HJ: Forgiving yourself can be hard to do if you hold tightly to rigid views of right and wrong, as these keep you trapped in the belief that your lack of compassion towards yourself is justified, when in fact, it is not.  Refusing to forgive yourself for past ‘mistakes’ (this is a terrible word and should really be eradicated from the english language…) is a choice you make that locks you into suffering and prevents you from reaching your full potential.  Just as easily as you made the choice, you can ‘un-make’ it and release the burden of your past permanently.

The most important thing I would like to highlight in addition to the 4 steps outlined in the article below, is the necessity to reframe how you view your past and life in general.  Although most of us have been taught since birth that there is such thing as right and wrong, in truth, the universe is non-dual, meaning that these concepts do not actually exist outside of the constructs of our own minds.  As a society we ‘unconsciously’ agree to believe in them as fundamental to reality, but they do not exist as some larger universal principle, despite what major religions try to tell us.

There will be moments where it will seem that two equally opposing forces are vying for your attention; the good will be very good and the not so good will be convincing enough to draw your energy in that direction. It is up to you to choose but, remember; whatever you select will bring more of the same. Free will is yours. ~ Creator