Dear Friend: I have been wanting to share this audio with you. It may be helpful over the holidays. In it, I introduce the concept of the "forgiveness bypass"—commonly encouraged in shaming religious and "new cage" communities. In other words, the pressure to premature or artificially forgive. And, at 5:15, I share a visualization that I call: 'Have you Truly Forgiven"? Helpful for anyone who has been pressured to forgive when their truth is otherwise. Truth is the gateway to the moment. An invitation to live in truth with respect to how we feel about events in our lives. I hope its helpful to you.
With love, Jeff
Hi Jeff...Your messages regarding forgiveness have, quite literally been a lifesaver. As you know certain spiritual teachers foisted the entirety of their karma on these shoulders...and the shoulders of 4-generations of my family...and THEN convinced a very wide swath in the non-dual space to cover for their deceptions and actions.
The relentless (and shaming) pressure to prematurely forgive was seen as the thinly veiled excuse to protect the ND dogma and those teachers.
The past 5-years of this healing journey has peeled back layer-upon-layer as I realize exactly how systemic the cover-up has been...at my expense and the expense of my family.
PLEASE keep up you invaluable Work.
Warmly,
-Leslie @ integrityintruth.com
Great and important insights. Thank you for helping us breaking though these unhelpful ways of going around the true work of healing for ourselves. Authenticity for me is being able to be real with ourselves and others. Accountability leads to understanding and justice. If we never hold abusers accountable how will they ever learn, when we continue to enable them?