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Acceptance, The Path to Balance |
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By Anne Brewer
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Since childhood, you are told to forgive and forget by parents, teachers, and religious institutions. If little Johnny hits you or Amy decides to no longer be your best friend, the message you receive is to be the "better person" or "the one with the bigger heart" and forgive others their infractions. Forgiveness has been glorified as a positive attribute that enables you to release negative feelings about others by blessing their transgressions. Even as adults, you are taught by therapists to utilize forgiveness as a method of releasing anger and blame. How many of you have left a partner, either through a divorce or a break-up, and been told to be the better person and find forgiveness in your heart? After all, if your partner cannot find it in him or herself to forgive and forget, you can certainly be the more magnanimous of the two parties! However, forgiveness is a trap because it is simply a clever disguise for judgment.
When you come from a position of forgiveness, you are essentially saying you are right and the other party is wrong. Why else would there be a need to forgive? Forgiveness breeds discord because it vindicates the forgiving individual based on a so-called "worthy" position. This allows the forgiver to sit on a lofty pedestal, condoning the lowly actions of another through such thoughts as "oh, she just can't help herself because she's going through a hard time" or "gee, he's not as mature as I am so he has to operate within a limited perspective". This is not a balanced position because it creates judgment. When you use judgment, you are saying that your position is right and the other person's position is wrong. The minute this occurs, the forgiver forgoes his or her ability to perceive the Divine perfection of all situations. All of a sudden, one is caught in the loop of self-righteousness. And, self-righteousness does not lead to balance.
There is a reason that religious institutions promote forgiveness. It puts them in a place of power. Essentially, the church has decided to operate as the arm of God who blesses those who have sinned. Yet, if everything is derived from the source of the Divine Creator, how can anyone require forgiveness? Would the Divine Creator create anything other than perfection?
Rather than forgiveness, you could strive to release rather than forgive others when their actions are not harmonious with your own. Note the use of the word "release" instead of "forgive" for this is an important differentiation. Forgiveness is not part of Divine Truth because it is a value that assumes someone has done something wrong while the other has done something right. The Divine Creator holds no judgment so there can be no right or wrong. In the Creator's eyes, there is simply being, learning, and calibrating. Right and wrong breeds judgment, which separates human beings instead of bringing them together. Separation keeps love from growing, thereby weakening everyone.
A more appropriate position than forgiveness is "acceptance" because it allows everyone to exist and learn at their own rate. Acceptance is a value you might want to embody to increase your level of consciousness since it will unify you, which is higher on the consciousness scale, rather than create dissension, which is lower.
Acceptance begins with the self. When you accept that you are the sole creator of all of your experiences, you realize that it is impossible to blame anyone else for uncomfortable experiences in your life. Acceptance starts with a deeply personal and spiritual self-responsibility which leads to acceptance of the self. When you start understanding that you create all of your experiences, you begin to orchestrate your life the way you want. When you accept responsibility for the unpleasant experiences you have, it is easier to release others you have actually invited into life through your actions.
Release yourself from the negativity of others by accepting rather than forgiving them. This is a truer path toward enlightenment because it permits you to experience complete freedom from others. Through acceptance, you extract yourself from the endless loop of forgiveness and judgment. Through acceptance, you sit in a place of peace for yourself and the actions of others. Through acceptance, you recognize the Divine perfection of every plan whether it aligns with your personal agenda or not. Through acceptance, you achieve the balance that brings the emotional harmony you desire into your life because you no longer sit atop a pedestal, looking down upon the actions of others who you magnanimously forgive.
You can expedite your transition from your current state of judgment to a position of release and acceptance by clearing your energy field of negative thought forms elicited from past judgments. When you generate a judgmental reaction, you actually create a murky colored thought form that sits in your auric field. That thought form acts as an attraction point to similar energy. In other words, once you carry the energy of judgment, you attract situations in which you are either the judge or the judged because you carry a neon sign that says "judgment lives here." This signal can sit in your energy field for many years, primarily because there is such a high level of judgment in the mass consciousness that there is plenty of similar energy to sustain that signal.
In order to clear these thought forms and begin afresh, make a list of any individual or situation through which you have encountered the feeling of judgment in the past two years. Bring in the feeling of judgment you experienced with these individuals and situations, and acknowledge where it resides in your physical body. Is it in your throat or your heart or your solar plexus, and so forth? If it is difficult for you to determine the location of the feeling, close your eyes and replay a situation when you were judging someone or something. Perhaps, it was when someone promised to do something for you and did not deliver on that promise. How did you feel when you realized the promise would not be fulfilled? Where does that feeling exist in your body? How does it feel? Maybe, your throat feels constricted with disappointment, or your heart is heavy due to feeling unimportant.
Now, create an image that symbolically represents the judgmental feelings you are having toward that person or situation. Is it red and prickly or, perhaps, it looks like a somber male judge in a black robe with a gavel. Acknowledge the positive intent of judgment by thanking it for keeping you safe and in control. Then, bring a feeling of acceptance into that same location in your body. Allow your body to feel the release of judgment, replacing that judgment "symbol" with a new symbol that represents acceptance. Maybe the new symbol is a fluffy pink cloud or a mother who shows unconditional acceptance for her children. Retain this symbol in the body location that originally held the feeling of judgment. Thank it for presenting itself to you as a symbol of a new way of thinking.
From your new perspective on forgiveness, you can accept the actions of others, no matter how harmful they appear. Remember, those who generate destructive acts are only drawing to them others who willingly choose to be co-creators of destruction. Acknowledge, accept, empathize if you wish, and go on with your own life, drawing to you the positive experiences you wish to have.
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Anne Brewer,
Healer, Author and Teacher.
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Anne Brewer is an international author and teacher. She has developed a process for reading the Akashic (soul) records and clearing unresolved issues from past and present soul experiences.
She is also known for her 12-strand DNA activation work as recorded in her book, The Power of Twelve. Her other books, Breaking Free to Health, Wealth, and Happiness and Crystal Broadcasting, outline some of the healing modalities she uses with her clients.
Contact her office at:
913-722-5498
for information on books, tapes, crystals, consultations, and seminars.
Visit her website at:
www.annebrewer.com
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