By Tara Brach — 2014
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.
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CLEAR ALL
I catch some things here and there: a scurrying chipmunk crosses the path, a patch of sunlight glimmers ahead of me. But mostly, I’m in my head and in my feet as I cross a metaphorical finish line, completing my mileage for the day.
Holding on to hurt feelings limits your ability to be present. Move past resentment and anger by learning to forgive yourself first.
In Buddhist psychology, forgiveness is understood as a way to end suffering, to bring dignity and harmony to our life.
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Learning to let go after betrayal or hurt.
The REACH method teaches how to overcome lingering bad feelings toward someone who did you wrong.
Forgiving others is essential for spiritual growth. Your experience of someone who has hurt you, while painful, is now nothing more that a thought or feeling that you carry around.
Finding forgiveness can walk hand in hand with pursuing justice.
Scientists who study forgiveness have long agreed that it is one of the most important contributors to a healthy relationship. Studies have shown that couples who practice forgiveness are more likely to enjoy longer, more satisfying romantic relationships.
Forgiving someone else can have a positive effect on your life, but exactly how you forgive someone depends on where in the world you are from.
If forgiveness is divine, does one need to be a saint? Forgiveness is the stuff of everyday heroes, the ultimate measure of internal peace.