This week my Presence Of Light talk on Humanity Healing – Facebook Live was brought about by an article I read that really hit home for me titled “Learning To Live Without Internal Contradictions” which was an excerpt of a much larger book – Lessons From The Dying by Rodney Smith.

Having lunch with a friend this week we touched on many of the issues that each of us are triggered by in these strange times.

We both being older, have retired and look back on what we felt was a sense of being held hostage by work or of unreasonably supporting others.
Of course that is a male perspective but one which all of us reach within our lifetimes. Especially about the roles we were told we needed to fulfill in order to have a feeling of self-accomplishment at  stages in our lifetime.

Fortunately the Past has found a way to feed into the Present in a way that cries for forgiveness or forever be held captive. We both being older, have retired and look back on what we felt was a sense of being held hostage by work or of unreasonably supporting others.
Of course that is a male perspective but one which all of us reach within our lifetimes. Especially about the roles we were told we needed to fulfill in order to have a feeling of self-accomplishment at  stages in our lifetime.

Here it comes… the G word… no not God but Guilt.
We blame ourselves for the craziest things in our past and continue to inflict mental punishment upon ourselves.

We all make mistakes and have a history of errors, as our human self continually wandered or was enticed by the many choices we had to make along the path of Life. There is no escape from this and even the greatest Teachers all endured and speak of this.

This imperfection is not something random nor is it a mark of imperfection but quite purposeful as a sign of maturing or ripening. Even the fruit which fall from the trees and are bruised have qualities which become the unique flavors in fine wines.

So we need to begin the process of forgiveness directed towards our selves who we condemn for not being totally reliable in the past.

This forgiveness of our self and the journey to the present is very important today as we look around and watch the playing out of energies which trigger us. Making us question who we truly are in this moment during all the scenarios of insane behavior by those we may still hold on a pedestal.

They have not altered their actions at all except to be bolder and louder and it seems as if there is no limit at all to their very childish behavior. Blinded by illusions of grandeur or power and lost as we have been on our paths.

So yes, we all have a past which is written somewhere in the records of human evolution. Yet to dwell there and try to make it right just keeps us in bondage to it and we then become our own abuser, creating struggle and suffering which serves no one and resolves nothing.

Forgiveness for who we are or have been, all of our imperfections and failures, is the key to unlocking our cell doors and becoming free once again to express our truth.

All of these signs of our humanness and lack of understanding is not criminal but a natural process. Our acceptance of this past rather than the denial and fear of it allows the forgiveness to sink into its energy and release not only ourselves but those around us in the same moment.

Our hearts begin to open again and we seek to experience how to move forward more freely. Learning once again to co-create rather than condemn each other because the mind is free to choose with greater understanding.

Self-acceptance and forgiveness is not easy by any means but it allows us to truly see ourselves in each other at a much deeper emotional level. Therefore creating a deep humanity through this human forgiveness rather than imploring God to do it for us.

I always say to myself and others that we are created in the image of God which means that we have all the same abilities to step into that image and don the divine attributes when most needed.

We certainly may not be able to sustain them for long periods of time but if we set ourselves free from the bonds of the past and stay in the present we are able to gather and strengthen these divine aspects for the greater good of all.

So as we move into what we term the future you will see a lot of people gathering in groups or at least feeling called to belong in groups. Some will work and others will fail based on their ability to hold what is called a field of Heart Resonance which will be only as effective as those who have come to forgive themselves.

So I continually urge all to look within yourself first and seek ye the face of God there in your own heart. It is then that we truly see our capacity for forgiveness and take responsibility to act upon it.
Setting ourselves free first, and then assisting others in seeing the truth which cannot be contained or held hostage within themselves.

Then the Heart Resonance builds and the separation between us all dissipates as we realize that we all benefit by the forgiveness and can be less reactionary as we design a better future for all.

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