FOR THIS, THERE IS GOD

Blinding flash of the obvious: to forgive slights, grudges and hurts is to forgive myself for reacting in kind.

My interpretation - Forgiveness is not about forgiving another, it is about forgiving our own self for mentally or physically, reacting in kind to another. Which removes the other entirely.

Further, we  must forgive the instant we feel our inner self impinged by anyone or anything for to ego, impinged is attacked, and we will react in kind.

On first hearing the ugly news coming from Charlottesville, VA, recently, my immediate reaction was a whispered "thank you." This I learned from my friend who, upon hearing of his daughter's murder, thanked God for he knew not what, but he knew that was essential. We must "forgive on the instant" for later (five minutes later even) has given a resentment a toehold in our ego and is then nigh impossible to uproot, i.e., give over to God.

From our eyebrows up, we want to become unselfed. We become unselfed by getting out of our head into our heart, and only God can get us there. Only by our coming to God for God are we unselfed for all else is self.

For this, there is God.

Thank you.