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Namah                                     Forgiveness and reconciliation





        defined period of time. Whenever the distance  to balance one evil, it is due to this reptilian
        is too long, or the time lapse too big, we may  brain which warns us, unconsciously but
        feel tired and exhausted.                steadily, against any threats or adverse
                                                 attacks. This unconscious reminder finds
        Being light and moving freely, without  its origin in the first prehistoric men who
        carrying unnecessary thoughts or items,  were constantly facing dangers from the
        should be our natural and spontaneous  wild nature. This ‘old’ pattern invites us to
        way of living. In fact, it is our natural way  permanently refer to the possible dark side
        of living, whenever we forget to be upset or  of an event, in a totally unconscious manner,
        burdened. We may, all of us, have experienced  which is very difficult to neutralise when we
        when, forgetting our grievance towards  are not even aware of it.
        someone, we spontaneously go up to him/
        her with a smile or a gentle word. A bit later,  The second is to be found in this ego that has
        remembering our previous and still pending  so much difficulty in accepting and letting
        concern, we suddenly feel awkward. Later,  go of things. What is the purpose of not
        we may struggle, facing this incoherence of  accepting, not forgetting and not forgiving,
        our behaviour, meaning being upset towards  but reinforcing this ego that has so much
        someone and still be kind with him. Perhaps,  craving for adversity, for self-justification?
        we decided to continue to be upset whereas  The ego has only meaning in separateness,
        the door was open to forget, forgive and  and anything that may increase this feeling
        reconcile.                               of separateness is welcomed by it.

        When my son was 10, he already unconsciously  On the contrary, whenever one relates to the
        knew this state of mood and possible future  higher inner divine spark, which aims at
        pattern. Whenever we had an argument in  unifying all sparks in the same sun, everything
        the evening, before he went to sleep, he  that is human business appears so much as
        very seriously said to me: “Dad, tomorrow  human. In that perspective, relating to the
        morning, please remind me that I am supposed  Divine helps us to distinguish clearly what
        to be upset with you, because I do not want to  belongs to the Divine and what belongs to the
        forgive you!”                            human. This inner struggle between divine
                                                 and human may frequently be illustrated
        To overcome the pattern of not wanting  by this incapacity to forgive and accept.
        to forget or forgive                     That may lead to sleeplessness, stress, loss
                                                 of appetite and other behavioural troubles.
        From a behavioural perspective, there are
        two main reasons for not being capable of  The power of thought
        forgetting and forgiving.
                                                 Passing away or, on a daily level, falling into
        The first is to be found in our subconscious a  deep sleep, leads us to a field of consciousness
        morbid tendency to favour the insane over the  in which nothing that is human will remain.
        sane, the evil over the good. When behavioural  Things are so difficult to let go, because of
        science states that five good thoughts are needed  this part of humanity within us which can


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