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The Shape of Forgiveness: Salakh

The letters of סלח: samekh as a cycle (on top, coming down, on the bottom, going up), lamed reaching above the line, het as the roof on thinking.

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The Shape of Forgiveness II II Coming Down On the Bottom Because life is a cycle: wherever you are, you have been in the opposite place as well. So how can you not forgive someone presently in another place? It is actually you, just in a different time, a different body. Because life has hidden dimensions: wherever you are, there is a higher, more inclusive perspective. So how can you attain to the spirit of forgiveness? Go above the line: take a tour of another dimension; do the things that expand your breathing beyond its habitual limits; Culture shock and good air can transform. Because thinking is infinite: it needs a roof. When you slow the mind chatter down and bring thinking to a close, you leave the realm of the cycling polarities of hurting and healing. You are where you are, in the present moment. No fault, blame, shame or guilt: just experience. No pain: just burning, tearing and stretching. No mourning and grieving and anger: no thought.