Forgiveness

When we forgive the world, God proudly shakes hands with us.

When we forgive ourselves and when we are determined to do the right thing, to become the right person, God immedi­ately comes and embraces us, and bles­singfully assists us to become what He wants us to become.

To forgive the world is, indeed, a difficult task.

But to forgive oneself is extremely, ex­tremely difficult.

In the spiritual life, we are trying to become conscious.

When we become conscious, we see how consciously and deliberately we have done many, many things against our own divinity, against our Lord Beloved Supreme.

So it becomes very difficult to forgive ourselves.

Again, if we cannot forgive ourselves, if we can­not forgive the mistakes we have made, then God feels that no matter what He gives us — peace, light or bliss — everything will be either rejected or misused.

So forgiveness of oneself is of paramount importance.

That is where we must start.

We must forgive the darkness in us in order to trans­form that darkness into peace, light and bliss.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Rainbow-Flowers, part 2, Agni Press, 1999
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