When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all. Gerald G. Jampolsky
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A less powerful concept of forgiveness is that people are not allowed to harm us. A more powerful concept of forgiveness is that we are not allowed to harm others. In other words, letting go of our fear of people and forgiving them. When you forgive someone, you release the past and allow the future to be created from a place of love.

You begin to think from a place of love because when you forgive, love becomes the focus rather than fear. Fear breeds hate because when we are in a state of fear, we begin to feel a loss in control over our lives and in our ability to make sound decisions. So when we let go of our fear, we can make choices from a place of freedom because we understand that love is the only truth.

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