I recently traveled from my current home in Los Angeles, CA to my previous home in Denver, CO. I grew up in Southern Wyoming and have lived in Northern Colorado, as well as in the Denver area before relocating to LA. This part of the world will always be near and dear to my heart as the energy and the people are so very special. The purpose of my trip was to connect with new clients, re-connect with existing clients and spend time with my beloved family and friends. I had a wonderful time compressed into just under a week and I accomplished everything I intended to do. However, upon review of my trip once I returned to LA through sharing my experiences I realized a very strong reoccurring theme was present; forgiveness. Opportunities to forgive others for small annoyances and inconveniences to forgiving people for extreme upsets that happened over a decade ago that had hurt me deeply came to fruition. I found myself almost instantly working through these situations with a resolution of forgiveness and sending the person who caused me the upset love and light. I experienced the release that resulted in forgiving, instead of holding onto the pain and suffering that their actions had caused me. This space of instant forgiveness was new to me and I was proud of myself for recognizing the process. Instantly forgiving what a concept! I was filled with a sense of peace, understanding, love, and confidence for having recognized these lessons as I thought "I got this!"
Once I believed I had mastered the process of instant forgiveness yet another test showed up, as is par for the course with spiritual curriculum. It was my last 24 hours in Denver and I was attempting to check-in online for my flight the next day and the website kept bringing me to an error page, informing me in bright red text it was not yet 24 hours before my flight. "This is ridiculous. What is wrong with this stupid website?" I thought. Upon closer examination I noticed that I had in fact booked my flight for March and not February for my desired day and time of departure. What a disaster I created for myself! I went right into upset, got emotional and felt extreme frustration. My sister did her best to calm me down and suggested I call the airline and explain what had happened. After composing myself I decided to follow her advice and give the airline a call. Feeling hopeless that they would not be able to help me I got in touch with a customer service rep who I am sure could hear the panic in my voice. She helped me get on the right flight for the right day and time, and even worked her magic so I could afford getting back to LA without spending my life savings. I was extremely appreciative to this woman and was able to get a good nights rest knowing I would leave Denver as originally planned the next evening. My last day in Denver was great as I was able to work with a client I enjoy very much, spent time with my sister, and had one last catch-up-with-old-friends dinner. I arrived home safe and sound, and as I was sharing my adventures with my close friend I came to a very interesting conclusion; that I had been able to forgive others with ease and grace, but when it came time to forgive myself for pain and suffering I had self inflicted that was the most difficult lesson to see and accept. I did not practice instant forgiveness with myself and it took me well over a day to realize the opportunity and the lesson that had surfaced. I realized as important as it is to forgive others, it is just as important to practice self-forgiveness. Self-forgiveness paves the way for releasing self-judgement, and knocking down the walls that prevent us from connecting to our authentic/higher-selves. Holding judgment on yourself can only prevent growth and through forgiveness we manifest self-compassion, self-understanding and create space for our inner core of love to expand.
Learning the process of forgiveness can release us from repeating lessons or experiencing karma, because when forgiveness is present karma is released. We no longer have to keep playing out the same lesson because forgiveness is the tool that wipes the slate clean and signals to the Universe that we have cleared this space of misunderstanding and confusion and allowed love and peace to enter. According to the video created by David Wilcock entitled Divine Cosmos, forgiveness is the key to understanding ourselves as a collective consciousness. He states "True forgiveness is an acceptance of others and by accepting others you have accepted yourself. The reason for this is that your mind is ultimately the cosmic mind. The cosmic mind is your identity and in truth there is only one of us here." If you would like to see Divine Cosmos in it's entirety I have included the link below.
I had an amazing time in Colorado and I learned and experienced far more than I ever expected. I invite you to notice any reoccurring themes in your own life and see if applying forgiveness might be the answer to breaking your own repeat cycles. Whether it is the forgiveness of others or forgiving yourself know that you always have the choice to forgive and expand the essence of love and consciousness that resides within each one of us.
If you feel inspired here is the link to Divine Cosmos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/davidwilcock333
