What is the experience of forgiveness?

Question

What is the experience of forgiveness?

Answer 1

...the acceptance of your wrong...by the one you wronged...

...humbleness learned from the awesome power of forgiveness...

...thanks for asking...enjoy the weekend...

Answer 2

Seems like you need or want to forgive someone? but just go ahead and do it and you will find out for yourself.

Answer 3

long lasting peace

Answer 4

If one does something very bad to others by ignoring the person  forgiveness teaches the  person  

Answer 5

satisfaction

Answer 6

forgiveness is the key to happiness...So forgiveness is to let go of any wrong done to you by anyone and never count on it for tomorrow's dealings.

Answer 7

it indicates a cool, level head, clear understanding, genuine compassion, and unbiased emotionally-secure rational thought... as this story seems to illustrate...

a while ago there was an amish family, who lost their son to a murder. they were heartbroken and devastated over the loss, but when the man was found and brought before them, though they could not deny having incredible feelings of anger and resentment, they refused to press charges...

when asked why, they said it was a horrible tragedy, one they may never get over, but their son was gone, and there was nothing that could bring him back...

likewise, sentencing the man to death would not bring him back, or make them feel any better. death cannot be consoled by more death...

and the man had family too...and they could not cause someone else the loss of a family member too.



forgiveness is not a sign of weakness, but rather a sign of insurmountable strength, namely, the strength to appear the weakest, to act the weakest, and sometimes, to actually be the weakest.

the experience is a moment of divinity, but such a humble one that no one seems to notice.

Answer 8

Forgiveness is to realize that the part of us that is real could never be damaged or hurt. It is the ego that experiences this. Once the shift is made from identifying with the ego to identification with what is real in us forgiveness is no longer an issue & that is the ultimate forgiveness, to not have felt forgiveness to another was needed to be given in the first place.

The ego can say it forgives, but does it really? The ego is incapable of true forgiveness it sees too much separation.

Blessings!

Answer 9

Phae's answers has said it all to me.

I cannot add or take anything away from that!

Thanks Phae.

Peace!

Answer 10

I believe forgiveness is so hard for people to fully grasp.  People hate being hurt, but they also have a hard time forgiving without forgetting what happened.  

Truly forgiving someone for something they did to you, regardless of what it was, is more than saying those words, "I forgive you."

Yes, sure, you have to mean them, and mean them deep down, but there is more.  There are people in our lives that have hurt us years and years ago. Our anger and resentment lie and go very deep on the inside.  So, what I have noticed in my own life, that the only way to forgive is to pray about it and surrender.

When I say surrender, you need to grab a hold of that pain, wrap your head around it, and talk to yourself or out loud and speak of how you cannot live another day treating this person different because of some mistake they made years earlier.  It is time to forgive, and forgive genuinely down to your soul.  In some sense of this situation, holding that pain or a grudge against someone is NEGATIVITY, and I know for myself, I wanted to rid my life of all negativity.  

Honestly, when I did this several times in the last few months, I woke up the next morning feeling better about my life, and my attitude and relationship with the people were different, better in so many ways.

It is true what they say, "Forgive, but not forget,"  but the process of even trying to forget can never get started if you do not surrender yourself and that part of your life to truly forgive in your heart and soul.  

Thanks for reading!  

Answer 11

It's like a heavy burden lifted off your shoulders.

Answer 12

Forgiveness implies feeling wronged; feeling wronged is the source of anger and hatred; anger and hatred lead to acts for which we must be forgiven. I would rather neither forgive nor be forgiven, but move on to what joy life offers.

Answer 13

Forgiveness is letting go of the need for revenge and releasing negative thoughts of bitterness and resentment. Total forgiveness ultimately benefits the forgiver more than the offender. Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself. It is not something you do FOR someone else.

Answer 14

To end suffering by ending it's cause

Answer 15

if you forgive someone you are giving him a piece of you. that why after forgiving you feel good with yourself. unless that person didnt deserv it.

Answer 16

It is flawed. If we forgive and the transgressor reoffends, do we forgive again, and so on ad infinitum? Try forgiving someone who has murdered yourr family and, if forgiven will go on to murder again. It is unsustainable.

Answer 17

A feeling of blessed relief... as if a great burden has been lifted off my shoulders and I am free again.  

Peace is restored.