Entering Into A Land Of Forgiveness

- Awakening With Brahma Kumaris

God was once asked - In what light would you like to see the world? He answered My deepest
wish is to create a land of forgiveness, a land where each one is uncritical and does not keep a
stern (strict) eye on others mistakes, on others shortcomings (weaknesses), a land where there
is complete harmony between humans, inspite of their different natures or sanskaras. I want
the entire human race to proceed into such a land of forgiveness.
Based on the spiritual knowledge and understanding that we have learned at the Brahma
Kumaris and with the objective of fulfilling Gods wish, in this message, we are sharing with you
seven hearts based on seven different human emotions that are different colours
of forgiveness, which you could wear on each day of the week and join us in fulfilling this
objective.
* Wear A Generous Heart - Be Forgetful Of Others' Mistakes
* Wear An Open Heart - Accommodate Others
* Wear A Thankful Heart - Give Blessings And Take Blessings
* Wear A Warm Heart - Be Uncritical
* Wear A Tolerant Heart - Keep An Easy Eye On Others Weaknesses
* Wear An Accepting Heart - Absorb Others' Virtues
* Wear A Giving Heart - Fill Others With Virtues
In order to wear these hearts, which means bringing these different colours of the emotion of
forgiveness into practice, we need the powers of peace, love and truth. These three powers
together make up the healing balm of forgiveness, which heal our anger-filled emotions which in
turn heal our peaceless words and actions.
We are all very much aware that forgiveness is an antidote (one that neutralizes or heals) to
anger. But to forgive, the first and foremost power that is required is the ability to
apply a full-stop on my rough emotions when provoked. The control of my emotions,
one minute every hour, is like building a dam across the river of emotions which becomes rough,
while coming into interactions with a variety set of personalities and while becoming busy in
actions, both of which cause an expansion of thoughts. The situation becomes worse when the
interaction or action, during the past hour, has been a negative one, filled with conflict. So, every
hour, a short one minute meditation, to fill the mind with the power of peace, is the first
preparation of the mind to forgive easily. We suggest to you a few thoughts that you can create
I am a peaceful soul, a beautiful golden-white star situated at the centre of the forehead. I
spread the rays of peace to my surroundings. I am the child of the Ocean of peace, the Supreme
Soul. All the people in my office or in my family or in the world at large are also children of the
Ocean of peace, their nature is inherently (originally) peaceful. We all together, collectively, have
to create an atmosphere of peace at our workplace or home or in the complete world, so that we
can all proceed into the land of forgiveness. This is our objective and please do not forget - our
sweet fathers (Gods) wish and desire from his children.
Collecting 15 minutes of peace every day (one minute every hour), in this way, is
extremely valuable. These 15 minutes are the bricks of the dam that you have to build for
yourself inside your mind and keep the rough emotions in check. Try this for one month with an
earnest heart, a lot of love for God, for whom this exercise is being done, loyalty to his task and
determination to transform the self. This peace-brick building exercise will not only dam

(control) your emotions but will also slow down the speed of the flow of the river of emotions by
healing the origin or source of the river of emotions, which is your sanskara of anger and
transforming it into a sanskara of forgiveness, because thoughts of peace not only fill our
emotions with peace in the short term but also make our sanskaras peaceful in the long term.
There is a saying in India that in a home where the fire of anger exists, pots of water also dry up.
Anger is a name given to a large collection of desires that exist inside the human consciousness
which prevent us from forgiving. Filling the emotions inside our mind with love and
pacifying the emotions of subtle desires is the second step in creating an
environment of forgiveness wherever we are. Imagine a world without the numerous
desires that exist in our lives - I need, I want, I own, I expect, I am right, I envy these are
subtle fires that burn up the energy of pure soul-to-soul love, that exists inside us instinctively,
because we are children of God, the Supreme Soul, who is an Ocean of love. So waking up in the
morning and starting the day with a warm Good Morning to this Ocean of love and having a
heart-to-heart conversation and a deep loveful communion with Him and filling myself with the
deepest pure love existing in this complete Universe, is paving the way for my heart to be
cleansed of the various ego-based emotions and for it to become moulded as a forgiving one,
because the more I fill my heart with Gods love, the more I am enriched with soul-to-soul love
and the more sweet and humble I become. And such a transformed me, then is able to win the
hearts of each one and create an atmosphere of love and forgiveness around me, which is my
vow (promise) to the Supreme.
The Land of Forgiveness cannot be created without the power of truth. While peace and love
transform our emotions, we cannot forgive someone or not get angry at someone who
has wronged us without rock solid self-esteem, which is the energy of truth in
action. There are some who tolerate and forgive, but they give in to the pressure associated
with it by indulging in occasional outbursts. Doing the same with pleasure and not with pressure
requires regular inputs of true spiritual wisdom from the Supreme and their inculcation. Over a
period of time, such an individual becomes filled with the power of truth and is able to
withstand the pressures of coming into contact with a difficult personality. He is able to not only
remain introverted while connecting with such a person but also radiate good wishes to the
other person and smile softly in the process of doing the same. There are some common sayings
in the everyday teachings of the Brahma Kumaris based on truth - the one who is truthful dances
in joy, the boat of truth will rock (shake) but will not sink, the one who is truthful will emerge
victorious such a person, who is an ocean of truth, is the one who wears the different hearts of
forgiveness (explained earlier) gracefully and is an instrument in creating a Land of Forgiveness
and earns the sweet blessings of the Supreme Father.
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