Forget Forgiveness

It is hard to forgive. But is forgiveness an illusion anyway?

Is our idea of forgiveness the work of the ego in us? Does our concept of forgiveness just keep us stuck in the past? Does it hold us in a state of resentment and continuously resistant to inner peace?

Perhaps we should forget our old idea of forgiveness.

Instead return to the present moment and understand that the past has no power over us.

The game of life takes place in the now. Forget Forgiveness.

“You cannot truly forgive yourself or others as long as you derive your sense of self from the past. Only through accessing the power of the Now, which is your own power, can there be true forgiveness. This renders the past powerless, and you realize deeply that nothing you ever did or that was ever done to you could touch even in the slightest the radiant essence of who you are. The whole concept of forgiveness then becomes unnecessary.”

Eckhart Tolle