Zusatztext For those of us who have been troubled by fear! doubt! anger! self-hatred! and guiltin other words! almost everyone who is humanthis book is a real and rare treasure. Joan Borysenko! Ph.D.! author of Minding the Body! Mending the Mind. Informationen zum Autor Robin Casarjian is the founder and director of the Lionheart Foundation and its National Emotional Literacy Projects. She is a public speaker, writer, and consultant with extensive experience in education, stress management training, psychotherapy, and administration. Whether in inner-city classrooms, hospitals, corporations, or prisons, Robin's work has been widely acclaimed for its clarity, directness, and unwavering vision of the enormous potential within all people. Klappentext Forgiveness holds a promise . . . of reconciliation and serenity, of empowerment and love. The world's great spiritual traditions all teach forgiveness as the key to inner peace. But many people find this an impossible ideal-perhaps even a way of flossing over pain, anger, and wrongdoing. Now, in this wise and heartfelt book, psychotherapist Robin Casarjian confronts the dilemmas of forgiveness and offers a new approach to healing our old wounds and self-judgements. Drawing on the philosophy of A Course in Miracles, plus years of experience with her own clients, she shows us why letting go of the past is not only possible but necessary, if we are to achieve lasting health and harmony. Within these pages are simple but powerful exercises, meditations, and visualizations that acknowledge our hurt even as they lead us beyond it. Here, too, are moving true accounts of forgiveness in action, showing how parents and children, spouses and lovers, workers and bosses-even victims of crime and historic injustice-can all find peace. "For those of us who have been troubled by fear, doubt, anger, self-hatred, and guilt-in other words, almost everyone who is human-this book is a real and rare treasure."-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.INTRODUCTION I was initially drawn to teaching about forgiveness because as a therapist I saw that this essential key to healing was little understood or encouraged. I spoke with many colleagues and found that the real necessity and value of forgiving was, for the most part, like a blind spot in their awareness. Yet it was clear to me that people who forgave were able to go beyond just coping to a deeper healing and to truly enjoying their lives. It was also clear that those who got lost in anger, resentment, guilt, and shame became emotionally stuck and disempowered. As a stress-management trainer and consultant, I saw the negative impact of hostility and guilt on people's stress levels and on their physical health. It became apparent that if I was to help myself and others heal, grow, and love life, forgiveness had to be an integral part of that process. A number of influences have taught me a great deal about forgiving. Among them have been people who inspired me by example; the study of A Course in Miracles (a three-volume work that focuses on healing oneself and relationships through forgiveness); the practice of meditation, which has been invaluable in helping me to cultivate awareness and insight; those people and circumstances that have triggered anger and judgments in me, giving me the opportunity to forgive again and again; and the many challenges of forgiving myself. Although I didn't know it then, my mother was my first teacher of forgiveness. I am one of those rare individuals who grew up in a loving, joyful home with a mother who lived forgiveness in its most expanded sense. She was consistently loving, nurturing, generous, encouraging, and affectionate. She skillfully balanced the limits she set by encouraging independence. I always felt accepted and respected. When I brought...

ldquo;For those of us who have been troubled by fear, doubt, anger, self-hatred, and guilt—in other words, almost everyone who is human—this book is a real and rare treasure.”—Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.

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Robin Casarjian is the founder and director of the Lionheart Foundation and its National Emotional Literacy Projects. She is a public speaker, writer, and consultant with extensive experience in education, stress management training, psychotherapy, and administration. Whether in inner-city classrooms, hospitals, corporations, or prisons, Robin’s work has been widely acclaimed for its clarity, directness, and unwavering vision of the enormous potential within all people.

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Forgiveness holds a promise . . . of reconciliation and serenity, of empowerment and love.

The world's great spiritual traditions all teach forgiveness as the key to inner peace. But many people find this an impossible ideal-perhaps even a way of flossing over pain, anger, and wrongdoing.

Now, in this wise and heartfelt book, psychotherapist Robin Casarjian confronts the dilemmas of forgiveness and offers a new approach to healing our old wounds and self-judgements. Drawing on the philosophy of A Course in Miracles, plus years of experience with her own clients, she shows us why letting go of the past is not only possible but necessary, if we are to achieve lasting health and harmony.

Within these pages are simple but powerful exercises, meditations, and visualizations that acknowledge our hurt even as they lead us beyond it. Here, too, are moving true accounts of forgiveness in action, showing how parents and children, spouses and lovers, workers and bosses-even victims of crime and historic injustice-can all find peace.

"For those of us who have been troubled by fear, doubt, anger, self-hatred, and guilt-in other words, almost everyone who is human-this book is a real and rare treasure."-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.

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INTRODUCTION
 
 
 
I was initially drawn to teaching about forgiveness because as a therapist I saw that this essential key to healing was little understood or encouraged. I spoke with many colleagues and found that the real necessity and value of forgiving was, for the most part, like a blind spot in their awareness. Yet it was clear to me that people who forgave were able to go beyond just coping to a deeper healing and to truly enjoying their lives. It was also clear that those who got lost in anger, resentment, guilt, and shame became emotionally stuck and disempowered. As a stress-management trainer and consultant, I saw the negative impact of hostility and guilt on people’s stress levels and on their physical health.
 
It became apparent that if I was to help myself and others heal, grow, and love life, forgiveness had to be an integral part of that process.
 
A number of influences have taught me a great deal about forgiving. Among them have been people who inspired me by example; the study of A Course in Miracles (a three-volume work that focuses on healing oneself and relationships through forgiveness); the practice of meditation, which has been invaluable in helping me to cultivate awareness and insight; those people and circumstances that have triggered anger and judgments in me, giving me the opportunity to forgive again and again; and the many challenges of forgiving myself.
 
Although I didn’t know it then, my mother was my first teacher of forgiveness. I am one of those rare individuals who grew up in a loving, joyful home with a mother who lived forgiveness in its most expanded sense. She was consistently loving, nurturing, generous, encouraging, and affectionate. She skillfully balanced the limits she set by encouraging independence. I always felt accepted and respected. When I brought home mediocre grades from school I was encouraged to try harder while assured that it was und…