By Dr. Yehuda Stolov | Executive Director
Clara started with an exercise in which participants were asked to go around the room and when meeting someone look them in the eyes for a few moments. The goal was both for people to get out of their comfort zone and to connect with other people.
Clara described four principles that reflect the perception that peace exists, therefore does not need to be built needs dissolving of its obstacles:
The idea is to accept what cannot be changed and live peacefully with what exists. It is fine to remain with resistance and disagreement, but give up hatred.
This led to a long conversation about the way to forgive without covering the disapproval of the act. One of the participans shared how she could forgive her father who abused her as a child. Lack of forgiveness leaves the act inside me and makes me punish myself.
Forgiveness has three stages: expressing anger at what happened, forgiving and freedom.
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