More on forgiveness

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 71, which was published in Volume 4 of The Living Light Dialogue. This quote begins with a question from a student and includes a related question from a different student. "Thoughts are things, as we've been told. And I know that most all of us have thoughts sometimes that are not quite right. So is there a way for you to retrieve a thought? Do you act to destroy them? Or how do you retract the thought that you really don't want to go into action? Is there a way of stopping those thoughts, which are things, to carry on through? No. There is no way of stopping a thought that has once left the human aura. No, you cannot retract it or pull it back. You can, however, through forgiveness, release a counterbalance vibration from your aura and dissipate it. You see, the forgiveness is the forgiveness of the level of consciousness inside of ourselves that, through lack of self-control, we were unable to stop the thought from leaving our universe. Does that help with your question? Yes. In other words, then you would say, "Please forgive me for the thought that I have just sent out," that "I'm sorry" and that type of thing. No. Forgiveness is a feeling. It is not necessarily just words. It is a true feeling deep within your being for the thought that you have just had. You have a feeling and an inner, humble request of a Divine Intelligence inside of you to forgive you for the inability to control that level of consciousness. You see? Then you will be free. And you'll need not be concerned with the thought, for the thought will be dissipated by the counterbalance of forgiveness. Yes. You see, to forgive is to free. And not to forgive is to bind. And none of us want to be bound. We're striving for freedom. Yes. The lady now in group seven. Thank you. Would you then clarify the difference between regret and forgiveness? Thank you. Regret is the inability of any soul to forgive a level of consciousness that they have expressed. It is the inability of the individual to forgive that level of consciousness, to forgive that act, to forgive that thought. You see, when you cannot forgive it, you cannot free it. And if you cannot free it, you live in the eternal regret of it. Because our thoughts are our children." A number of people responded to last week's email on forgiveness; so, I thought a continuation of that theme might be of interest. Remember, these teachings were given in bits and pieces. A bit on forgiveness in this class, another bit in a later class. It is up to the individual student to weave those threads of insight into a living tapestry of greater understanding. We all have the same levels of consciousness; so the message to the individual is applicable to us all. If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President Copyright © 2020 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.