messages on forgiveness

Author: Jeanne

Jul 19

I keep getting messages on forgiveness. Today’s inspirational quote was:

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel.  Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” Catherine Ponder

I have been thinking a lot about this lately. When we are traveling along the spiritual path, we are told we should love unconditionally. I have stumbled over this when it comes to my father. He is now 94, living alone in SC. He is a very strong willed person, as was I. My being born spiritual and psychic into a strict Catholic home was very much a challenge to both of us.

My mother passed away about 7 years ago and at that time I was incredibly angry with my father. Details are not necessary here, it is the emotions of anger and forgiveness that I wish to focus on. When I first realized how this anger felt in my body, I felt sick.

I had been aware of anger at my father all my life. I had done a lot of therapudic sessions to deal with it and all I could manage was a ‘neutral’ attitude. Being aware he did the best he could with what he was given.

It has been a slow process  to go from hate to forgiveness. Somewhere along the line I started to talk about my feelings to other spiritual beings (both friends and guides). Finally I made it my intent to get rid of this anger. And as I watched my father go through his grieving and his new expierences alone, I began to be more aware of him as a spiritual being. He and my mother had been married almost 65 years. All I had ever experienced with him had been his negative controlling side. Now he was showing a more vulnerable side and this side helped me to re-examine my feelings and to start the process of forgiving.

It has been quite a process with setbacks along the way but when I went down to visit him at Easter this year, it was the most loving visit I have ever experienced. Both he and I have come a long way to understanding and caring for each other.

I would never have believed this possible and looking back, I thank the guidance that helped me set my intent to clear all the negativity between my father and I.
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    • Expanding our horizons

    Author: Jeanne

    Jul 1

    It is interesting to look back and see how our lives progress. One thing that has happened for me around  the recent lunar eclipse is that I decided to take a course in Social Media Management. For those of you not aware, Capricorn governs your career and I have decided to expand my background, my knowledge and my career.

    This ties in with my other hat which can be found at  http://entre-net.net/samples.html. By trade I am a computer techie. I sort of dropped into data processing and computers when I was 18 yrs old. Thank heavens the universe knew what it was doing. I sure didn’t at that time. Data processing was just starting it’s foray into the real technical world. Bell Telephone (of NJ) was just switching from hand written ‘tickets’ of phone calls to IBM punched cards. I was a failure at sorting those tickets and when an opportunity came up to transfer into the newly formed data processing department, I jumped at the chance to ‘be outta there’.

    Everywhere along my path, I have been guided by unseen forces. And this was the 1st biggie as my career went. I found out that I was a ‘natural’.  I quickly learned how to wire the boards and program the key punches (definitely letting my age show here). At this time everything was ‘seat of the pants’ learning. There were no computer classes and wouldn’t be for another 10-15 yrs.

    Here I am now umty-ump years later, being guided to take this Social Media Management course. I am so excited. I had fun learning how to create my 2 blogs, http://www. entre-net.net/blog/ being my other one. I am looking forward to working with Face Book, Twitter, and all sorts of social media.

    We have a total eclipse at 19 Cancer occurring on July 11th.  This will give this New Moon a real shot of energy.  Since it is in Cancer, new energy can be expected around family, homes, real estate and the people who are emotionally connected in our lives.  If you have been out of touch with family members for awhile this could be the shove to reach out and touch someone.

    The lunar eclipse at 5 degrees of Capricorn on June 26th certainly pushed me to expand my horizons.  How do you think  the solar Eclipse in Cancer on July 11 will impact or effect you?

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