The Pursuit of Forgiveness , livre ebook

eBookIt.com - Melissa Reese

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

40 pages

English

Vous pourrez modifier la taille du texte de cet ouvrage

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

A propos
Informations
Extrait

Description

How can forgiveness change your life? How can it help improve your physical, mental and emotional health? Here is your guide to what forgiveness is, what it means for you ,and how you can implement it in your life. Learn how to move forward, keeping wonderful relationships healthy and about how and when to let go of those that are toxic.

Sujets

Santé et bien-être

Bien-être émotionnel

Bien-être

Healing

Informations

Publié par	eBookIt.com
Date de parution	03 juin 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781939614643
Langue	English

Informations légales : prix de location à la page 0,0500€. Cette information est donnée uniquement à titre indicatif conformément à la législation en vigueur.

Extrait

The “Inside-Flap-Teaser”…
So, you want to be able to forgive, let go, feel freedom, be happy. You tell yourself you are ready. Maybe you even go through the process, or maybe you just decided you feel like it is all done. You feel good, and go about your life. At some later point, the person, situation, or thing is brought up. It all of a sudden changes your mood, your behavior, or it becomes the main topic of discussion over the next day or longer. What happened? You decided to forgive, you let go, you moved on, or so you thought.
Why is it so hard to let go, move on, be happy? How and where do you even start to be able to forgive?
Here is your guide to understanding forgiveness, knowing how and when to implement it, and creating your life.
This book has downloadable audio to help with the process. www.thepursuitofforgiveness.com
THE PURSUIT OF FORGIVENESS
MELISSA REESE
Copyright © 2015 by Melissa Reese and INpowerment
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in review, without permission in writing from the author.
ISBN: 978-1-939614-64-3
Printed in the U.S.
The Pursuit of Forgiveness is a fast track path on how to live a life of fulfillment. A well written and well documented look at life from the perspective of true forgiveness, one realizes that truly being alive starts with forgiveness. Intellectual, emotional, spiritual examples and lessons fill the pages with the why and how-to of forgiveness.
Melissa clearly shows us the results of not forgiving (“disassociating”), and fully forgiving (“disconnecting”). The Pursuit of Forgiveness is a must read guidebook of forgiveness and a call to action to forgive those parts of your life that need forgiveness, not sometime but now!
And if you think reading Melissa’s book is compelling wait until you meet her, she is an inspired, stand-for-change and well-being person! I will be sharing this incredible gem with family, friends and clients alike.
Thom Wells
Thomas Wells Companies
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements:
Thank you to
Forgiveness: It is Yours to Create
Forgiveness: An Introduction and Foundation
Forgiveness: The Purpose
Forgiveness: It Is Yours to Decipher
Forgiveness: Conscious versus Unconscious (Subconscious)
Forgiveness: Associate to Disconnect
Forgiveness: For You to Cultivate
Forgiveness: Questions and “Answers”….
Forgiveness: Some Final Thoughts
Forgiveness: It Is Yours to Implement
Forgiveness “Mantra”
About the Author:
“Forgiveness is the act of freeing your heart from the clasp you have allowed others to restrict you with.”
–Kurt Hickenlooper
Acknowledgements:
I have been given the gift of forgiveness, and I chose to accept it. I continue to choose to accept it and employ it.
Thank you to…
Nick, Mom, Jan, Dad, James, Kaleen, Grandpas, Grandmas, Aunts, Uncles, Brooke, Christina, Sabrina, Dan, Mark, Susan, Lisa, Carmen, Jude, Dawn, Shannon, RJ, Greg, Reese Family (i.e., all my in-laws), Duckworth Family, Wiegand Family, Mojahed Family, Wolfe Family, Mast Family, Snider Family, Jackson Family, Lindquist Family, Anthony, Ashley, Jackie, Adam, Freddie, McCue clan, Tina, Dallas, Sherrie, Barb, Pauline, Kurt, Matt, KC, George, Linda, Sensei Yamaguchi, Karen, Candace, Bruce, Bernie, Sera, LauRha, Grandmaster Hong, and et al.
How can forgiveness change your life? How can it help improve your physical, mental, and emotional health? Here is your guide to what forgiveness is, what it means for you, and how you can implement it in your life. Learn how to move forward keeping wonderful relationships healthy and about how and when to let go of those that are toxic.
Forgiveness: It is Yours to Create
Forgiveness and how we do it is not a light-weight concept. My words are only scratching the surface of the profoundness that forgiveness is, that forgiveness stands for, and that forgiveness preludes. If you think about it, if forgiveness did not exist, there would either be absolutely no imperfection or absolute perfection. Yet, we, as humans, have such a hard time conceptualizing that, thinking about that, or even forming an established reasoning for that. There have been many studies on forgiveness, and the conclusions emphasize feelings of freedom and healing, specifically freedom from stress, freedom from burden, freedom from weight (physically and metaphorically), freedom from darkness, freedom from an “all-consuming-feeling,” and freedom from struggle.
