Lewis Richmond - A Buddhist Perspective On Growing Older and Wiser
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The First Step for Forgiveness
To be able to forgive, you have to bring into awareness what needs forgiveness. And that first step is often quite difficult. One very common example is a painful divorce where you have a lot of ill will and resentment for your former spouse. But every time you have a resentful, mean thought, many times it happens in the middle of the night when you can't sleep. You replace that thought with the thought of forgiveness, or even words of forgiveness. That's an antidote to the poison. Every time the poison arises, you provide it with an antidote. Then, over time, your mind becomes stronger at focusing on the forgiving part of the process,. rather than the resentpart. It
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