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Forgiveness can be likened to a bridge that connects one path that you can travel in life to a second.¹ At any given time, you and I are traveling down one of these two paths. Very few people travel exclusively down one path all the time. The first path is a path of low vibrational frequency or energy. This path can be thought of as the fearful path.², ³, ⁴ The second path is a path of high vibrational frequency or energy sometimes thought of as the positive path—the path of light or the path of the Self.⁵, ⁶ It is not bad or wrong to be on any path at any given time. The positive path is, however, the Truth of who we are, that which we all, consciously or subconsciously, strive for. Please be kind to yourself when you read these words. The purpose of this book is to help you travel across the bridge of forgiveness—from the lower path to the higher one—using the most effective tools that have been developed.

The bridge of forgiveness crosses from the path of fear, negativity, guilt, blame, unhappiness, hate, and weapons of self-destruction (i.e., the path of the ego-mind) to the positive path of light, love, peace, happiness, joy, and well-being. Forgiveness allows you to release the past and to cross the bridge from the path of fear and negativity to the positive path of light and love.⁷ In the process, a shift will take place in your attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, choices, decisions, habits, relationship patterns, and energy.

What you and I experience in life is the result of which path we choose to travel. When you or I are traveling the fearful path, we are separated from our sense of oneness with our true Self, the Truth of who we are. When we are traveling the path of happiness, love, and light, we are united, aligned, or connected with our true Self, the Truth of our Being. As you can see in the diagram, a line connects the two paths. At any moment you and I are somewhere along that line. Most people move back and forth across the line at different moments in their life, and at any given moment our attitudes, beliefs, choices, and energy level determine how far we are on either side of the line.

The more forgiving you are, the more likely you will be on the positive path.