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You can say "I forgive you" to someone you think has harmed you. You can apologize to someone you have hurt. But in reality, doing that is beside the point. Everyone is already forgiven by God. The person we've judged is already forgiven, and so, for that matter, are we. But if we're holding any negativity towards another, then we need to forgive ourselves. Even if the other person is long gone from our lives, we're still carrying them inside. So it is inside us that we need to make peace. In forgiving ourselves, the weight of the negative judgment is lifted.

Some people say, "I love you," to express the overflow of divine energy. Others say, "I love you," in an effort to hold on to a particular relationship. People may use emotional persuasion to keep a relationship going: "I need you." "Don't leave me." "Tell me you love me." If words and emotions did it, there wouldn't be separation or divorce. There is clearly more required to keep a relationship going than words and emotions. What, then, keeps a loving relationship together? The same thing that creates spontaneous spiritual understanding: an awakening to the inner truth that already is. And it's not just one awakening. It is a constant awakening. You understand, and you express this understanding within yourself and in relationship to others, and you continue your process of spiritual inner awareness.

Why is the heart getting me to do something I say I'll never do again? Because the heart wants to serve.

At times my humanity gets the best of me. I react. I forget. So one of my prayers is, "Forgive me for forgetting I am divine."

In order to live a healthy, vibrant life, I would be sure to hold pictures in my mind that I want more of. I wouldn't hold other pictures. I just wouldn't do it. That doesn't mean that other images don't come into my awareness; it's just that I don't hold on to them. They come in and they go right on out, and I continue to hold only the pictures that I want.

At some point in your experiences and relationships, you are going to come across a line into the calm, quiet, and peacefulness of new experience. There is no emotion, there is no reference point, there is just that which is. From there, you can shift a step inward and start moving through the spiritual worlds and find there worlds without end. Where are you going? You say, "I'm going to the Supreme God, to give myself over to that." Then you say, "Put me where You want me as part of You." At that moment, you will have found your liberation.

When you are in the Soul, you can see more easily the pitfalls and the obstacles of your life on these lower levels. You can experience a love for and a oneness with other people that is beyond anything you've experienced before.

If you live in a house near beautiful woods, that could be quite nice. But suppose there is a dry season, no rain for many months, and then, as a result of someone's carelessness, a fire is started. The forest fire threatens and eventually burns your house. What do you do then? Curse the person who was careless as you stomp around the ashes of your memories? Or get it together, step by step, and call your insurance company, decide whether you want to rebuild there or move to another location, and get on with your life. Once you "get on with your life," you'll have the opportunity to learn that a physical object, even something as beautiful as your home by a forest, has no hold over you and that your freedom is within you, not attached to any physical or inanimate object. If you do, indeed, learn that, you will have an incredible source of power, which can be used to accomplish anything you choose.

It's so important that we let people know we're there for them. For example, if you walk into a store and you can't find someone to assist you, there is a good chance you'll walk out. Not because they were rude -- they weren't anything -- but they weren't there for you. If you do finally find someone, and they begrudgingly tell you what you need to know, you may say, "Oh, that's not quite what I had in mind," and walk out -- because they weren't there for you. When people give you information, and they're not present in their heart, you don't believe what they tell you. It's really important that we get that heart connection, which is beyond the intellect. In fact, it disrespects the intellect because, while you're saying that you will never do something again, your heart's got you doing it.

In the Bible, it is written, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 4:17). That means we are always able to touch into God's kingdom. We are always connected to that loving presence inside. In the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, we teach taking the shortcut to touch to the loving inside. We teach touching into the love right now in this breath and in every breath.