There is a common misconception that doing
forgiveness work means that your relationship will resolve itself and that you
and whoever it was that you were upset with will get along again. That isn't
necessarily true. The person in question may have come into your life just for
the purpose of waking you up to how badly you are not loving yourself. That is
at the crux of why we attract dysfunctional relationships into our lives in the
first place... so we can see how much we need to love ourselves.
In loving yourself, you may not be doing yourself a favor if you stay
in the situation. If it is very toxic, then surely you should get out. Usually
though, when you do Radical Forgiveness work you will sufficiently shift your
energy to a higher level and the person you are concerned about will either
automatically shift to a higher vibration to match yours and your problems will
be resolved, or they will have to go away. If it is the latter they will go
away peacefully. That is because everyone in our lives is a vibrational match
for us. If they weren't, they would be able to be in your space at all. We are
energy beings and as such we always attract people into our lives that match us
vibrationally. This is like how a radio can only play one channel at a time.
So it is with us. We are either vibrating a degree of love or a degree of
fear. Those are the only two true states of being there are. Radical
Forgiveness tools help to raise your consciousness of love higher and they would
have to rise up too to stay in your energy field.
Now breaking up is hard to do so we have been told, and many have
experienced it just that way. I offer that if you know you need to separate
from a person in your life, be they romantic relationships or family or friends
and you feel some guilt about wanting out or somehow feel obligated or just
plain sad at the thought of doing so, think on what Buddha said, "Attachment is
the #1 cause for human suffering." Staying attached when you know that you are
miserable is not good for you or the other person. In fact you could very well
be blocking tier blessings too by staying.
You surely don't want to stay because you feel that they "need" you. As
long as they are over 18 and you are not their parent or guardian, trust me,
they don't "need" you. If you think that they do, that I am sure is part of the
problem! Adults should not "need" each other. Adults should complement each
other, support each other, entertain each other, love each other, but they
should not "need" each other. All any of us really "need" is a relationship
with the Creator, however you define that.
If you find yourself staying because you don't want to be alone, then you
have another problem. If alone frightens you, then you must not be loving
yourself very much. When we truly love ourselves, we will always be okay
whether we are in the company of others or not. I loved it when Marianne
Williamson said once, "I didn't understand why he didn't want to spend the
evening with me, heck I did want to spend the evening with me!!"
Finally if you are staying because you are afraid of change in general then
I go back to the Buddha's statement about attachment being the #1 cause for
human suffering. Change is inevitable, in fact the only thing in life that we
CAN count on is change. We do ourselves a disservice if we don't accept change
as something to be expected. Now this doesn't mean that you give up on
relationships by assuming too soon that it isn't going to last. No, this just
means that fear of change is not a reason to stay in a dysfunctional unhappy,
relationship.
Relationships are spiritual training grounds. They are designed by your
Higher Self to help you to grow. When your buttons are pushed, please remember
not to go to the mirror (everyone in our lives are our mirrors) to solve the
problems. Go to yourself, process your own energy and your own emotions so that
you will begin to vibrate at a higher, more loving level. Love yourself so you
will attract people who will love you. Know that it is important to forgive
whether you stay or not because ultimately forgiveness is for
you.