Hey, my [? Jewish ?] friends.
Josie here with you today.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
Now in this video, I want to talk to you about forgiveness.
When somebody asks me, Josie, how do I move on with my life,
I feel like I'm stuck--
I always ask, who do you need to forgive?
They'll be like, what, what do you mean, I'm fine,
I don't hold grudges, it's all in the past.
But is it really?
If I ask deeper questions, all of these emotional worms
just come to the surface.
And they begin to see that they still
have issues from the past.
These issues are holding them back.
It's like weight they you carry with you every day.
And that's why life is slow.
Life is not moving forward.
Then they ask, how do you forgive, though?
Help me.
Help me to forgive.
I want to give you some guidance if you're
struggling with forgiveness.
If you're struggling with letting old pain go,
I want to give you some guidance on this.
Hope it helps.
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Forgiveness is the law.
There are penalties for not forgiving.
You may repeat the same lessons over and over again.
You may just be unhappy.
You may not know why, but you're just not happy.
Or you simply get stuck in life and not moving forward.
So how do you forgive?
Now listen, forgive does not mean to forget.
And your lesson is not to forget, but to forgive,
because that's your lesson.
And it's one of the most challenging lessons
that we have to learn in life, is forgiveness.
And some people have done horrible things.
And there is no way that you can forget about it.
But what you can do, you can release yourself.
You can set yourself free once and for all
from the pain of the past that still
has that power over you that prevents you
from enjoying your life.
So forgiveness is a magical practice.
And it's life transforming.
So get a piece of paper, and write down
names of every person you can remember
that you're still holding on.
There is anger or resentment or hatred.
If these emotions are triggered when you remember this person,
write their name down.
Then you need to go into that heart space, because your mind,
you cannot forgive intellectually.
You cannot say, I forgive you, buh-bye.
You need to open your heart.
You need to get vulnerable.
And maybe that's why you're afraid to open up in your life
and be vulnerable with other people,
because you're holding onto all this pain.
It's still there.
It's in you.
And you may be now using this pain as your excuse
why your life is not working.
I'm fighting with my partner.
Well, that's because my parents used to fight all the time.
I cannot trust people, because my ex-husband cheated on me.
So this pain becomes an excuse on why you are suffering
in the present moment.
And the sooner you release it--
the sooner you let it go, the sooner
you become free to live the life on your own terms.
So go into that heart space.
You need to get silent.
Have this list in front of you and find a space of silence
in your heart.
Close your eyes.
Ask the divine grace to help you.
Ask the divine consciousness to give you supernatural ability
to forgive, because sometimes we need that grace,
because we can't just let something go.
I will forgive everybody, but this person--
never.
Never.
You have no idea what they have done to me.
Put this person on your list.
Ask for divine grace.
Close your eyes, and imagine this person in front of you.
See them very clearly.
See them like they are standing in front of you.
You can put your hand on your heart and feel these emotions.
Feel that anger.
Feel that resentment.
Feel that hatred towards them that may still
be there that's still in you.
Take a full breath.
Breathe it out.
So you can call them by their name.
Fill the blank here--
Johnny, Mom, Dad--
I want to thank you.
I want to thank you for teaching me this lesson of forgiveness.
It was a hard one.
And I've learned it a hard way.
But I release it now.
I release that pain that is attached to you.
I let it go.
It has no power over me.
And I ask you to forgive me as well.
I ask you, if there's anything that I
have done to bring all these negative emotions in you,
please forgive me.
We will release this bond together.
And we will move on with our lives towards the greater
happiness.
I bless you and your loved ones.
Be well.
And release.
Let it go.
Now you can do this exercise more than once
if you feel like you need more clearing down.
So do it two or three times--
as many times as you have to until you feel it--
until you feel that lightness.
Now I see them in front of me, and I
don't feel that anger anymore.
It means that you have released that emotion.
It's not there anymore.
It's such a powerful, powerful practice.
And you will see just how life transforming it
is once you begin to forgive, once you
begin to let go of that pain--
the painful memories of the past.
Do this exercise with as many people as you can.
And every time you feel stuck in life,
ask yourself this question-- who do I need to forgive?
Maybe you need to forgive yourself.
Put yourself in front of you.
Put yourself in front of you, again,
in that meditation space when you close your eyes
and imagine yourself standing before you.
And then you can say your own name.
I forgive you.
I release myself from that pain of the past that
is still attached to this memory,
to this painful emotion.
It has no power over me.
I bless you.
I bless you with love and good health and happiness
that you deserve.
May you find it.
And you release that image.
So do all these forgiveness exercises as often as you can.
Even for small things, you'll see just how powerful they are.
All right, my friends.
I hope this video was of service.
Of course, if you want to share your own stories,
please do so in Comment section below.
And from my heart, I'm sending you love.
I'm sending you light.
Be well.
I'll talk to you in the next video.
Bye.