Anonymous wrote:Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping

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I second this book recommendation.

When i was younger, and recently abandoned by a long term partner, my Catholic parents handed me a tiny book on “acceptance”. It really, really helped. I don’t know where you might get this but I am pretty sure a local church would help.

Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping

"The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer. It is not forgiveness-specific, but includes a total approach in spiritual evaluation of the way you see your life and let stuff go.
https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379

Real Mercy by Father Jacques Phillipe is a fantastic book on Mercy and Forgiveness. The 2nd chapter / essay focuses on Forgiveness within the family. It really helped me work through some very painful struggles and through the process also drew me closer to faith.

Real Mercy: Mary, Forgiveness, and Trust https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594172471/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pbOBAb1QNGK2N

http://www.frjacquesphilippe.com/book/real-mercy

I was going to say the Bible too. Read about Joseph in Genesis. It’s a beautiful story about forgiveness. He forgave so many people.

This is a little 'out there' but it really helped me gain some perspective on the difficult relationships in my life, including self-healing:

'Same Soul, Many Bodies" by Brian Weiss.

It's about past life regression therapy, but the storytelling is fascinating.

Something that really helped me was a Hawaiian Huna meditation that guided me though the forgiveness process.

I highly recommend Belinda Farrell's Chant and Forgiveness, a Huna Odyssey.

You have to keep an open mind, sit in a quiet space and go though the guided ritual and meditation. It's very healing.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chant-and-forgiveness-a-huna-odyssey-ep/348785290

Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but here are 2 books about the Amish school shooting and how the community forgave the murderer. The second one is written by the killer's mother. I found them both very powerful.

https://www.amazon.com/Amish-Grace-Forgiveness-Transcended-Tragedy/dp/0470344040/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0470344040&pd_rd_r=EZ5Q84GYNQ0HT2W68V38&pd_rd_w=yMXxA&pd_rd_wg=lmTaM&psc=1&refRID=EZ5Q84GYNQ0HT2W68V38

https://www.amazon.com/Forgiven-School-Shooting-Mothers-Remarkable/dp/0764217321/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0764217321&pd_rd_r=FG27A0VGZJ5CW08ZBTMQ&pd_rd_w=xL8m2&pd_rd_wg=uzjFb&psc=1&refRID=FG27A0VGZJ5CW08ZBTMQ

Anonymous wrote:It depends - do you need to forgive someone else, or yourself?

OP here. Both.

It depends - do you need to forgive someone else, or yourself?

The book of Matthew from the Bible.

Any recommendations? I’d rather not go the therapy route.