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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 752900" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>There is great power in these words. Thank you very much.</p><p></p><p>The issue here is whether or not we believe we've done anything that we should be forgiven. I think that the idea of meriting or not forgiveness presents a (false) conundrum. Many of us defend ourselves, from any sense of having erred....We put our focus externally either upon the bad acts of others or when we are forced to examine ourselves, we fall upon ours swords impaled by regret and guilt.</p><p></p><p>These are the two poles that seem to be the focus of this thread. But Wise shows us, there is a middle ground, wholeness. Not one or the other. But all together.</p><p></p><p>What Wise is saying (to me) applies all around. It centers upon Acceptance. If I can accept how I feel, the totality of it. Rejection. Pain. Shame. Guilt. Powerlessness. Anger. All of this melts away. In this nakedness, there is great power. Because from the honesty of that moment comes real choice.</p><p></p><p>That is what Wise advocates here. <em>I want to babysit but I would prefer the truth. </em></p><p></p><p>The power in this. The dignity. I am blown away. If I were to do this, to say this, I would stand with and in my great love and strength. I would be claiming all of this. As my own. In my way I would be building the world instead of running away from pain and shame.</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much Wise. You are modeling for us great strength and generosity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 752900, member: 18958"] There is great power in these words. Thank you very much. The issue here is whether or not we believe we've done anything that we should be forgiven. I think that the idea of meriting or not forgiveness presents a (false) conundrum. Many of us defend ourselves, from any sense of having erred....We put our focus externally either upon the bad acts of others or when we are forced to examine ourselves, we fall upon ours swords impaled by regret and guilt. These are the two poles that seem to be the focus of this thread. But Wise shows us, there is a middle ground, wholeness. Not one or the other. But all together. What Wise is saying (to me) applies all around. It centers upon Acceptance. If I can accept how I feel, the totality of it. Rejection. Pain. Shame. Guilt. Powerlessness. Anger. All of this melts away. In this nakedness, there is great power. Because from the honesty of that moment comes real choice. That is what Wise advocates here. [I]I want to babysit but I would prefer the truth. [/I] The power in this. The dignity. I am blown away. If I were to do this, to say this, I would stand with and in my great love and strength. I would be claiming all of this. As my own. In my way I would be building the world instead of running away from pain and shame. Thank you very much Wise. You are modeling for us great strength and generosity. [/QUOTE]
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