1: Introduction Can you think of an instance when someone deeply harmed you? This can be a friend who broke your trust, a loved one who disappointed you, or a co-worker who undercut your efforts. In these situations, forgiveness may appear to be an impossible task. Have you ever thought about the transformational power of forgiveness? In this blog post, you will learn about the powerful impact forgiveness can have on your live, as well as the great freedom and inner peace it provides. 2: What is Forgiveness Forgiveness is often seen as an act of weakness. However, this is a skill that only the strongest and most mature people possess. Forgiveness can liberate you from a constant anger towards a person and can cure relationships. As Buddha once said: “ Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned .”. You can better understand this quote with an example: Imagine your best friend broke your trust by t...
1: Introduction to the automatic pilot In your daily life, you make more than 100 choices a day although you are often only aware of less than 10. So you run your day-to-day life mostly on automatic pilot. You might argue that if a choice is made unconsciously, it is not a choice. But the definition of a choice is the result of certain options you have available to you. For example, for the breakfast you ate this morning, you had a few options but you probably chose your breakfast unconsciously. 2: Danger of the automatic pilot These unconscious choices you make in your daily life are called habits. The problem with habits is that you are not sure if these unconscious choices are the right choices or not . It is thus important that you first think about these choices. For example, every morning you eat bread with chocolate but haven’t really thought about the alternatives? Maybe if you made this choice consciously, you actually wanted to be healthier and chose bread wi...