Forgiving -- Good For Your Health

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Forgiving -- Good For Your Health

by Clare Prophet

When you fail to forgive, you are hurting yourself most of all. As

M. Peck writes: " The reason to forgive others is not for their

sake .... The reason to forgive is for our own sake. For our own

health. Because beyond that point needed for healing, if we hold on

to our anger, we stop growing and our souls begin to shrivel. "

As you forgive others, you are freeing yourself as well as them.

Decree for Forgiveness

I AM Forgiveness acting here,

Casting out all doubt and fear,

Setting men forever free

With wings of cosmic Victory.

I AM calling in full power

For Forgiveness every hour;

To all life in every place

I flood forth forgiving Grace.

(Decrees make use of the name of God " I AM THAT I AM " . When you

say, " I AM THAT I AM " , you are affirming that God is where you are.

Decrees often simply use " I AM " rather than the full " I AM THAT I

AM " .)

A woman named experienced how decrees for forgiveness could

bring remarkable changes in her life and in the lives of those she

forgave. One day she began a daily routine of forgiveness decrees.

Soon acquaintances began calling to apologize for what they had done

twenty years before. Her sister called to tell her that she had

finally been able to forgive an old wrong. And the benefit landed

even closer to home -- with 's ex-husband and children.

It had been seven years since 's divorce, but she still felt

bitterness and resentment that she knew were hurting herself, her ex-

husband and their children. " I started working on completely

forgiving more and more each day, " she said, " releasing the

resentments and the pain. " The results were immediate. " The more

decrees I gave, invoking the violet flame and forgiveness, the more

joyful my life became. "

Her decrees seemed to affect her ex-husband too. He asked his

children to forgive him for not being there when they were younger.

He told them he had made statements about that were untrue

and he apologized for the pain he had caused them. " This is truly a

miracle of unprecedented proportions, " said.

So one woman's forgiveness was able to heal an entire family and

also bring her to a point of happiness. Truly, you are the greatest

beneficiary of your own forgiveness. When you forgive, don't forget

to forgive yourself. Sometimes this is the hardest task of all.

How to Forgive

We all remember something we don't think we will ever be able to let

go of -- a cruel remark, a beating, even a disappointment, someone

who wasn't there for us when we needed help. The forgiveness decree

can help you to forgive and let go.

Before you give the forgiveness decree, say a simple prayer like: " I

send forgiveness to all whom I have ever wronged and to all who have

ever wronged me. " Then begin the decree. Think of the incident that

you have always felt you could never get over. Allow yourself to

feel the anger welling up inside of you.

Now see a deep-pink flame of love enveloping that anger. Then see it

mixing with the violet flame that already surrounds you. Visualize

the violet flame transmuting that anger. Then see the flame of

forgiveness -- deep pink, violet and purple -- expanding in your

heart and whirling. See it becoming spheres of light that go forth

from your heart. Watch these spheres sprout wings, or filaments of

energy, and fly from your heart toward the hearts of those you need

to forgive.

Each time you give the decree, repeat this visualization. See the

spheres going farther and farther from you. Send them to everyone

you can think of.

If it is yourself that you need to forgive, see the sphere of violet

energy bursting like fireworks over the memory of everything you

wish you hadn't done. See the violet energy erasing and dissolving

all your thoughts and feelings that are tied up in those actions.

Put all your blame, your shame and your sense of guilt into the

violet fire.

It's a good idea to do the decree for forgiveness at least once

every twenty-four hours. You will find that the memories of negative

events will lose their emotional charge as the energy that went into

them is liberated. The more recent negative events will begin to

recede from your mind as they are transmuted. Then events from the

past will begin to come to the fore. These events will, in turn,

recede as they are transmuted, leaving you free to go forward with

your life.

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This article is excerpted from Access the Power of Your Higher

Self, ?1997, by Summit University Press. Reprinted with permission

of the publisher, Summit University Press.

www.summituniversitypress.com

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About the Author

Clare Prophet is a pioneer of modern spirituality. Since

the 1960s Clare Prophet has conducted conferences and

workshops throughout the United States and the world on spiritual

topics, including angels, the aura, soul mates, prophecy, spiritual

psychology, reincarnation, the mystical paths of the world's

religions and practical spirituality. For more information, visit

http://www.tsl.org.

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Dear ,

This was a post that really hit home for me, especially at

this moment in time. I am definitely seeing lots of those " ghosts "

from my past affecting my health. I thank you so very much for this

post gave me such a tremendous feeling of goodness. I see the ripple

effect that will come when I forgive. Forgiving has not been very

easy for me. I have been hurt much but it is very true. I am only

hurting myself by carrying this pain and not forgiving. The people

whom have hurt me were doing the best they could. Thank you, dear!

