Extraordinary Ordinary Forgiveness

In mid argument with a loved one, as we stand unfairly accused, we would muck rather be right than happy. As practicing forgiveness raises our awareness of our attraction to and identification with the ego's sneaky ways, our pain often increases. Some of these essays are reports from the eye of just that storm, accounts of my own fear, paralysis, and mistaken belief in and attraction to a false, ego-controlled self. But today I am spending far less time in the eye of the storm and far more embracing the instant of release that reflects the real world available when we have forgiven all that would hurt us. You can, too.