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Healing the Shadow

What we do in the shadows is a reflection of who we are, where we hurt, and the way to our healing. Retreat to a safe space to speak to our other sides, to release negative thoughts and energy, shift the mental and emotional conditioning that keeps us from fully living up to our potential.
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SkyeT : Perpetual Seeker
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  Rogue : Transformer

Forgiveness?

Rogue said Sep 25, 2007, 1:58 PM:
 

If forgiveness for the sinner or the one who has been sinned against?
  SkyeT : Perpetual Seeker

Re: Forgiveness?

SkyeT said Oct 11, 4:44 PM:
 

Both.  Being forgiven (and knowing it) can be a step toward forgiving yourself for harming the other person.  Knowing that my actions are no longer held against me, I can begin to let them go.

On the other hand, there are times we will never see those who wronged us.  In those cases, the forgiveness is very much for us.  By forgiving, I let go of the harm done to me.  I let go of the hate, the anger, the pain.  In forgiving, I let out the poison those emotions breed.

Only by forgiving and accepting forgiveness do we ever wholly heal.