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Commune with Jeff Krasno

511. How to Forgive – Insights from Justin Michael Williams and Scott Schwenk

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6654 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Is forgiveness a gift you give to another, or is it something you give yourself? This episode features insightful excerpts from Commune courses taught by Justin Michael Williams and Scott Schwenk. Discover what forgiveness really means, its transformative power, and practical steps for embarking on a healing journey.

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In this episode we cover:
0:04:11 – What Forgiveness Is Not
0:07:45 – What Wants to Bloom In Your Life?
0:10:21 – What is Forgiveness?
0:12:22 – How to Forgive - Five Steps
0:32:21 – Introduction to Practice
00:40:35 – Forgiveness Meditation Practice

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

0:07.0

We are on a mission to inspire, heal, and bring the world closer together.

0:14.0

Welcome to Commune. I'm Jeff Krasno, and today on the show, we'll explore forgiveness, arguably the most difficult of all the virtues.

0:26.6

And in today's episode, you'll be hearing curated clips from commune courses taught by Justin Michael

0:33.7

Williams and Scott Schwank. So to begin, what is forgiveness? Is it a gift that you give

0:42.1

someone else? Or is it really a gift that you give yourself? Can you forgive someone without

0:48.1

forsaking accountability? Is everyone, even those who commit the most odious crimes, deserve it of forgiveness.

0:57.6

What is the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation?

1:02.1

Does forgiveness start in the head and move slowly to the heart?

1:08.1

And ultimately, how do we do it?

1:14.6

How do we forgive? In a nutshell,

1:22.3

forgiveness is a process that helps us cope with the distress of being hurt by another person or by a system or even by ourselves. Our desire for justice and retribution can be overwhelming and we too

1:32.5

often hold an ember of resentment plotting for the right time to throw it. But of course,

1:39.8

all that time, we are the ones getting burnt.

1:44.3

Forgiveness helps us drop that ember.

1:48.1

When we're experiencing overwhelming emotions,

1:51.3

finding our way to forgiveness can often feel impossible.

1:57.1

But all the research tells us that forgiving is associated with a host of mental and physical health benefits.

2:05.3

We know it will release us and we know it will benefit the collective good.

2:10.0

So even when we aren't ready or able to forgive, we often have a small voice inside nudging us toward forgiveness. Mark Twain allegedly

2:21.5

wrote, forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. This episode

2:30.1

helps us be that violet. In this first lesson, Justin Michael Williams helps us define forgiveness

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