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How to forgive the other person

How to forgive the other person

How to forgive the other person

Posted by Attila Bognar Confidence, Independence, Limits

Forgiving has much more to do with me than with the other person.

The English word forgive is pretty descriptive, because what I do is ‘give back’. When I can get to that point where I am not emotionally attached to that situation anymore, then I have the opportunity to become conscious of it and see the situation more realistically. I am saying it this way because most of the time (with me always) I also have something to do with the situation ‘going bad’.

Anyways, coming back to the point – Someone hurt me, someone did something bad to me – I ‘give’ that thing back to that person. It is very important to realize that I don’t forgive in the sense that I bury the hurt, or explain to myself something like ‘It is ok after all’. No. I do not forget, I remember, I don’t allow it to happen again. But I can separate myself from the situation with an open heart, give that wrongdoing back – as it is not mine -, and release myself. 

It is important to understand why such things happen; Understand, so that they may not happen again. We are all different and this is my personal understanding of why hurt happens most of the time: It is because we have some relationship-related problems that are yet unresolved. Put more simply, we have an unmet need and we bring that into situations to solve them. One example: I am a people pleaser and I act like that. This behavior triggers people. I am likely to meet people sooner or later who will want to take advantage. My unmet need may be that I am afraid to lose my sense of safety and I chose a behavior that I think will help me get some level of safety: I become a people pleaser. The other person will have some kind of unmet need also if they want to take advantage of the situation.    

I know I have forgiven when my energy shifts.

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