{"id":40000,"date":"2013-03-04T04:44:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T09:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40000"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:52:02","slug":"how-to-forgive-and-find-closure-if-the-other-is-unwilling-absent-or-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/how-to-forgive-and-find-closure-if-the-other-is-unwilling-absent-or-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"How to forgive and find closure if the other is unwilling, absent or dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chair-empty-room-free-De-an-Sun-on-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48695 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chair-empty-room-free-De-an-Sun-on-unsplash-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chair-empty-room-free-De-an-Sun-on-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chair-empty-room-free-De-an-Sun-on-unsplash.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?page_id=3378\">Domino<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">still has issues with her father that bleed over into her relationships now with men (surprise!)\u00a0 She asked me how she could do <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=10926\">Forgiveness Work<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">on him when he\u2019s been dead for many years.\u00a0 I told her <strong><em><span style=\"color: #780587;\">it doesn\u2019t matter if someone is alive or dead, where the issue lives is in our consciousness, and we are the ones who control our perceptions there<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 My process is this. It\u2019s pretty standard and very freeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #780587;\">1 &#8212; Place a chair across from you. In your mind\u2019s eye, imagine sitting across from you<\/span><\/strong> anyone with whom you do not feel total alignment or support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #780587;\">2 &#8212; Imagine an infinite source of Love and healing flowing into the top of your head<\/span><\/strong> (from your Higher Self or the Creator\/God\/whatever of your understanding), and let the source of love and healing flow down inside your body, fill up the body, and overflow out your heart to heal the person in the chair before you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #780587;\">3 &#8212; Have a discussion with the person.\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong>Tell them anything you want them to know.\u00a0 Remember they did the best they could under the conditions at that time.\u00a0 You don\u2019t know what struggles they were going through.\u00a0 Imagine them responding to you as you would like to be responded to and understood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #780587;\">4 &#8212; Forgive them.\u00a0 Tell them you\u2019re sorry for your part in whatever happened<\/span><\/strong>, and ask them to forgive you.\u00a0 Thank them for their part in your life.\u00a0 Tell them you love them and mean it. \u201cI love you, I\u2019m sorry, please forgive me, I forgive you, thank you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #780587;\">5 &#8212; Imagine standing up with the person before you.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 With a hand swipe motion, cut the cords between you.\u00a0 All past issues are now dissolved.\u00a0 Imagine the person walking away as you feel love and forgiveness for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Related:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40058\">Hawaiian Forgiveness Ho\u2019oponopono Process\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/hard-as-it-is-we-must-get-used-to-death\/\">Hard as it is, get used to death<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/her-perception-upon-dying\/\">Her perception upon dying<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=15889\">A Friend and I Talk About Dying and Easy Transitions<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-a\" title=\"Remember &quot;we&quot; survive after death of the body Final freedom for the Orlando souls who transitioned\u00a0this morning. I\u2019ve lost many family members and never thought of it as unfair or untimely. It\u2019s just a part of life and I've learned that death of the physical body is not the end. Here I give a dozen examples of what\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/remember-we-survive-after-death-of-the-body\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-origin=\"34787\" data-position=\"2\">Remember \u201cwe\u201d survive after death of the body<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40000\">How to forgive and find closure if the other is unwilling, absent or dead<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-pretend-loved-ones-arent-going-to-die-lets-get-over-the-fear\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><br \/>\nWhy pretend loved ones aren\u2019t going to die? 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