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How to Forgive Ourselves Totally Ch 1, Part 1 “Life-changing” Ray
Have you ever felt guilty at the thought of totally forgiving yourself? I have.
The idea is this. What I have done is so horrible that I do not deserve to be set free from guilt. It would be irresponsible to forgive myself totally and not look back. I must pay for my failure. I must see that I get justice.
The same is true in forgiving others. We are afraid they will not get justice. To forgive them sets them free and therefore means they may not get punished. When my friend Josef Tson said to me, “RT, you must totally forgive them,” I was not happy. Josef recalls how angry I was at his suggestion! But I knew he was right. I eventually took his advice and was set free with a peace I had forgotten about. The old peace. The old peace I knew many years before returned. It was absolutely fantastic!
But some weeks later I began to think about what I had done. I had set them free. This means that they were totally off the hook. They would never get found out. This was not fair. People should know! They had gotten away with it! And a feeling of anger welled up inside me. The peace left. I was back to square one.
How to Forgive Ourselves Totally Ch 1, Part 1 “Life-changing” Ray
How to Forgive Ourselves Totally Ch 1, Part 1 "Life-changing" Ray