For Sunday April 15th, 2012

Hello all, a recent conversation brought up the need for forgiveness in life. It may be that forgiveness leads to humility, with humility being the opening to our natural growth. The diagram below, by Charles and Barbara Whitfield, indicates changes which occur as a victim becomes self-empowered. It's often easy for us to sit and stew in our victimship, however, by forgiveness and humility, that which has been our persecution (bottom triangle) is newly seen as being a motivator of growth (second triangle up). The persecution may be external as imposed by others or our environment, or it may be internal as in guilt from our own past choices and actions.

Forgiveness is a process of the heart, a purposeful opening of the heart toward a more connected life, toward Oneness. This Sunday, may we sit for forgiveness and humility in our lives, that we may arrive at Grace.

Thank you,

Richard