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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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