Forgiveness

Somebody cuts in front of you out on the freeway. How do you react? You will never see them again, and it was probably unintentional anyway. Is it really that easy to forgive? Is it healthy? What happens when you are really suffering and your own suffering is unheard, even by you?

How incredibly difficult it is to ‘forgive ‘in real world situations, yet we are told that students of the Ancient Wisdom who wish to aspire to spiritual advancement must ‘Learn to Forgive; Learn to Love’.

Let’s look at Forgiveness in various religious traditions and advice from modern psychology and the Ancient Wisdom/Theosophy on pathways to Forgiveness.

There will be time to discuss this thorniest of problems with attendees and even role play a few situations calling for Forgiveness.

Andrew Rooke is the former Chief Librarian of Monash Health with a BA (Hons) specializing in Buddhism in China and Master of Librarianship specializing in the development of libraries in developing countries, especially Africa. He has spent many years working in Australia, Africa and the USA in university and medical libraries. Andrew is the author/editor of many journal articles and of books on spiritual subjects and librarianship including: Laws of Life (2004) and Creator and Creators (2018) both these books co-authored/edited with Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen.

Andrew is also the founding editor of the online magazine, The Ancient Wisdom Downunder.