The Art of Letting Go Programme - Discussion and Meditation on Why Letting Go Offers You Everything

This is a recording of a Live Discussion and Meditation held as part of the Art of Letting Go (AOLG) Programme.
We started the Session by discussing today's inspirational quote by Jonathan Lockwood Huie:
"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace."
Today's quote is another succinct summary of what forgiveness will do for you, and also tells you how you can motivate yourself to forgive.
At first glance, this quote doesn't seem very 'spiritual' or noble at all. After all, surely others do deserve your forgiveness because of Who they really are and you shouldn't be forgiving them only for selfish reasons?
But if you pause to ponder the quote, you'll appreciate its deep wisdom. Trying to forgive others never works because you are perceiving them as 'others' so the belief in separation or ego is still the foundation of your perception.
Then from this shaky foundation of false belief, you try and see them as deserving despite what they have done, which emphasizes that they as individual people have really done it, i.e. you believe they have really sinned and then try to pardon their 'real' sins.
By contrast, true forgiveness recognises that it's only your own thoughts and emotions about anyone or anything that are a problem, and if they are disturbing your peace of mind, then you are making yourself suffer by thinking and feeling them.
If this sounds insane, it's because it is insane. So, contemplating this quote can help you become acutely aware of your own state of mind. It can also help you choose peace instead of disturbing emotions like anger, fear and guilt because it reminds you that you deserve better than to suffer because of these self-inflicted emotional wounds.
And when you experience the peace applying this quote to your life can bring you, you shouldn't have a problem feeling motivated to forgive ever again. This ability to motivate yourself to forgive is essential if you are going to practise forgiveness or letting go regularly and ultimately, make it the default way you handle any challenging situations, as Yeshua states clearly in ACIM.
In this session, we discuss what forgiveness really is in the light of today's inspirational quote which led us nicely into reading and discussion of Workbook Lesson 122.
The key message of the Lesson is that forgiveness or letting go offers us everything we truly want - love, peace, joy and happiness - so it is pointless and insane not to let go and suffer while we can experience all these benefits.
To close the session, I guided Sue through a meditation to practise the mind-training exercise in the Lesson and experience the deep peace that comes from truly letting go.
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Yours in the Power of True Awareness
Jonathan 'Jono' Quail
Creator and Facilitator of the Art of Letting Go Course and Programme
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