Forgiveness

A talk with affirmation, prayers and meditation on the healing power of forgiveness. Forgiveness is one of the most important gifts we can give ourselves and others. it releases anger, bitterness and hatred. It opens our heart to the power of love.

Transcript

Thank you for joining me today.

I'm Reverend Cindy Palos and I'm going to be talking about a very important subject and that is forgiveness.

Forgiveness is an amazing key to healing,

To loving,

To be able to be free of any fears that have hurt you in the past.

I'll be doing a talk about forgiveness and then we'll do a prayer and affirmation and meditation.

I want to quote a man who's written so much about forgiveness,

Dr.

Gerald Jampowski,

An amazing man.

He wrote,

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past,

We build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future.

So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and the future become one.

We cannot love when we feel fear.

When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone,

We will experience total love and oneness with all.

If you really want to look up Gerald Jampowski's work,

You'll find he's written many books on forgiveness.

Forgiveness really is the key.

You know,

We have all been hurt at some time in our lives.

And some of us experienced things that were really causes of deep angst and pain,

Causes of anger.

Some of us have lost loved ones to violence.

Some of us have experienced abuse or rape.

I have experienced abuse and rape and it took me a long time to really get deep into understanding how powerful forgiveness really is.

Many people say,

Oh yes,

I forgive you,

But there are roots that go very,

Very deep and you have to really pull out the weeds that can be caused by pain and anger and bitterness.

More and more people are finding that forgiveness heals and lets you be free of the pain you have felt.

We can practice using the power of light to help us release and let go of the pain.

Forgiveness of the self and of others is key to the healing process.

There are many issues that will begin to surface once you start delving deep into the things that may have hurt you in the past that have been buried.

And when you meditate and go into the silence,

Some of those things that you've buried for a long time will be discovered.

And that's when you need to deal with them,

To release them.

And once you go there,

It is an amazing process that happens.

You begin to become your own healer through the use of God's love and healing.

Of course,

You have to be able to use light with unconditional love for it to really work.

Our life is really a learning experience and through the learning we really can get some of our best and most important lessons.

And we can work out karma that we may not even be aware of that we've accumulated.

So by directing this power of forgiveness and light,

Then you can find yourself that you're able then to be able to forgive yourself and forgive others.

I have a couple of affirmations here about forgiving.

One is when I forgive myself,

I can forgive others.

I know with forgiveness I am healed and set free.

I know I have the power to choose to forgive myself.

I know that when I truly forgive,

I can be healed.

I realize when I forgive myself,

I can forgive others.

When I forgive,

I create an opening for love to come in and heal my life.

I am one with God's unconditional love and in that love,

I see the you in me and the me in you and have the power to forgive myself and you.

I can overcome pain and anger and heal myself with forgiveness.

I have the power to forgive and heal the past.

Here's a prayer that's very helpful.

Lord,

I am your humble child.

I ask you to help me forgive all those people who have hurt me in my life or in past lives.

And with your help,

I now forgive and release completely and totally all people who have hurt me.

I apologize for people I have hurt and I ask that they now forgive and release me.

And Lord,

Please help all people I have hurt to forgive and release me completely and totally.

I thank all people I have hurt for their forgiveness and I thank you Lord for helping them to forgive and release me.

I thank you Lord for your constant unconditional love,

Guidance and blessings now and always.

So let's take a couple of deep breaths and sit in a relaxed position.

Breathe in deeply.

Breathe in that light,

That powerful infinite light from the one source of all,

God's light.

And right now let's take a moment to experience feeling forgiveness and the power of forgiveness.

Let all the darkness disappear.

Let that light go into the deepest places within you.

Start right now with the power of forgiveness and be aware you can have a new beginning in your life.

This forgiveness is a beautiful pool,

A well that is so deep.

Dive right now into the deep well of forgiveness,

A beautiful pool of water that baptizes you,

That heals you,

That clears you,

That cleanses you,

That releases you from any fear.

And feel the waters of that healing forgiveness bathe you.

Let it heal you.

Let it let you let go of the past so you are now free and clear.

Feel that spirit of forgiveness bathing you so you can be free of what has been holding you back from happiness and your true purpose in life.

For this forgiveness and the pool of forgiveness is so deep.

You can release yourself by allow these beautiful waters of healing to bless you,

To heal you.

Open your heart now and breathe in deeply,

Breathe in deeply to the count of eight.

Hold for four breaths and breathe out to the count of eight.

See a golden light,

The light of forgiveness radiating around your entire being.

Look at your life from your soul's point of view.

Reflect now for a moment on all the wonderful blessings and how you've learned from everything you have encountered in life.

And now reflect also on the pain you've experienced as you traveled while on this earth plane.

And from your soul know that you can now be free of that pain and anything that it's caused.

Let go of any of the anger,

Anything that's closed your heart.

Think for a moment of what Christ said on the cross,

Father forgive them for they know not what they do.

