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    Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness
    Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness
    Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness
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    Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness

    By Mario Noviello

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    In our hectic lives we become easily trapped, weighed down by toxic reactions to the situations life throws at us. We make poor decisions based on our emotions that we fail to control. 

    But there is another way.

    Forgiveness is a power that all of us posess that can take us through a personal transformation leading to spiritual growth and the happiness that we will derive from it when we free ourselves from the restrictions that surround us. 

    This book shows the way. In it, you will learn how:

    * true forgiveness can offer you everything

    • forgiveness can enrich and is essential to all relationships

    • the key to happiness can be delivered through this simple act

    • our perception of death chokes our ability to act, and how to overcome it

    • the methods to harness the power of forgiving can be put into practice 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMario Noviello
    Release dateDec 20, 2018
    ISBN9781540154170
    Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness

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      Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness - Mario Noviello

      PREFACE

      You can never lead a life of joy and ease as long as you continue to think unforgiving thoughts. How can we be happy in the present moment if you continue to choose to be angry and resentful? Thoughts of bitterness can’t create joy. No matter how justified you feel it is, if you insist on holding on to the past, then you will never be free of bitterness in this very moment. Forgiving yourself and others will release your mind from its own incarceration of the past.

      When you feel that you’re stuck in some situation, it is a sign that more forgiveness  is needed. When your present doesn't flow freely, it usually means that you’re attached to a past moment. It could be regret, blame, sadness, hurt, anger, resentment, or guilt that is the underlying emotion of a desire for revenge on another. But if we look much closer, the only person that truly hurts is you. Also, we need to realise all the negative emotions that we harbour and fester within ourselves  that have not been resolved and understood due to the underlying belief that anyone could really take away our true self-worth as a human being. As we investigate, people can only hurt us if we allow them to, and because humans have become broken due to the experiences of the past, they really can’t live in the present. They believe at a deeper level that this hurt from another, or from a particular situation justifies their feelings of inadequateness. We are never upset for the reason we think we are upset; the unrealistic expectation that other people or particular situations should make us happier and more fulfilled, is the cause of our hurt. Our resentment and judgment causes us more pain and a feeling of guilt itself.

      When you blame another, you give your own power away because you’re placing the responsibility for your emotions onto someone else. People in your life may behave in ways that trigger uncomfortable emotional responses in you. However, they didn’t get into your mind and actually have the power to push the self-destruct button. These emotions, feelings and actions  are the hidden beliefs of a deep conditioning from the past that we buried long ago, thousands of years ago in fact. Man has taught the biggest lie to himself – that we are guilty of a crime we never committed, the crime of believing we are not worthy enough as human beings. We have inherited a dysfunctional mindset, and as the years have advanced, this dysfunctionality has grown deeper creating an unforgiving mind.

      Taking responsibility for your own feelings and reactions is having mastery of your own mind. As we take care of our own mind it takes care of us; in other words, you learn to consciously choose rather than react. Forgiveness is a confusing concept for many people, but know that there is a difference between forgiving and accepting. Forgiving someone or something isn’t a condoning of an act or behaviour, it is releasing the judgment that takes place in our own mind and thus bringing truth, understandings and peace back into your own life. Forgiveness is never for the other, the reality of the act of forgiveness is setting yourself free from pain, an act of letting go of your own self-deceiving thoughts that you chose to hold on to. Forgiveness means letting go of two vital beliefs: that something or someone has power over you, and that you don’t have the power to let go of a past that clearly does not serve you now. Forgiveness doesn’t mean you allow painful behaviours or actions of another to continue either; sometimes the compassion you demonstrate through forgiveness allows you to simply move on. 

      The more we forgive ourselves for allowing ourselves to go through unacceptable behaviour around us, the more we love ourselves enough to set healthier situations for all concerned. Forgiveness sets the path straight. No matter what your reasons are for having unforgiving feelings you can go beyond them. You can choose what you think, and that’s what counts in any given situation. You have the freedom to remove the real reason for unhappiness – your inherited, unforgiving mind that deceives you. It is not fun being a victim! Refuse to be helpless anymore – claim your own power back, gift yourself freedom, peace, and an inner joy that can’t be disturbed when you forgive first. Discover the secret of what forgiveness can do for you.

      Forgiveness will give you everything you need, because all you need is peace that leads to happiness, that is surely guaranteed when we forgive.

      Let’s do this together through this sacred book, we will work together unravelling life’s truths, and understanding the mysteries it presents. We will discover the real root of human dysfunctionality – an incapability to forgive, and the solution to that. We will together, slowly let go of myths, beliefs, and theologies that have held us all back incarcerating us in the past. The most important thing we will learn together is that love is the only thing that is real.

      Make this journey with me. The more we all become consciously awakened to the truth that lies within us, the more we can live in harmony together, and thus, return to love as one.

      Forgiveness

      What is this human capacity of forgiveness that allows us dignity no matter what happens in life? I feel the potential for the heart of humanity to open up, showing compassion, vision, connectivity, wisdom, and love that within us can grow infinitely This capacity is not just available to a few of us, but to all of us, and there are ways to unleash it.

      All of your experiences, gain and loss, shame and blame, joy and sorrow – they become lost in the drama we call our own life's situation. These circumstances are exactly that – situations, and we can either deal with them head on, or endure, by living through them without making life itself the enemy. At some point you must realise the relationship you have with life is your own responsibly and no one else’s. Gene Bedley said it beautifully;

      'Responsibility finds a way, irresponsibility finds excuses.'

      We must ask the question; Do I want to be a victim of my own life or truly live it freely in the most positive way I can? To be involved in life and not be part of the drama is liberating in itself. This freedom is your birthright; to be able to choose your spirit no matter what happens in life is true power, it is wisdom, peace, insight, and gives you value over any circumstances that across your path.

      Forgiveness begins to speak to us of our identity, of whom  we really are, which is of course, love! We all go through hard times, challenges, and experience dismay, but through all this drama we still have the capacity to love  and come out as stronger, kinder, truer people. Forgiveness is the capacity to let go and release the suffering, the sorrow, the burdens, and the betrayal of the past, and instead, to choose the mystery we call love over all the pain go through. To live in love can only occur through choosing love over fear every time. If you want to see the heroic, look to those who can forgive. In a state of true forgiveness we are unwilling to attack or harm anyone including ourselves, and without forgiveness life would be unbearable.

      It’s hard to imagine a world without compassion. We would be incarcerated to the suffering of the past and be doomed to repeat it over and over again. There would be no growth, release, and more importantly, the message that LOVE is the only thing that is real. The ever-occurring chain of suffering that repeats itself from one generation to another is down to the simple fact humans haven’t truly forgiven themselves within that generation. It’s a blind conditioning that keeps people, organisations, nations, and the whole world stuck in a past that doesn’t exist

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