{"id":6241,"date":"2012-01-06T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T17:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2012-01-08T00:41:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T00:41:50","slug":"forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness ~"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Over the years I have found, through observing the lives of family and friends, many\u00a0have encounter very painful experiences from loved ones~ Many\u00a0have found it hard to &#8220;forgive&#8221; and move forward with the past bond that was once one of beauty and joy ~ Sevaji has spoken of the aspect of forgiveness in\u00a0meditations ~<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0One personal story to share, if I may, is the relationship I have with my older\u00a0brother (10 years older)\u00a0~ Without going into personal details of the painful experiences,\u00a0I can say that\u00a0for the most part they were always just misunderstandings and once the truth surfaced the conflict was resolved ~<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>But there is one very significant experience between me and my brother that has and will always carry me through any negative paths between us~ It was something that happened when I was only 5 or 6 years old .. My family was invited to a friend&#8217;s house who had a lovely backyard\u00a0swimming pool ~ I remember\u00a0my brother and\u00a0I enjoying the warm waters of the pool .. since I did not know how to swim I floated in the pool with an inflated tube around my waist ..but somehow I slipped through the tube and sank to the bottom of the pool ~ It was strange but I can remember that I did not panic nor did I try to swim ..I just sat on the bottom of the pool peacefully and did not once inhale any water~\u00a0My brother was the only one that saw\u00a0what happened and he dove into the water and rescued me\u00a0~\u00a0So, now no matter what\u00a0happens between the two of us ..I think of that day and find it is my way of\u00a0&#8220;forgiving&#8221; and getting through any conflicts that may arise ~\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Perhaps there are people in one&#8217;s past that\u00a0have blessed us in some ways .. and\u00a0in remembering those blessings may be a way to healing and forgiveness ~ Peace and Love ~ Coralina ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I have found, through observing the lives of family and friends, many\u00a0have encounter very painful experiences from loved ones~ Many\u00a0have found it hard to &#8220;forgive&#8221; and move forward with the past bond that was once one of beauty and joy ~ Sevaji has spoken of the aspect \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/forgiveness\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4555],"class_list":["post-6241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-forgiveness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}