Think of how Mary felt as she realized what had happened to her beloved son and how she also had to forgive.

And know the truth that we can indeed feel that same forgiveness.

Experience how it feels to have true forgiveness.

Breathe it in,

Inhabit that forgiveness and feel the amazing state of grace you come to when you're open to forgiveness.

Realize that forgiveness can set you free.

Embrace this wonderful moment of being free.

Know that you can embrace this with your heart and your soul and that you can forgive yourself and you can forgive others too.

Know that that unconditional love loves you no matter what you've done and it loves all no matter what they've done and that you're one with this forgiveness that heals you,

That creates that amazing state of grace.

Take anything that may be left over that has caused you pain now and place it into a sacred bowl in front of you.

Let and release any of that pain,

Any of that anger,

Any of those hidden feelings that have been dwelling there deep inside.

And place them in that sacred bowl.

Release them now.

Let them go.

And take that bowl and lift it high,

High,

High into the light from the one source of all to God.

And let God take over all of that,

All of those feelings.

Let that light that is God's presence,

Release it and set it free.

Amama,

Amama ua noa,

That prayer is free.

And now that bowl is empty and God places his infinite love into that bowl and pours it back.

And pours down through to your soul and from your soul to your crown chakra and from your crown chakra to your head and from your head to your throat and from your throat to your heart and your heart is now completely filled with that unconditional love.

Send that love out to all of those you have forgiven.

Send that love back to yourself.

And love yourself for being able to forgive and release any pain and hurt you have felt.

Let that love now pour on down into your solar chakra and down into your root chakra and let it be healing with that light,

That pure light that has now been able to let your feelings go.

And replace any anger and bitterness and hurt with the love,

The love of God that heals.

Breathe in this love,

Embrace this love.

Know you are always free to feel this love and express this love.

That with the power of forgiveness you are now set free.

Come out of your meditation and feel that you have been refreshed and renewed and regenerated with the power of forgiveness.

And I'll end this talk with the Aramaic Lord's Prayer.

Which translated in English says,

Father,

Mother of the Cosmos,

Shimmering light of all.

Focus your light within us as we breathe your holy breath.

Enter the sanctuary of our hearts,

Uniting within us the sacred rays of your power and beauty.

Let your heart's desire unite heaven and earth through our sacred union.

Help us to fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives today.

Forgive our secret fears as we freely choose to forgive the secret fears of others.

Let us not enter into forgetfulness,

Tempted by false appearances.

For from your astonishing fire comes the eternal song which sanctifies all,

Renewed eternally in our lives and throughout creation.

We seal these words in our hearts,

Committed and trust and faith.

May God bless you with unconditional love now and always.

Reviews

I am so humbled by this meditation. It was a gift to me and exactly what my soul needed to experience today. Thank you. 🙏🏽 Thank you also for saying the true Aramaic prayer that was hidden from us. The original is so much more poetic and feels so true in my body. Thank you. 🌹✨

Beautiful thank you 🙏🏻 I am working with my Inner Child on forgiveness related to a past life event and this is helping her.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift and wisdom with us so freely 🙏🏼

Beautiful reflection and deepening connection to forgiveness of others and self.

Absolutely what I need to hear today! Thank you for your thoughtful and impactful words!

Thank you! Thanksgiving Day yesterday left me with a great need for this meditation today.

Oh. My. Goodness. This was the best meditation I have done. I felt the wash fill my body and tears sprung forth as I released all to God. Thank you so very much! I will be doing this regularly as I work through years of unforgiveness bitterness and resentment.

This is a true BLESSING. I am eternally grateful for your beautiful words🙏🌈💫🙏🙏💞💞

Perfect, Cindy, as usual! Thank-you for your healing words!

Thank you! This fits perfectly with todays affirmation from Science of Mind Magazine: “I am grateful to be able to truly forgive myself and others. In that forgiveness, I bask in the balm of radical healing.” I will share this meditation with the insight timer group, Detroit Center for Spiritual Living. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Thank you for this needed meditation and prayer 🙏🏻❤️

Wow… this was absolutely everything I needed. Blessed to have come across this meditation.

Grateful for you sharing this message so gracefully. And rhe Aramaic Lord’s Prayer is beautiful 🧡

That was very soothing and healing. I especially appreciate your reading of the original Aramaic Lord's Prayer and it's translation. Thank you for this wonderful meditation.♥️🙏♥️

Beautiful. I’ve been doing this for a week now. Even when I’m not awake, I still listen to it before going to bed. A gift!

So helpful! Merci beaucoup 🙏🏻☀️

AHMAZING 🙏🏻💙🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ Thank you.

Wonderful. The tightness I had in my chest, which was about not forgiving myself, left. Thank you so much. I particularly loved the prayer at the end - it was Aramaic, I think? Beautiful!

Thank you so much.
Just perfect 😊

I wept. Beautiful.