FREEDOM IN FORGIVENESS

We use the word “forgiveness” to refer to an attitude in which we are able to find reconciliation for both the minor and major mistakes and mistreatments that are so much a part of everyday life. This not only allows us to show benevolence and compassion toward those who have mistreated us but also, eventually, enables us to resolve our own misdoings. A benevolent attitude is, of course, as commendable as it is necessary, and life is of a much higher quality when this attitude is embodied wholeheartedly. In such embodiment, there is a recognition of human fallibility, as well as a greater freedom from prejudice and resentment. Clearly, depending on the severity of what has been suffered, the process of forgiveness can only happen when we are ready for it. When humanity reaches higher states of consciousness, the faculty of forgiveness will become “the very breath of life itself—the giving of all to all and for all.” ¹

This understanding of forgiveness is deeply ingrained in humanity, and it is well preserved by the spiritual teachings of many religious and cultural traditions. However, we can extend this idea upwards towards the workings of the Divine Mind and towards a higher and even more profound meaning of the word, which is “to give for", for-giveness. This can be giving with purpose while expecting nothing as a reward. Even more importantly, it can refer to an act of sacrifice: it is about giving of one’s self for others, for the sake of the collective life, and about making that a sacred act. This giving is not a loss, but a gain, and it is in alignment with the profound meaning of the word sacrifice as “making sacred” (from the Latin sacrificium, “to make holy”). In this light, the fact that Divinity Itself sought manifestation in matter, letting go of Its unique nature and identity, was the highest act of for-giveness and sacrifice that we can fathom. Because of that act, for-giveness has remained as one of the most important basic impulses of life on earth.

In our Triangles, we seek to become points of reception and distribution of the Light, Love and Power emanating from the divine source. By joining a Triangle, we confirm our willingness to have our individual identity merged with those of our partners, and through this inclusive act, we empower the most basic of sacred geometrical figures through which these higher energies can circulate. In this way, humanity is directly in touch with healing forces. As we sacrifice our sense of individual identity to join our individual Triangle(s) and we then take it further to fuse with the Triangles network, we become a reflection of Divine for-giveness and thus further anchor that impulse on earth, in human minds, and in human hearts.

And it is here, in that deep fusion, that we find the freedom to be our true selves. This greater freedom from the yoke of the limitations of matter further empowers the distribution of spiritual energies. As above, so below. As conscious human beings and Triangles workers, we have the privilege of knowing that we can participate in the continuous flow of forgive-ness.

1. Education in the New Age, A.Bailey p.129