What is true forgiveness?

Answer 1

to forgive is the most easiest thing to do if your heart is filled with love...

true forgiveness is to believe in someone more than they believe in themselves...to have faith in them even when they have lost faith in themselves...

to forgive is to let go of your ego...

to forgive is not to accept someone's actions, but to accept them as humans...

true forgiveness is empathy...

a way to peace and harmony...

its an action of highest compassion...

true forgiveness is an acceptance...of our own self....for what is it that can be reflected in others that cant be found in us?

hatred is a manifestation of our dark side...forgiveness is an act of the divine...

Answer 2

Forgive and forget is a myth. Because we are human we can never truly forget. But true forgiveness is when the issue is no longer a source of pain, arguments, or resentment. In true forgiveness, a person can never mention it again, as if it never happened. Or even better, the issue can be brought up or discussed without the appearance or emotions of holding a grudge and the person who received forgiveness feels this as well. (sometimes you can even laugh about it) True forgiveness is a total release of the sentiment of feeling one has been wronged.

Answer 3

A very hard thing to do.
Especially if the wrong commited against you is huge and deeply damaging. Forgiveness takes a lot of time and much effort. In my experience, it took me years to forgive the ones who caused me grievious hurt becoz it takes time to understand the whole messy situation, the human condition which makes these folks did what they did to me and for me to heal enough to view it objectively. I forgave them bcoz i really had to let go of my crippling hatred. There is a saying that forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves, i'm inclined to agree. I remember feeling a bit more peaceful and calm after i found forgiveness. True forgiveness is probably when you are able to smile about it.
And if i am the one in the wrong then i should just bloody hell admit it and put a stop to whatever damage has been done to others by assuming responsibility and leaving it alone after that for them to decide.

Answer 4

It is when you recognize how non existent "forgiveness" or non-forgiveness are. It is when your mind becomes still and there is this realization of THAT which is so infinitely larger than can be expressed. You recognize that there was never anything to forgive nor does forgiveness exist (it's a concept).

Oh well - I guess you just have to make the experience, this state of mind can not be described with words (stillness).

Answer 5

true forgiveness is accepting the wrong doing of the other person with your whole heart, and never turning back to look at it again or ever bringing it up...unless you use it in a joke that everyone can laugh at.

Kind of like erasing the event from your memory and heart despite the pain it caused, and fully accepting that the person made a mistake because they were human, and that is what humans do. Nothing else.

Answer 6

True forgiveness begins with forgiving oneself first. If you ask God to forgive your sins, that's very good, yet only one part of the equations. When you truely, and finally forgive yourself first, then forgiving others kinda falls into place. What I mean by forgiving yourself, is to relieve yourself of any negative thoughts or emotions about you. Maybe just forgive yourself of guilt for having these negative emotions. Or, maybe forgive yourself, in the sense that you don't want to have any connections whatsoever, of who wronged you. You need to be free and clear in your mind and spirit of whatever it is that is bothering you. To free yourself is to forgive you and all others involved.

Answer 7

True forgiveness could harbor no resentment for wrong doing, an acceptance of the other person just as she or he is, in this moment, you've left go of yesterday, you are as one with the other and can only experience compassion and love.

Answer 8

Forgiveness is the acknowledgement of the element of God in every person and offering honour to that. Forgiveness is the killing your Self each time.

Answer 9

To accept and seek to understand. To acknowledge that hurt or injury stand apart from forgiveness; there is no cancelling of deed or action. To hold injury and forgiveness in balance, because awareness will always remain.

Answer 10

Forgiveness is to cease feeling resentment against another who has wronged you or someone else. To no longer feel negative emotions about a person who has wronged you or someone else for whom you care. To put the wrong behind and in the past, and to move on with your life is my defenition of forgiveness.