Summary: <p>Listen to episode 153 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Forgiveness: Forgiveness: Healing Your Spiritual & Emotional Self. Edited & adapted from “The Ideal Made Real” by Christian D. Larson.</p><br> <p><strong>Inspirational Podcast Transcript</strong>: <em>To forgive everybody for everything at all times, regardless of circumstances, is the first step towards complete freedom. In the past, many have looked upon forgiveness as a virtue; but, in reality, it is a necessity. </em></p><br> <p><em>We have often given our highest praise to those who possess the spirit of forgiveness and have thought of such people as being self-sacrificing in the truest sense of the term — because we did not know that the act of forgiving is the simplest way to lighten one's own burdens. </em></p><br> <p><em>According to our old conception of forgiveness, the person who forgives denies themselves a privilege, the privilege of indignation and revenge; for this reason we have looked upon them as heroes or saints, thinking that it could not be otherwise than heroic and saintly to give up the supposed pleasure of meting out revenge to those who seemed to deserve it. </em></p><br> <p><em>However, according to our new view, the person who forgives is no more saintly than the one who insists upon keeping clean, because in reality the act of forgiving simply constitutes a complete mental bath. When you forgive everybody for everything you cleanse your mind completely of every wrong thought or negative mental attitude that may exist in your consciousness.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Inspirational Podcasts:</strong></p><br> <p><a title="How to Accept Others as They Are" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/how-to-stop-judging-people-accept-others-as-they-are/">How to Stop Judging Other People</a></p><br> <p><a title="Do Your Best & Love Much" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/do-your-best-love-much-the-power-of-love/">The Path & Power of Love</a></p>
