Extract from the power of the subconscious mind
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To forgive is to sincerely wish for the other what you wish for yourself: Harmony, health, peace, and all the blessings of life.
Forgiveness is necessary for healing.
If you have a grievance against anyone, forgive him.
Forgiveness of others is essential to mental peace and radiant health. You must forgive everyone who has ever hurt you if you want perfect health and happiness.
Forgiveness is love in action.
The essential ingredient in the art of forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. If you sincerely desire to forgive the other, you are more than halfway over the hurdle. Of coz you understand that to forgive another does not necessarily mean that you like that person or want to associate with him or her. You cannot be compelled to like someone. Similarly, you are not going to like a person simply because someone orders you to do so. However, we can love people without liking them.
Love means that you wish for the other health, happiness, peace, joy and all the blessings of life. There is only 1 prerequisite, and that is sincerity.
You are not being really magnanimous when you forgive, you are actually being selfish, because what you wish for the other, you are actually wishing for yourself.