{"id":317,"date":"2015-01-20T16:54:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/?p=317"},"modified":"2015-01-20T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:54:21","slug":"forgive-to-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/2015\/01\/forgive-to-be-free.html","title":{"rendered":"Forgive to Be Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font: 14px\/19.31px Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;margin: 0px 0px 6px;text-align: left;color: #141823;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;background-color: #ffffff\">Yesterday I didn&#8217;t get to post because I was trying to referee all day with my kids stuck in the house.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Winter in New Jersey. This includes wind and a lot of inside time where I reflect on a lot.\u00a0 I wanted to touch on two things today. One of which was the great man, Martin Luther King, we celebrated yesterday.\u00a0 The second is forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font: 14px\/19.31px Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;text-align: left;color: #141823;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;float: none;background-color: #ffffff\">Martin Luther King taught us all to believe in our dreams. That one person can change the world. That the whole business of racism was and will always be insane. That we should not judge others by the color of their skin or anything but the content of their character. Equality in every way is higher consciousness. If we feel the need to put others down of another group, causing us versus them mentality, therefore separating ourselves from &#8220;them,&#8221; it is OUR problem. Thinking we elevate ourselves by looking down on others only separates us from our own Divine Source. To be enlightened is to walk in the Light, which means you look for the Light in others and know that souls are not a color. Love hearts and rise above the media which is only skin deep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This concept of forgiveness is misunderstood.\u00a0 Forgiveness is not about being weak, a doormat or pushover. The seeming to let things go easily when it&#8217;s just stifling emotions and resentment is different. It&#8217;s people pleaser behavior that is in the mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 14px\/19.31px Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;margin: 6px 0px;text-align: left;color: #141823;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;background-color: #ffffff\">Truly detaching from the energy of a person, place, or thing, rising about it literally into a higher realm of understanding is true forgiveness of the soul. It&#8217;s not about being nice, it&#8217;s about being free. It could almost be looked at as selfish, to just want to f<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">eel good and not be weighed down, to just feel one with the Divine.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"font: 14px\/19.31px Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;text-align: left;color: #141823;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<p>This is powerful warrior level, only it&#8217;s not hard edged, but rather softer and always just as strong. It&#8217;s resilient and flexible like a the trees that sway in epic storms, that peaceful goddess embodiment vibe. It&#8217;s badass. It&#8217;s beautiful. It&#8217;s living beyond blame and rather in one&#8217;s own truth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font: 14px\/19.31px Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;text-align: left;color: #141823;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;float: none;background-color: #ffffff\">Prayers to all this morning. A lot of struggles I see and feel you are going through. Know that you are all Divinely loved and supported. Take it in. Nothing to earn it. The love is from Spirit and is always there if you are willing and open to see it. Be a Love Light whenever you can. Kindness, forgiveness, and compassion are strengths of the soul for the truly brave. Namaste and blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I didn&#8217;t get to post because I was trying to referee all day with my kids stuck in the house.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Winter in New Jersey. This includes wind and a lot of inside time where I reflect on a lot.\u00a0 I wanted to touch on two things today. 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