Looking more closely at Forgiveness

Here are some images from our recent International Avatar Course - the first one since before Covid. It was an amazing experience - highlighted by Harry Palmer's first in person talk in 10 years.

His words were barely a fraction of what he communicated.

Here are a few pictures of our group. Masters and Students become quite a family over these courses.

There were also more kids than I had expected, of all ages. This hasn't been a part of zoom, and I didn't realize how much I'd missed it.

The January International Avatar Course in Orlando

More to come next week - I hope you can feel the magic in the pictures.

Getting to forgiveness

We are not implying that there aren’t real victims in the world— there are. Trees fall on people, best friends are killed by drunken drivers, bullies and psychos steal and maim, nations make wars, resource exhaustion and pollution create suffering for everyone.

You should do what you can to prevent these, but when you can’t prevent them, at least relieve victims’ suffering and work to restore a safe environment. Roll up your sleeves on the spot and provide assistance. Do whatever it takes to restore order. That is the first thing you do. Then, once you get people through the crisis, you help them get over it. This may be the hardest part. Psychological closure on the event requires acceptance, forgiveness, and reconstruction; it does not require retaliation.

With forgiveness processing, as with any treatment, the first questions that you have to ask are, “Do you want to get better?” and, “Are you willing to endure the discomfort connected with getting better?” Choice is God’s gift to people. Acceptance, forgiveness, and moving on are gifts they give themselves.

from Seven Pillars of Enlightenment, The Forgiveness Option

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One step on the path

Try an exercise that brings relief from hostilities.

Free yourself from upsets and victimhood. Take one step toward forgiveness!

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Getting to forgiveness