The One Spirit

The highest proof of the Spirit is love.
Love is the eternal thing which men can already
on earth possess as it really is.
- Albert Schweitzer

The manifest universe is the body of God ...
all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.
- Ernest Holmes

The cleansing fire of Spirit
consumes the troubles of this world.
Feed your concerns to the fire.
Breathe deeply and rejoice.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Universal Sacrament of Compassion

Unity with Spirit and All Creation

Conscious Breathing to Relieve Stress

Ritual and Celebration

How To Stop Worrying By Using the Qigong Release Exercise

Burning Away Old Regrets and Resentments

Forgiveness is the cleansing fire
that burns away old regrets and resentments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles

There is no love without forgiveness,
and there is no forgiveness without love.
- Bryant H. McGill

The practice of forgiveness is our most important
contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson

Today's affirmation:
I accept everything that ever has been,
with no regrets, no resentments, and no call for vengeance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Forgive Others for Your Own Sake

Finding Peace in Forgiveness

Forgiveness is Essential to a Great Relationship

How to get over regrets and resentments

Burned by Your Own Anger
    

The Cleansing Power of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the cleansing fire that burns away old regrets and resentments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no love without forgiveness,
and there is no forgiveness without love.
- Bryant H. McGill

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles

The practice of forgiveness is our most important
contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson

Today, I say yes to forgiving.
I commit to being for-giving love
and for-giving compassion in all areas of my life.
– Sheri Rosenthal

Today's affirmation:
I accept everything that ever has been,
with no regrets, no resentments, and no call for vengeance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Finding Peace in Forgiveness

Forgive Others for Your Own Sake

How to get over regrets and resentments

Forgiveness is Essential to a Great Relationship

Burned by Your Own Anger

The Cleansing Fire of Spirit

The highest proof of the Spirit is love.
Love is the eternal thing which men can already
on earth possess as it really is.
- Albert Schweitzer

Inhale, and God approaches you.
Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you.
Exhale, and you approach God.
Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
- Krishnamacharya

The cleansing fire of Spirit
consumes the troubles of this world.
Feed your concerns to the fire.
Breathe deeply and rejoice.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Ritual and Celebration

The Universal Sacrament of Compassion

Conscious Breathing to Relieve Stress

Breath by Breath

How To Stop Worrying By Using the Qigong Release Exercise

Unity with Spirit and All Creation

Forgiveness and Acceptance, Another Look at the Challenges

Forgiveness is the cleansing fire that burns away old regrets and resentments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Forgiving is not a gift to someone else - Forgiving is your gift to yourself - a great gift - the gift of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today, I say yes to forgiving. I commit to being for-giving love and for-giving compassion in all areas of my life.
– Sheri Rosenthal

Regrets, resentments, forgiveness, and acceptance again? Yes, again. Of all the topics we address in Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote, forgiveness is the one that generates the most response and controversy.

Again and again, in blog comments and by email, I get the response, "Something REALLY terrible was done to me, I can't forgive that." Often the really terrible thing is a childhood sexual molestation. The irony is that the more terrible the event, the more peace you can gain by forgiving it.

Forgiving and accepting does not mean that what was done was okay. An injustice was done, and someone likely should be punished. But your anger and resentment don't punish the other person. Your anger and resentment only punish you. So stop it. Stop it now. Stop hurting yourself and issue your own proclamation of forgiveness and acceptance so YOU can finally stop suffering.

Further reading: Forgive and Forget? Can You Really Lift Your Burden of Resentments?

Practical Forgiveness by Sheri Rosenthal

How to get over regrets and resentments

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey

Regrets and their cousins, resentments, are a huge cause of self-inflicted suffering. Sometimes it takes years of psychotherapy to gain freedom from regrets about what you did or did not do, and freedom from resentment over what others did or did not do. Sometimes it takes a lifetime of self-talk to remember to put the past in the past where it belongs. However, sometimes a simple symbolic act can help immeasurably to grant ourselves freedom from the past.

One of the quickest ways to move past a regret is to hold a RELEASE ceremony. Reverently build a small fire. Write each regret or resentment on a slip of paper. Hold the paper for a moment, and then feed the paper with the regret or resentment to the cleansing fire. Visualize your trouble going up in smoke. Try it, it's amazingly freeing.

Further reading: How To Stop Worrying By Using the Qigong Release Exercise

The Paradox Of Living In The Moment - How To Be Happy Today And Prepare For Tomorrow

Does it ever get easier to release the resentment and the anger, and to forgive?

Why I Choose to Believe that Others are Never the Cause of My Unhappiness

What To Do When Your Whole World Is Falling Apart? 6 Support Ideas To Stop Anxiety and Give You Back Your Life

Regrets, Resentments and the Path to Forgiveness - Stop Anger & Live Happy With Conscious Awareness

You don't have the power to make life "fair," but you do have the power to make life joyful. - jlh

The cleansing fire of Spirit consumes the troubles of this world. - jlh

The cleansing fire of Spirit consumes the troubles of this world.
Feed your concerns to the fire. Breathe deeply and rejoice.
- jlh