Last updated 8/2021
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Using Mindfulness and Meditation to Release Resentment and Blame
What you'll learn
Why we hang on so tightly to hatred and blame
Why holding a grudge is a kind of developmental arrest – and a losing strategy
How to persevere in working with deeply-ingrained habits of blaming
What lies underneath the "armor" of judging
How to meet wounds and vulnerability with mindfulness and self-compassion
We can forgive and still maintain boundaries needed to prevent future harm
Real healing and freedom become possible by releasing hatred and resentment
Requirements
There are no prerequisites to taking this course.
Description
When we have turned against ourselves or another person, forgiveness can seem impossible. We're so used to re-playing the story of blame, that living with a tight heart can become our most familiar way of being.Yet we want to forgive, because we understand that not forgiving hardens and imprisons our heart. As long as we are filled with resentment or hate, we're chained to the sufferings of the past and cannot find genuine peace.We can't simply will ourselves into forgiving; but we can be willing. This is why the intention to forgive is such a key element in the process. To be willing to forgive - even if not yet quite ready – allows the door open a crack, and light inevitably pours in.We might worry that forgiving somehow equals condoning harmful behavior, or permitting it to continue. When we forgive, we're not saying, ok, I guess I'll just let them keep treating me in harmful ways. We can forgive and create every boundary we need to take care of ourselves and others. Nor are we "denying responsibility" when we forgive ourselves.While blame and punishment might temporarily interrupt a pattern of behavior, they do not create the grounds for deepened understanding, compassion and transformation. Only when we include ourselves and others in our heart do we serve a path of true healing, connection and freedom.
Overview
Section 1: TASTE OF FREEDOM
Lecture 1 Comparing Mind
Lecture 2 Myth of Basic Badness
Lecture 3 Shifting Out of Arrested Development: Tara's Personal Journey
Section 2: SEEING THE SELF-BLAME... AND SOFTENING
Lecture 4 Guided Practice Exercise: Your 'Freedom Challenge'
Lecture 5 Self-Condemnation Blocks Evolution
Lecture 6 Planting Seeds for the Future
Lecture 7 Guided Inquiry Exercise: What Is Wrong With Forgiving Myself?
Section 3: STOPPING THE WAR
Lecture 8 Case Study: A Mother's Self-Hatred
Lecture 9 Atonement
Lecture 10 Guided Practice Exercise: Deepening Self-Forgiveness
Section 4: WHAT "FORGIVENESS" REALLY MEANS - AND DOESN'T MEAN
Lecture 11 Tight-Hearted
Lecture 12 Case Study: Forgiving Is Not Bypassing
Lecture 13 Forgiveness Occurs in Two Phases
Lecture 14 Case Study: Tara's Process with a Deep Wounding
Section 5: A PATHWAY OF OPENING YOUR HEART
Lecture 15 Apology
Lecture 16 Case Study: Redemption
Lecture 17 Guided Practice Exercise: Widening Circles of Compassion
Section 6: BONUSES - GUIDED PRACTICE EXERCISE AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Lecture 18 Toward Someone Who Hurt You
Lecture 19 Additional Resources & Acknowledgments
Anyone experiencing painful cycles of anger, resentment, judgment and blame,Anyone who'd like to let go of a grudge,Everyone who would like to experience a freer heart
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