FORGIVING RATHER THAN JUDGING
(Chp. 9)
Principle # 6 : We can
learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than judging.
“We know
that the very idea that we have to learn to love ourselves and others puts us
in a place of needing to do the inner work on ourselves. Self-love is the focus
of this chapter. To come into the idea that we are beautiful, intelligent and
abundant in all areas of our life means learning to value our spiritual beauty.
Only through awareness will we be able to give up judgment as a tool to define
our essence. The understanding that “Love is the essence of our being” opens
the door to the truth of what forgiveness can do to heal the wounds of racism,
as we let the past go. Forgiveness opens the doors of creativity, and true
reconciliation becomes possible. Judgment on the other hand, opens the wounds
of racism and increases our level of hopelessness and fear that racism and its
effects will never end. P. 117, 118
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