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• http://AlexanderBell.org
So this is why it's very important that we develop a forgiving nature that is willing to let go of judgment, fault, criticism and our own past pain. I know this is not easy, because our ego requires drama to feed upon. It wants conflict, it wants to battle and score points of others... but for the sake of our own heart and soul it is essential that we let it go. Yes, people will undoubtedly offend us, disrespect us and hurt us - sometimes intentionally but usually unintentionally - and it's how we respond to such things that determines the degree to which we grow and evolve.
If we can learn to let go of the anger, disappointment and hurt, our heart can heal. If we are unwilling to forgive and forget, our heart simply will not be able to open to the degree which it needs to, and we will prolong our own suffering. There is a saying which goes something like this: "Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." If we are angry with someone and we wish suffering upon them, what is occurring in our own heart while we do this? Well, love is not there, that's for sure, and in its place is the more toxic energy of resentment. It's impossible to comprehend the profound spiritual consequences of feeding such energies with our hostile thinking. To say it is detrimental is a colossal understatement, yet when our thoughts are caught up in judgment and anger, we believe we are in the right. This is the delusion of the ego, whose sole purpose seems to be to keep us separate from love, and exert control over our reality. Love and control do not go hand in hand, because love always offers freedom.
So this is why it's very important that we develop a forgiving nature that is willing to let go of judgment, fault, criticism and our own past pain. I know this is not easy, because our ego requires drama to feed upon. It wants conflict, it wants to battle and score points of others... but for the sake of our own heart and soul it is essential that we let it go. Yes, people will undoubtedly offend us, disrespect us and hurt us - sometimes intentionally but usually unintentionally - and it's how we respond to such things that determines the degree to which we grow and evolve.
If we can learn to let go of the anger, disappointment and hurt, our heart can heal. If we are unwilling to forgive and forget, our heart simply will not be able to open to the degree which it needs to, and we will prolong our own suffering. There is a saying which goes something like this: "Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." If we are angry with someone and we wish suffering upon them, what is occurring in our own heart while we do this? Well, love is not there, that's for sure, and in its place is the more toxic energy of resentment. It's impossible to comprehend the profound spiritual consequences of feeding such energies with our hostile thinking. To say it is detrimental is a colossal understatement, yet when our thoughts are caught up in judgment and anger, we believe we are in the right. This is the delusion of the ego, whose sole purpose seems to be to keep us separate from love, and exert control over our reality. Love and control do not go hand in hand, because love always offers freedom.
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By Alexander Bell• http://AlexanderBell.org
So this is why it's very important that we develop a forgiving nature that is willing to let go of judgment, fault, criticism and our own past pain. I know this is not easy, because our ego requires drama to feed upon. It wants conflict, it wants to battle and score points of others... but for the sake of our own heart and soul it is essential that we let it go. Yes, people will undoubtedly offend us, disrespect us and hurt us - sometimes intentionally but usually unintentionally - and it's how we respond to such things that determines the degree to which we grow and evolve.
If we can learn to let go of the anger, disappointment and hurt, our heart can heal. If we are unwilling to forgive and forget, our heart simply will not be able to open to the degree which it needs to, and we will prolong our own suffering. There is a saying which goes something like this: "Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." If we are angry with someone and we wish suffering upon them, what is occurring in our own heart while we do this? Well, love is not there, that's for sure, and in its place is the more toxic energy of resentment. It's impossible to comprehend the profound spiritual consequences of feeding such energies with our hostile thinking. To say it is detrimental is a colossal understatement, yet when our thoughts are caught up in judgment and anger, we believe we are in the right. This is the delusion of the ego, whose sole purpose seems to be to keep us separate from love, and exert control over our reality. Love and control do not go hand in hand, because love always offers freedom.
So this is why it's very important that we develop a forgiving nature that is willing to let go of judgment, fault, criticism and our own past pain. I know this is not easy, because our ego requires drama to feed upon. It wants conflict, it wants to battle and score points of others... but for the sake of our own heart and soul it is essential that we let it go. Yes, people will undoubtedly offend us, disrespect us and hurt us - sometimes intentionally but usually unintentionally - and it's how we respond to such things that determines the degree to which we grow and evolve.
If we can learn to let go of the anger, disappointment and hurt, our heart can heal. If we are unwilling to forgive and forget, our heart simply will not be able to open to the degree which it needs to, and we will prolong our own suffering. There is a saying which goes something like this: "Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." If we are angry with someone and we wish suffering upon them, what is occurring in our own heart while we do this? Well, love is not there, that's for sure, and in its place is the more toxic energy of resentment. It's impossible to comprehend the profound spiritual consequences of feeding such energies with our hostile thinking. To say it is detrimental is a colossal understatement, yet when our thoughts are caught up in judgment and anger, we believe we are in the right. This is the delusion of the ego, whose sole purpose seems to be to keep us separate from love, and exert control over our reality. Love and control do not go hand in hand, because love always offers freedom.