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New
Discoveries in Forgiveness!
For
eons we have known the importance of forgiveness through the teachings
of the great spiritual traditions. In the past 20 years, the positive
effects of forgiveness on both the mind and body have been researched
in medicine, education, sociology and psychology. Please see the link
at the top of the pages: Research Results.
There is now an abundance of effective methods to help people who want
to forgive. Also, we understand mind's mechanisms which prevent
forgiveness.
The
Best-kept Secret
Forgiveness researchers, therapists, educators and
counselors all over the world have documented the power of forgiveness.
Numerous methods are available to assist people to forgive. Dr.
Carl Thoresen, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Stanford
University and lead researcher for the Stanford Forgiveness Project
says "It's one of the best-kept secrets". He also states, "We have
come across very few people who understand what forgiveness is and
how it works." - San Jose Mercury News 1999.
Defining
Forgiveness
In fourteen years of working with forgiveness as a professional psychotherapist
and forgiveness teacher, I have watched transformation in the lives of those with whom I have worked, as well as
in my own life. In these years of teaching and counseling,
I have developed and integrated numerous methods that assist the
process of forgiveness. I have also come to see that forgiveness
is one of the most misunderstood words in the world. Please see
the page: Defining Forgiveness: What it is and isn't to clarify
it for yourself.
Almost
all the people I've met through the years, say they are in favor of
forgiveness but then comment that it is "easier said than done!"; or
they ask, "How do you do it?" We now have tools to effectively help
people to forgive, but few people know it yet. It's time for this
information to be known and used!
The
Timing of Forgiveness
No
one can force another to forgive. People have their own timing in
forgiving. In addition, there are phases of forgiveness. But, we
can have the tools and convincing arguments for forgiveness available
to people when they are ready to let go and regain joy, love and
peace in their lives. Peace will truly be accomplished by each individual
changing his or her own life through forgiving others and by passing
on, in word and in deed, what they have learned.
The
Forgiving Way exists to forward this process.
The
Obstacles to Peace
For
40 years, I've been moved (as you also have probably been) to be
a positive influence in the world - to help people to heal their
inner wounds and to be more content in their life - to become more
free and more fulfilled. I have no doubt that forgiveness will do
this.
And
now, especially since the events of September 11th, increasing terrorism
around the world, and with the violence and hatred that grows with
every passing week, it seems vital that we use the powerful tool
of forgiveness to do the work that needs to be done today to assist
defusing resentments, hate, and the desire for vengeance - the obstacles
to peace.
This
defusing of resentments, grudges and hate, can be done right now
in our own lives and in our communities. We have the tools to help
relieve the pain of unforgiveness, betrayal, and resentment.
Your
Input
The
purpose of The Forgiving Way is to assist people to establish forgiveness
as a focus in their lives and thinking. Our goal is to bring about
peace, kindness, compassion, love and joy into people's lives by
helping them to let go of vengeance, hate, hurt, resentments, grudges
and hostility.
Commit to forgiveness and support others in their efforts to let
go of their resentments, hatreds and cries for vengeance. Forgiveness
can make the difference between war and peace in our own mind and
in the world. Check out this website. Take our trainings if you
are interested. Email us.
If
you know of someone whom you think may be interested in this work,
please forward the link to this page to them.
Thank
you very much for your interest. May you have the deep Joy and Peace
you seek.
Dr. Jim
Dincalci
The key to happy living is forgiving!
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