Philip Orth, M.A., ACHF

WHAT IS HEART FORGIVENESS?

“Anger is a profoundly negative reaction that afflicts everyone; it severely damages our body and cells and may well be the single biggest cause of disease. It comes in a variety of forms: anger at others, at ourselves, at God and at life itself. In whatever form it arises, anger weakens our whole body and depleats our energy. It gives control of our energy to “them”. So says Drs. Ed Carlson, DDL, PhD and Livia Kohn, PhD in their 2012 book, CORE HEALTH: The Quantum Way To Inner Power.

“Life is difficult”. This is the opening line to Dr. M. Scott Peck’s classic book, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, and it is the experience of everyone living in this world. Life brings hurts and traumas, disappointments and defeats. We look for someone to blame. As we’re growing up, and throughout our life, we see others smoldering in frustration, harboring resentments, suffering from annoyances, erupting in rage, and burning in anger. This is especially impactful when the angry person, or persons, are residing in our house! We see people getting angry in the movies and on TV; athletes losing it and raging. We experience our classmates, colleagues, customers and bosses being angry. Thus we learn that anger is a common reaction in many situations. We adopt anger, and start becoming annoyed at all sorts of things. We begin to harbor grudges against parents, teachers, friends, the church or synagogue, against God, against the Democrats, the Republicans, and life in general. We hold anger toward ourselves that gets repressed and turns to depression when unrelieved. A sense of hopelessness and helplessness seeps in over time, and we become even more ANGRY!

Of course, our culture – Judeo-Christian or otherwise – implores us to forgive and we realize that we want to – or maybe not! Either way, our frustration deepens. We feel our energy like blood draining away as another layer of frustration and resentment sets in. Many of us sincerely want to forgive, to let the past go, yet the conscious mind alone is helpless to relieve the tension in our chest and guts, as so many “triggers” bring it all up again! We sink back into what my friend calls “dredging”, bringing up the past and hashing and rehashing, hashing and rehashing! On and on! The misery deepens! The frustration builds. A re-curring pattern of re-cycling misery and rage has set in, and we feel helpless to get free of it. It roots itself in deep subconscious layers of the mind and body. We are truly in a prison of our own making, but we have the key to unlock the door and let ourselves out. We just need someone to help us find it!

“Heart Forgiveness systematically releases all kinds and forms of anger and creates mastery in living free of anger, living unoffendable. Thereby it restores our energy to its original power and purity.” So says Dr. Carlson. You say, “Really!” To which I say, “Yes, it’s true. It does all this. YOU, too, can find out for yourself! Many already have. Thousands. I’m one of them. I was angry for years. I didn’t know what to do with it, so I denied it. After all, I was a good Christian, and Jesus insists we forgive our neighbor, be merciful and kind and loving. So, that’s what I did. Or that’s what I wanted to do, I should say. But the misery in my guts didn’t go away. The confusion and conflicts in my mind only went deeper. No, denial and “stuffing it” doesn’t work. What we deny and bury gets buried “alive” and now it poisons us invisibly making us even more confused!

Dr. Carlson points out that “Forgiveness does not not mean that we condone, support, accept, or approve of the offending behavior in others, nor does it necessitate that we reestablish a relationship with the individual(s). Rather, Heart Forgiveness totally frees our energy regardless of the other person or event.” So, deep forgiveness – Heart Forgiveness – doesn’t mean we have to “like” the other person. It certainly doesn’t mean we have to pretend to like them. But, with the Heart Forgiveness process, we can LOVE them! Love is first and foremost a decision to honor the pure part in the beloved, and to be willing to care for their wellbeing in ways that are in their highest good as well as our own. Sometimes, love demands that we put ourselves in harms way, (ala Jesus, Dr. Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa and many others) for the good of the one(s) we love. But that’s always a decision we alone must make. We can’t make that decision for you, or anyone else. There are some decisions that must only be made between ourself and God. Sometimes the decision to love, to extend kindness, is accompanied by warm feelings; but that’s not always possible. At least for the present time.

Dr. Carlson says in this regard, “At the same time, we connect energetically to the pure part in the offending person (or institution) and let go of all energy entanglements to their negative, aggressive, corrupt, and ‘crazy’ behaviors. We come to appreciate and love their pure part, forgive them and release the negtive impact of their craziness on us. Thus we restore our own energy and health. The entire process is documented through energy measuring; it clearly demonstrates that the other person is in control of our energy as long as we harbor anger toward them; that our own angry energy is damaging our body. When we have truly forgiven, we energy measure strong for having regained control of our own energy.”

The Heart Forgiveness process works equally as powerfully for current as for long-standing issues, whether the anger is one month or fifty years old. In fact, it regularly reveals and clears angers that go back to childhood and, although long forgotten by the conscious mind, are still actively percolating in our energy system.

The effect of deep forgiveness work is immediate and far-reaching.

Heart Forgiveness is entirely confidential. There is no need to name anyone or explain who, why, or what we are dealing with at any point in the process. There is no need to relive the ‘story,’ or to tell our ‘tale’. The process simply helps us to release and clear all the anger and frustration from our energy field at deep unconscious levels.

Energy measuring detects when we have forgiven and are 100 percent clear and back in control of our energy. We simply apply the Heart Forgiveness tool of the clearing process until our energy is completely clear again. We can tell because the tightness around this person or these issues is no longer there. We may have to repeat the forgiveness process several times for a given person or issue. Then, when we have mastered the process, we put the tool away in the drawer, so to speak, or in the garage toolbox: “like a hammer or screwdrier, it is always available when needed.”

From CORE HEALTH: The Quantum Way To Inner Power, by Drs. Edwin Carlson, DDL, PhD and Livia Kohn, PhD, 2012, pg. 140ff

For more information about the Heart Forgiveness process and for information about when Heart Forgiveness is being offered in your area, please contact me at pochakra@yahoo.com, or call 727-239-6485.

Philip Orth, MA
Advanced Core Health Facilitator
Retired School Counselor