You are such a lovely and compassionate soul! Namaste, LUNA-

-- In , " " <ASundayInJune@...>

wrote:

>

> Forgiving -- Good For Your Health

> by Clare Prophet

>

> When you fail to forgive, you are hurting yourself most of all. As

> M. Peck writes: " The reason to forgive others is not for

their

> sake .... The reason to forgive is for our own sake. For our own

> health. Because beyond that point needed for healing, if we hold on

> to our anger, we stop growing and our souls begin to shrivel. "

>

> As you forgive others, you are freeing yourself as well as them.

>

> Decree for Forgiveness

>

> I AM Forgiveness acting here,

> Casting out all doubt and fear,

> Setting men forever free

> With wings of cosmic Victory.

>

> I AM calling in full power

> For Forgiveness every hour;

> To all life in every place

> I flood forth forgiving Grace.

>

> (Decrees make use of the name of God " I AM THAT I AM " . When you

> say, " I AM THAT I AM " , you are affirming that God is where you are.

> Decrees often simply use " I AM " rather than the full " I AM THAT I

> AM " .)

>

> A woman named experienced how decrees for forgiveness could

> bring remarkable changes in her life and in the lives of those she

> forgave. One day she began a daily routine of forgiveness decrees.

> Soon acquaintances began calling to apologize for what they had

done

> twenty years before. Her sister called to tell her that she had

> finally been able to forgive an old wrong. And the benefit landed

> even closer to home -- with 's ex-husband and children.

>

> It had been seven years since 's divorce, but she still felt

> bitterness and resentment that she knew were hurting herself, her

ex-

> husband and their children. " I started working on completely

> forgiving more and more each day, " she said, " releasing the

> resentments and the pain. " The results were immediate. " The more

> decrees I gave, invoking the violet flame and forgiveness, the more

> joyful my life became. "

>

> Her decrees seemed to affect her ex-husband too. He asked his

> children to forgive him for not being there when they were younger.

> He told them he had made statements about that were untrue

> and he apologized for the pain he had caused them. " This is truly a

> miracle of unprecedented proportions, " said.

>

> So one woman's forgiveness was able to heal an entire family and

> also bring her to a point of happiness. Truly, you are the greatest

> beneficiary of your own forgiveness. When you forgive, don't forget

> to forgive yourself. Sometimes this is the hardest task of all.

>

> How to Forgive

>

> We all remember something we don't think we will ever be able to

let

> go of -- a cruel remark, a beating, even a disappointment, someone

> who wasn't there for us when we needed help. The forgiveness decree

> can help you to forgive and let go.

>

> Before you give the forgiveness decree, say a simple prayer

like: " I

> send forgiveness to all whom I have ever wronged and to all who

have

> ever wronged me. " Then begin the decree. Think of the incident that

> you have always felt you could never get over. Allow yourself to

> feel the anger welling up inside of you.

>

> Now see a deep-pink flame of love enveloping that anger. Then see

it

> mixing with the violet flame that already surrounds you. Visualize

> the violet flame transmuting that anger. Then see the flame of

> forgiveness -- deep pink, violet and purple -- expanding in your

> heart and whirling. See it becoming spheres of light that go forth

> from your heart. Watch these spheres sprout wings, or filaments of

> energy, and fly from your heart toward the hearts of those you need

> to forgive.

>

> Each time you give the decree, repeat this visualization. See the

> spheres going farther and farther from you. Send them to everyone

> you can think of.

>

> If it is yourself that you need to forgive, see the sphere of

violet

> energy bursting like fireworks over the memory of everything you

> wish you hadn't done. See the violet energy erasing and dissolving

> all your thoughts and feelings that are tied up in those actions.

> Put all your blame, your shame and your sense of guilt into the

> violet fire.

>

> It's a good idea to do the decree for forgiveness at least once

> every twenty-four hours. You will find that the memories of

negative

> events will lose their emotional charge as the energy that went

into

> them is liberated. The more recent negative events will begin to

> recede from your mind as they are transmuted. Then events from the

> past will begin to come to the fore. These events will, in turn,

> recede as they are transmuted, leaving you free to go forward with

> your life.

>

>

> -----------------------------------------------------------------

> This article is excerpted from Access the Power of Your Higher

> Self, ?1997, by Summit University Press. Reprinted with permission

> of the publisher, Summit University Press.

> www.summituniversitypress.com

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> About the Author

>

> Clare Prophet is a pioneer of modern spirituality. Since

> the 1960s Clare Prophet has conducted conferences and

> workshops throughout the United States and the world on spiritual

> topics, including angels, the aura, soul mates, prophecy, spiritual

> psychology, reincarnation, the mystical paths of the world's

> religions and practical spirituality. For more information, visit

> http://www.tsl.org.

>