So what’s been coming up for us at The Journey offices most recently is people asking “What’s the big deal about forgiving and forgetting?”.
To start off – see if you can work out which of the following statements are true and false:
- Your thought patterns directly affect your whole body chemistry.
- Suppressed negative emotions and trauma are stored as ‘phantom memories’.
- Cellular ‘phantom memories’ can cause disease and illness over time.
Well, the truth is that they are all true.
Numerous scientists and medical doctors, including Dr Bruce Lipton, Candace B Pert, P.h.D and Deepak Chopra M.D., have studied and verified research confirming the above.
Brandon explains that “Your body is a reflection of your soul and when your soul has something it wants you to learn it gives you a wake up call”, which can manifest as pain anywhere in your body.
So, quite simply we have a choice.
We can choose not to hear our bodies and carry on lugging past traumas, hurts and issues around with us.
Or we can choose to truly forgive.
And, when it comes to forgiveness, there’s no time like the present:
True Forgiveness Process
Just try practicing an experiment right now. Think of an issue that you haven’t really come to terms with, something you regret saying, or perhaps some opportunity that has passed you by that you’ve never really forgiven yourself for not taking action on. Make it real. Find some mistake you made, something you blame yourself for, or some memory or aspect of your life that you’ve not forgiven yourself for, and, for now, surround it with a bath of acceptance.
Take your time… Internally, say, I forgive myself. Open into what it really feels like to deeply forgive yourself, and say out loud, I forgive myself.
Now check how you’re feeling. Maybe you feel some tears welling up behind your eyes, because you so needed to hear those words right now. Maybe you feel a subtle release, a soft letting go into simplicity, into gratitude, into peace.
What was your experience? Did you feel a gentle release or a soft letting go, and experience at least a brief moment of peace? If not, open your being wider and try it again, as these feelings almost always accompany a true expression of forgiveness.
Surprisingly easy wasn’t it? Yet the changes will be far deeper and further reaching than you’ll ever know.
Which just goes to show, true forgiveness doesn’t just come from the heart, it can come from anywhere in the entire body.
Thank you so much. I needed to remember the occasion and my transgression in detail. Then, in my heart, I asked sincerely for forgiveness from the person I wronged. I looked my 3 year old daughter in the eyes and held her hands as I wept. She responded by hugging me around my neck. I also asked God for forgiveness. Only after taking these extra steps did I feel peace. My daughter is now 29 and suffers from low self-esteem and related problems. I feel her problems may be at least partly my “fault” so I will need to forgive myself a number of times.
Thank you….I have forgiven myself and others extensively over the years and yet still today i couldn’t believe how many situations i needed to forgive myself for! Peeling back the layers of the onion.
I felt a shower of forgiveness surrounding me and I also received forgiveness and unconditional love from God. My tears flowed freely and i was filled with a permeating peace and light as I opened my being to receive this unconditional love from God and myself. Such perfect timing for me today, as i was just about to take my next dose of chemo and steroids for bone marrow cancer …. and instead …. today I have chosen to give this ‘divine experiment’ more time to weave its magic and fill my being with enriching and empowering healing energy! Blessings to all! <3
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