“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
~ Steve Maraboli
Negative emotions can disrupt the flow of your life force energy and your heart chakra just as easily as boulders in a stream. How many boulders have piled up in your heart over time? Each boulder represents a major hurt, a major resentment, a major betrayal or disappointment, a deep wounding, shame or grief.
When the flow is disturbed or slowed, stagnation happens. Stagnant heart flow breeds anger and resentment, depression and self-loathing. It muddies the clear waters of the heart, and that dirty water spills over into everything you do.
So how do we get those boulders out?
Forgiveness.
Forgiveness of others. Forgiveness of self.
Forgiveness is the gift that sets us free. It’s not about condoning or approving what has been done, it’s about releasing yourself from the pain and the hurt of the past, and allowing yourself to move from stuckness back into flow.
Journalling to Clear Your Heart Chakra:
To clear our hearts, we first need to feel our feelings. Give yourself permission to feel into one of those boulders in your heart. Allow yourself to feel the pain or anger or betrayal. In that space of reconnecting into misery start writing, beginning with the words, “If only that had never happened I would have been able to…” then keep going and pour all of that hurt onto the page.
Get it out. There’s no point keeping it all bottled up. All this stuff is doing you damage, all these half-truths and misconceptions and limiting beliefs. Clear your heart stream of these sticks and stones. When you’re done, take a breath. Give yourself a ‘mental’ hug. Good work. Feel the space you’ve just created in your life.
Coming Back Into Flow:
Now send love and light and forgiveness to the situation or relationship you just wrote about. This is not about them – this is about you releasing yourself and the energy that is tied up in this situation from your past. Write on the page and then say in your mind “I forgive you and myself. I wish you well. I send you love. I bless you and I set you free” If you truly can’t conjure forgiveness for the other person that’s okay. Use this affirmation instead:
“I disconnect from the past and release it back to the light. All is well in my world. I am love. Love is what I am attracting.”
You may also find this short guided meditation useful:
Here’s a simple guided meditation on forgiveness that can help open and clear your heart chakra:
My intention for you is that you come to a place of peace in your heart, where you can move past hurt and pain and to a place of open connection and sharing, ready to accept joy and love into your life again.
Much love to you,
Nicole ❤ xx
The weak can never forgive.Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong -Mahatma Gandhi..Beautiful words.
Infact here in India a holy event & a festival of forgiveness called Paryushana is being celebrated every year. As a matter of fact it’s underway right now ( from 7th September to 14 th September )
So Let’s share our thoughts on & celebrate Forgiveness :
https://insideoutwithrahulyuvi.com/2018/09/09/celebrating-forgiveness/
So good, thank you for sharing! Christiane Northrup has a great anger and grief releasing ritual in her book Goddesses Never Age. Worth checking out!
I wrote about this one of my last posts. Powerful stuff, forgiveness.
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I forgive to give myself peace, Tim has trouble forgiving people
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