Forgiving yourself

Forgiveness is an overused word. We hear about Forgiveness and we think about saints and sinners. This is not the approach that I would like to come from regarding this post though. Forgiveness is the key to self-love and self-love is the key to relating to yourself.

When I talk about self-love I do not mean from an egotistical perspective where we look in the mirror and say ‘I love myself’ over and over again, what I am talking about is a genuine acceptance and love for the self. This is a soft love, a gentle and forgiving love. It is the same love that loves every other being on the planet. Love can’t be separated. How do you say I love this but I don’t love that?… is it not impossible? It’s not possible to define exactly what you love and what you do not. Where do you draw the line, do you know where the line is?

Fundamentally this is a gentle love that accepts everything around you and so excepts the self. If you judge whats around you then you are judging the self. If you are in a frame saying I am right and you are wrong then you are not in a state of love, you are not in your natural state.

Remove all the barriers and love is there. Take down the walls and love is there. Accept yourself and love is there. It was there all along.

So how can we forgive ourselves easily and effortlessly??

Just realize that ultimately there is no person to forgive. Because we are all one we are naturally forgiven by the virtue that we are here, that we are the universe in special form. We are love. When there is no one to judge or be judged then we are naturally forgiven. We are one!

So remember to be kind to yourself and remember self-forgiveness is the key to love. Live life, laugh and be merry.