| Forgiveness is one of those things when given, does | | | | whenever we feel threatened by external forces. |
| more for the giver than the intended receiver. I | | | | Over time, we establish a very keen sensor to others' |
| confess, it is a difficult concept to fully integrate in a | | | | words and actions for indications of being attacked |
| sincere way, as it means moving beyond the ego's | | | | which in turn, kicks our defense mechanism into action. |
| perceptions of feeling wronged, to a place of deep | | | | We then react according to whatever ego patterns |
| connection with another human being... | | | | have become our conditioned behavior matching the |
| Most of us live in the ego's realm of being separate | | | | circumstances. Most of the time we are reacting |
| from each other therefore, raised to look out for our | | | | against perceived hurt against our ego-selves. |
| selves. We develop an internal alarm that goes off | | | | |