Forgiveness in and of itself presupposes a lack of perfection, a lack of happiness, a lack of congruency, and, to a certain degree, a lack of understanding. Forgiveness in and of itself embodies emptiness and wholeness at the same time. What do I mean by this? Forgiveness, to me, encompasses and embodies Yin and Yang, the male and female; it is a duality. These terms are derived from Chinese medicine, which was adapted from Ayurvedic medicine, and is thousands of years old.
Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine look at what is and what is not. The earth, our bodies, our minds, and our environment are constantly providing checks and balances . Each element within our environment influences and plays a role in how we think, feel, and behave. The elements include, but are not limited to, earth, wind, fire, water, metal, wood, and ether (meaning what is above us). When there is a lot of fire, what do we need to tame it? Wind? No, that perpetuates it. Metal? No, it melts into it. Wood? No, that burns in it. In this scenario, water is the key element needed to subdue this element that could get out of control.
Water is what tames the fire and, in this case, saves the other elements. Is it better to not have fire? No, the burnt wood is what provides a clearing, and combined with the water, it provides nutrition for the new growth that will take place. Also, fire can help us melt metal to make the tools that help us navigate the physical life. The earth’s pull is there to keep us grounded so we do not float out into the ethers, at least until we are in a different energy form. In this instance, fire can be considered a transgression, or an imperfection, but it is an essential element in the balance of life. In another scenario, water could be the transgressor, wearing away at metal until it rusts or drowning out a tree until it collapses.
Either way, there is healing that comes from these actions. Iron comes from rust and goes back into the earth, and rotted wood also goes back into the earth, with both providing nutrients for future growth. (I am only using Chinese medicine and the elements as an important metaphor; this is not an exact representation of how they are used.) Without dark, there is no light. Without individual perceptions of right, wrong, good, and bad, there would be no forgiveness, there would be no rectifying, no learning, no lessons, and no growth. Forgiveness simply would not exist. We need imperfection to notice perfection, we need wrong to know right, and we need to be able to forgive to know how to create the concept and feeling of wholeness.
The outcome of forgiveness is something beautiful, something pure, and something fulfilling. It is free of judgment and full of integrity, happiness, strength, and empowerment. Remember it is a process. The experiences of the fire and putting it out are what is needed to really experience growth. Forgiveness is something that provides freedom. It provides sanctity, security, and the feeling of health and well-being.
When we forgive ourselves, other people, and things, we allow ourselves to be free of limitations and from negativity within us and outside of us. We can then feel freedom: freedom from those things that have a great potential of holding us back from who we want to be, from doing what we want to do, and from having what we want to have. Only you can make the choice to forgive (yourself and others). In that forgiveness, only you can choose to employ happiness, contentment, fulfillment, empowerment, courage, and whatever other wonderful way of being you want to add in here. It is all up to you as an individual. You have that power!
Forgiveness: An Introduction and Foundation
Have you ever become mad at or about something that was not true or even close to what you thought it was? How long was it until you “got over” it? How profoundly did that untrue incident affect you?
Now, has anything happened after that event that was similar and, in fact, true? (Take time to think about these next questions.) Did it involve the same people? What was your reaction like to the event? Was it less intense than with the untrue event, the same intensity, or more intense? If your reaction was the same or more intense, forgiveness might be something you want to look into.
Many of us seek freedom from negative emotions that make us feel defeated or not in control, but how is it actually done? Where do you start, and how can you heal as quickly as possible to experience the freedom you so desire? The answer is forgiveness . It is a journey that has many different roads; some are short and lead directly to the destination, and others have yet to be forged, let alone paved. Forgiveness is a choice and a decision. It can take a long time to think about, but it can be implemented or achieved instantaneously.