Every single person, including yourself, who has ‘wronged’ you is a stepping stone that moves you closer to love, if you allow it.
In this creative process, you’ll be gently guided through the forgiveness piece(s) you are ready for. What I’ve learned is that if I do a forgiveness piece in connection with the Creative Life Force, or Source, it unfolds in right order.
You don’t have to condone or agree with any ‘action’ yourself or another has taken. Rather, you’re acknowledging that the action did not come from your/their True Self (all actions that come from Truth in Self are right and good), and you’re releasing yourself of the judgment, allowing Source to guide the bigger picture, setting you free and returning more of yourself to Love.
Considerations around forgiveness:
- Honor your feelings, while being willing to bring them to Love.
- Ask the Light within you, or Spirit, for guidance.
- Be extra gentle, compassionate, and loving with yourself during a forgiveness process.
- Realize that releasing and forgiving certain things may need to happen in layers, take it one step, one piece, and one layer at a time.
- The reason we go slow and steady is to cultivate Trust so the parts of us that feel heartbroken, wounded, and traumatized feel safe to come out from hiding to be tended and healed by the Love it craves. This healing by Love is the only thing that will satisfy it.
- Forgiveness is no different, it’s a practice, be willing to build your muscles and get good at it. We need it all day every day!
“Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying ‘You’re not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.’ It’s saying, ‘You don’t get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.” ~ Jodi Picoult
When you “forgive” you are not agreeing with the behavior, but releasing yourself from holding a grudge or judgement so that you may be free of the energy tangle that “holding on” causes.
Holding a grudge and not agreeing with a behavior or choice are not the same thing.
“It’s not for them to be released from the wrong they have done. It is for me to stop allowing them to have power over me, and to release the pains to a higher and energetic cleansing source.” ~Jamie W.
- Introduction to the creative healing process
- A video demo
- A short guided imagery audio (like a guided meditation)
- Materials list
- Creating a simple ritual for the process
- Journal prompts