Forgiveness mantra

A Sahaja Yogi’s Perspective on the Power of Forgiveness and How to Let Go of Anger and Hurt

– Steve

Something that has helped me tremendously has been the idea that Shri Mataji often expressed that forgiveness is a weapon.

I had always looked at forgiveness as a rather passive thing. If something offended or hurt in some way and I felt another person had wronged me or wronged others, I would try to forgive, but it was almost a way of submitting to the wrong that had been done.

Shri Mataji’s simple explanation that forgiveness neutralizes the negativity, frees us from being tortured by the anger or hurt, and fully allows the Divine to act on the situation was revolutionary for me. I have seen this in action at the personal level and also at a broader level.

Forgiveness and joy can cut through the worst of negative situations and with our kundalini flowing we are empowered to use these weapons!

“He [Lord Jesus Christ] has given us the greatest weapon of forgiveness. When you forgive a person, what do you do? You accept the situation, to begin with, and secondly you forgive what you think has been done wrong to you.

But because nothing can be done wrong to your Spirit, you just forgive, because you are the Spirit.

And when you forgive, you have found that your tension goes away. So, even to your thoughts if you say, “Alright, forgive this thought, forgive this thought,” because thought is not to be punished.
“Forgive this thought, forgive this thought, forgive everything.”
Not forget, forgive: because then you will even forget that you are the Spirit! (laughter) But “forgive all the thoughts that are coming to me.” just go on saying. This is a mantra.

What is a mantra? Is that power of the word, that expresses Spirit.”

– Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, 1984

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