Sue Moon’s Blog

Yesterday I bit off a bit more than I could chew. So, today, I am chunking it down to the 1st on the 8 fold path to enlightenment:
1. Right Attitude (Freedom from prejudice, illusion, superstition, doubts, fears, and animosities.)
I did ok on this with a great deal yesterday, but was dismayed at how my personal relationships were not very free from fears, animosities, doubts and so on. What it did was bring these close relationships to the forefront as needing quite a bit of work. Or rather, quite a bit of letting go of how I work them.
It seems, in my endeavors to be a better person, I have left a huge pile of doo doo called unresolved anger to fester.
Now, what to do with that anger? Simply looking at it starts to reveal the answer, forgiveness.
I have a beautiful Buddhist forgiveness exercise I will be practicing in the days to come. Starting now:
In the many ways you have hurt me, abandoned and betrayed me, knowingly and unknowingly, out of your confusion , out of your anger and pain, out of your fear and ignorance, I see these now and feel what I have carried. To the extent that I am ready, I offer you my forgiveness. I release you, I release my anger and hurt………I will not put you out of my heart.
Om Shanti