So we come down now to the next lecture. And I believe this is one of the most difficult things for people to actually wrap their head around is the issue of forgiveness. Because a lot of people believe, obviously, that they've got justifiable reason to be upset with somebody because terrible things have happened or injustices have occurred. But it's an important subject to discuss an important subject to be aware of and for you to really wrap your head around if you're carrying any hurts and most of us are at some level. But I would urge you to please make sure you download the information I have on this section, including the some of the statements have been made around it the same so the quotes are there as well. Forgiveness means to let go.

It's certainly not about a perpetrator deserving to be forgiven, or released from guilt. That is false promise in a sense, it leaves one trapped in turmoil. It leaves one with bitterness with anger with overwhelm sometimes and but on the other hand, forgiveness gives you your future back. body does not thrive in chaos, but in harmony, self esteem in durance in integrity, in vibrancy and vitality. And so, if we're holding on to that we're losing our spirit if we're holding on to anger and hurt, and it's like toxic waste, it's like poison. It's like acid rain to the spirit.

So forgive means to let go. It gives you the gift of actually having a garage free life, if I can put it that way. It is a voluntary cancellation of a debt. It's a extension of grace. It's moving from victim to victim. Someone once said that the best revenge is to lead a healthy life.

I have the acronym a GH written on the back of the board here. It stands for abuse in prison. grief releases expression heals. So what can happen through releasing this through letting go through forgiving, it helps us create a new definition of ourself. Now, there are many ways to work on releasing one is, first of all to recognize you're holding on to something that's not working for you. But then how do we get rid of it?

Well, there's a number of ways, but I recommend things like Emotional Freedom Technique. I've talked before about Gary Craig, about Nick ortner. You can check that on my site. It's all detailed there. And, again, it's free, but it's on websites. It's easy to do.

And it works. Dr. Joseph mercola certainly recommends for all host of things. But as I mentioned, the best revenge is to lead a healthy life. So forgiveness leads to fidelity of ourselves. It helps us reclaim our physical and mental and spiritual integrity. And I urge you not to let your suffering define you because we can be Stubborn victims and I would urge you to determine that you want to become tenacious survivors.

I personally believe in the hoonah philosophy, and the hoonah philosophy is made up of seven basic tenants. And those tenants should be things that we look forward to and look for in terms of how we operate. Now day to day lives, I'll read those tenets to you the seven principles, the world is what you think it is, there are no limits, energy flows where attention goes, now is the moment of power. To love is to be happy with Love is the only ethic needed in hoonah. All power comes from within. And effectiveness is a measure of truth.

In other words, All that matters is what works. Now the hoonah religion we talked about the Kahunas the sages, the shamans, etc. But they also have an incredible system of forgiveness. It's called her opponent opponent. And if you want to read more about that, there's A book called zero limits. Dr. Joe Vitale wrote that about Dr. Hugh Lynn, he Harley Arcola in Hawaii what he did there in in a prison and it uses four basic statements.

I won't go into great detail, but I would urge you to check that out because it's designed to clean and clear and help you arrive at a zero point. In fact, zero point grant Connolly has got a thing called set point process, you might want to check that out around the issue of forgiveness. So please Reese read the list of the the roles it plays and the roles that govern by it as well. I would urge you to do that and the quotes in the book that I have there as well, on the issue of forgiveness, but also on the art of thriving I put something in the book there, it's in the download for you. So I would urge you to take a look at that and please consider letting go. Please consider getting your life back by forgiving and again, remember, it's not about the person who's harmed you deserving your forgiveness but you deserve it for yourself.