Forgiveness

[Brother Ramon]

Today's suggestion is to search your heart for someone you feel any anger towards, or irritation or annoyance, or who you feel is inferior to you, or any other negative feeling. Also search your heart for hostile or other negative feelings towards any group of people. Then start forgiving them over and over and over again, every day. If at first you don't succeed, keep practising. If you feel that you have achieved it, check to see if you now feel overwhelmed with divine (unconditional) love for them. If you don't, keep practicing!

 

In the beginning, some of you may feel like you are not actually doing anything, because you are too weak, or it is too vague to tell you to "forgive". If that is the case, hold an image in your mind and simply say "I forgive you". Try to mean it.

 

Each attempt that is too weak to achieve any result, is practice for the time when you will gain a little success. Each attempt that seems to fail is making you a little more skilled, like a future musician sitting down to the piano for the first time, practicing his scales, or fumbling for the next note. So always remember that the only real failure is the failure to keep trying.

 

Brother Ramon