My mother used to say not sleeping was the sign of a guilty mind. It could have been. There was a lot in my mind to feel guilty about. When you__e drunk and trying to sleep, your thoughts are visited by the ghosts of those deeds whose heat still glows hottest in your personal darkness. Our actions burn much longer than the moments in which they occur. And drunks like me, we hide from the glow of the embers by fueling other fires and hiding within the flames.
We always make the best decision we can based upon what we believe in that moment. When I was growing up, my father and I experienced a lot of tension with each other for many years. He had bipolar disorder and it was very difficult for him. As I got older and went through my transformation of consciousness and really forgave him__nd forgave myself and forgave the world__y father started showing up in my awareness as an angel. He got happier and happier and our relationship began to improve. People would say, __our dadhas really changed a lot,_ and I would say, __y mind has really changed._ My father was just reflecting that back. In fact, he came to me one day and said, __avid, I__ sorry. I was not a very good father. I didn__ do the things that a good father should do.__ replied, __onsense! I don__ believe that for one instant. You did the best you could and I did the best I could. You didn__ let me down and I didn__ let you down. We__e not going to buy into that guilt trip anymore.__e lit up when I said this. His whole demeanor changed and he instantly reflected love back to me. That simple exchange completely rearranged our view of everything that had taken place during those early years. None of it mattered anymore. We had been mistaken about many things because we couldn__ perceive truly while we were going through our time together.
Quantum Forgiveness: Physics, Meet Jesus
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We always make the best decision we can based upon what we believe in that moment. When I was growing up, my father and I experienced a lot of tension with each other for many years. He had bipolar disorder and it was very difficult for him. As I got older and went through my transformation of consciousness and really forgave him__nd forgave myself and forgave the world__y father started showing up in my awareness as an angel. He got happier and happier and our relationship began to improve. People would say, __our dadhas really changed a lot,_ and I would say, __y mind has really changed._ My father was just reflecting that back. In fact, he came to me one day and said, __avid, I__ sorry. I was not a very good father. I didn__ do the things that a good father should do.__ replied, __onsense! I don__ believe that for one instant. You did the best you could and I did the best I could. You didn__ let me down and I didn__ let you down. We__e not going to buy into that guilt trip anymore.__e lit up when I said this. His whole demeanor changed and he instantly reflected love back to me. That simple exchange completely rearranged our view of everything that had taken place during those early years. None of it mattered anymore. We had been mistaken about many things because we couldn__ perceive truly while we were going through our time together.
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