primitive, beyond the wanton destruction,

we see apparently intelligent people causing the horrors of war

with greed and hatred. They see reasons to justify their acts. Rather see the whole thing is follywhich we angry little primitives

have not yet moved beyond. For all our technical excellence,

our so called civilizations, we have yet to grasp

the meaning of it all in this life, forgiveness and Love.

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Forgiveness is a very comforting thing. The Peace of Forgiveness

it is so easy really we do not have to seek revenge.

The karmic balance of good and evil for each

will see that wrongs are righted. Perhaps not here and now

but in another time and place when the competing players

in another life balance out the equation.

So have faith, there is always more to come

and enjoy the peace and love of forgiveness.

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In our human society we are

like fish in a bowl of water. As we learn and change

our learning owes gratitude

to many masters. Now and through history

truly we are all one in the spiritual unity

of the Universal Absolute, the eternal life which is in each,

the consciousness we all share.

FORGIVENESS

THE MAGIC ALCHEMY

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