Hello to All,
Overwhelming terror and trauma may compel us to find some strategy to
alleviate the pain. Forgiveness may well be one such strategy. Even if it
is illusory, the experience of choice may reduce the sense of
powerlessness, vulnerability and fear. One may feel more powerful and safe
if one can choose this, that or the other. It may well take a high level of
comfort, safety or confidence to contemplate, recognise and accept
powerlessness and vulnerability.
“Vulnerability is not a weakness, a passing indisposition, or something we
can arrange to do without, vulnerability is not a choice, vulnerability is
the underlying, ever present and abiding under-current of our natural
state.” David Whyte
Best wishes to all,
Robert
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Christine Ruettimann
christine.sarena@xxxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk] <
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone
I receive the regular newsletter from the Spiritual Media Blog.
This one inspired me and I want to share the letter with you.
It is about forgiveness. I remember our recent thread here about this
topic in constellations.
This is not about constellation but about reconciliation and just
beautiful to behold.
Christine Sarena :)
Spiritual Media Blog Newsletter
In November of 2008, Pakistani Muslim terrorists attacked
Mumbai. One of their targets, the 5-Star Oberoi Hotel, was
where Master Charles Cannon, and twenty-four of his
international Synchronicity associates were staying.
During the ensuing 45-hour siege, four in the group were
wounded and two - long time members Alan Scherr and his
daughter Naomi - were killed.
Charles and Synchronicity survivors responded with
forgiveness. When rescued by SWAT teams and interviewed by
the international media, they all expressed immediate
compassion and understanding toward the terrorists, offering
words of forgiveness, not accusation.
I recently had a chance to interview Master Charles
Cannon about what it was like being in the midst of a
terrorist attack, how he responded and why he chose
to forgive his attackers. His answer really inspired me
when he said:
"Our response was to pay attention, both internally and
externally. Often people panic in a crisis and become so
overwhelmed with fear that they frantically search for
external strategies: "What should I do?"
We asked a different question: "Who am I choosing to be?"
We refused to be victims. That's a choice, after all.
Instead, we chose to continue as we were, focusing on the
inner values that we cherish above all - love, compassion,
peace.....
We didn't condone what the terrorists were doing, of
course, and we certainly felt fear and sorrow. But we were
able to compassionately forgive them because we did not
separate them from ourselves. Oneness includes everyone,
even those most radically different than yourself."
The message that really GOT to me was that he chose
who he was BEING -- and then from that state, he was able to
think and perceive the events much more clearly.
He also acknowledged that he felt fear and sorrow.
These 'negative' emotions often get demonized by some
self-help gurus and spiritual teachers leading to denial,
repression and inauthenticity. However, allowing
yourself to feel, express and work through your heartfelt
fear, sorrow and even anger (especially in times of tragedy)
can eventually put yourself in a position to offer a much
more AUTHENTIC and healing type of forgiveness because your
anger, sadness and fear have been released....
If you want read more about what it was like for Charles,
including some practical actions he took to help himself and
others survive during the attack, you can read the entire
transcript of our interview at:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=JeY_s&m=LOEX53S4Dh6qt5&b=tn.d5b6PhLQijuxtnS.iUA
But, the above passage was the part that really inspired
me!
Peace and Blessings,
Matthew Welsh, Esq.
Creator of Spiritual Media Blog
--The News Source for Spiritual Entertainment--
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