Baptise de Pape’s The Power of the Heart is a beautifully designed and in depth, yet an easy to read spiritual guide that can help you obtain your full potential and overcome life’s endless hurdles and obstacles. It offers sage wisdom from eighteen profound spiritual teachers, including Maya Angelou, Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, and Ruediger Schache. “Following Your Intuition”, “Everything That Happens is a Lesson”, “Living Fearlessly”, and “Three Blessings” is a sampling of topics that are included in this book.
The Power of Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. – Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – Mark Twain
For those who have been wronged, betrayed, deeply hurt, or mistreated in the past, especially by a family member or friend, the root of bitterness can slowly begin to creep in, burrowing itself so deeply that it will negatively affect our everyday lives and those who are around us. It’s crippling, as it can take hostage of our emotional, physical, and spiritual state. It is also a breeding ground for other mental manifestations, such as deep-seated resentment, anger, hatred, and unforgiveness. It can even lead to violent behavior if we let our bitterness and anger get the best of us.
Once we’re enmeshed in bitterness, it becomes harder and harder to uproot it from our lives since our hearts begin to callous overtime. It may be a lengthy process, but learning how to forgive can unshackle us from the past. Forgiveness can also free us from the imprisonment of anger and fear we’ve self-imposed into our minds and deep within our hearts over the years. There’s no deeper liberation than freeing ourselves from some form of captivation, such as bitterness, in this case.
Sometimes, forgiving someone may seem to be the most unreasonable thing to do in some circumstances. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re approving of the person’s action or behavior, nor does it mean that we’re defending that person, pretending that we’re not hurt, or coming to an understanding. Forgiveness is a tough, yet rewarding decision we have to make in order to move forward with our lives. Cease to be a prisoner of the past. We may not be able to rewrite the past, but we can change the future by being a better person.
Chapter 15, “Forgiveness”, features several quotations, as well as stories from those who’ve had been wronged in the past, and how they finally moved past it.
About the Author
Baptist de Pape is a lawyer turned author and filmmaker who traveled around the globe to interview some of the world’s greatest spiritual teachers in the film and book The Power of the Heart. For more information on the film and book, please visit http://www.thepoweroftheheart.com, Twitter, and Facebook.
This sounds like a very beneficial book.
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Wow, this books sounds like it has a lot of great suggestions. Such feelings are so deep that it’s tough to move past them without some help of some kind.
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i love any book that talks about forgiveness…it’s such a hard thing to do.
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I am so bad at forgiveness. Maybe I should give this a read.
I love inspirational read like this, they always elevate me
Sounds like a book I need to read. I struggle with forgiving and I know it only hurts me, and I need to work on it!
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It took me a while to forgive a few people but it felt good after I did it.
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That’s so true about forgiveness. It was eating me alive for years and when I finally let something go, I felt peace. I haven’t forgotten, but I’ve forgiven.
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I can forgive anyone,, but i never forget… too many times i forgave and it bit me in the butt!
This is so true about forgiveness. I’ve come a long way from where I use to be when it came to forgiving someone. I can’t wait to buy this book. it’ll be perfect for before bed reading ♥
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The person who forgive first is the happiest. We should learn to forgive others and even ourselves.
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Those are some beautiful quotes. Thanks for the review!
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Forgiving and being fearless are two areas I am well aware need work in my life. It is wonderful that the Author took the time to interview all of the deep thinkers to gather such great wisdom.
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It’s so hard to swallow your pride and forgive somebody that has wronged you. But it is also so very freeing.
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Great inspirational read. The power of forgiveness is huge!
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I have wanted to read this book since I heard about it. I was deeply hurt as a child and in the past year have made some huge steps, the first one being forgiveness and I must say it feels a bit freeing once you are on that process. Now to get the book and see what else it says.
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I will have to look into this book since it sounds inspirational. BTW – I love that quote – Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – Mark Twain
It really is one of the hardest things to do, forgiving. I know that I hold a grudge when it comes to someone hurting my family and I need to be better about letting go.
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This book would probably be very beneficial to me! I struggle with forgiveness sometimes.
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Any book that inspires me is a great book. I will check this one out!
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What a great book. I just recently started talking to a family member after not talking to them for 2 years. I still cannot forgive them but I let the bitterness go.
This looks like a book worth reading, I need to make time to read it.
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Sounds like a good book and one I should read.
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It’s hard to forgive and forget but it’s just the right thing to do to liberate ourselves. Surrendering negative thoughts away can be done with prayers.
I love reading these types of inspirational quotes. It’s really funny how they sometimes pop up on Facebook right when I need to hear (read) them.
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I need this book. Just pre-ordered on Amazon.
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I’m always a skeptic of these kinds of books but I’m also open to new concepts. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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What a great soul searching book to read. It sounds like the kind of book I would read over and over again.
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I’m going to have to check out this book. I try to be a forgiving person, but sometimes, I have a hard time.
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This sounds like a great read. I love books like this. There’s always room for self-improvement.
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From your review, I’m sure everyone could benefit from reading this. There is not too many people that haven’t felt the burden of betrayal in some form…and it is so hard to relinquish those feelings. Thank you for sharing your review!
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It’s difficult to forgive, but you really do forgive for yourself. Otherwise you will only be hurting yourself. I never forget, though.
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Forgiveness can be such a difficult thing to do but I always feel better after forgiving.
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I definitely need help overcoming life’s hurdles, and forgiveness is never an easy thing to give, so maybe I should pick this up and give it a read.
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Forgiveness can be very hard– but sometimes it’s the only thing you can do to move on.
I love books like this they are so inspirational. Forgiveness is so important to do for yourself more then the other person. Holding onto bad feelings can cause psychical symptoms.
Definitely a book I need for the days when life looks really grey.
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This looks like a great book! I’d love to read it!
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Sounds like a really interesting book! Definitely adding this to my reading list.
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I am going to have to read this and maybe gift it to a couple family members who could really use this book. I believe you have to forgive and not harbor bad feelings because just brings negative energy all away around. Thanks for sharing.
Forgiveness is hard for so many people. I would really enjoy reading this book, as well as sharing it with a few very close to me who could use a lesson in letting go of the negative energy.
I find it very hard to forgive but I’ve been working on that lately. I may just need to read this book.
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I love books like these – I should check it out.
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Forgiveness is one of the hardest thing to do when it’s a relative or a loved one is the one who caused you heartache..
Thank you for sharing this book with us.. Might check this if it is already available at the nearest bookstore here.. 🙂
I’ll have to check this out, looks like a great read!
This sounds like a great book, forgiveness and letting go are hard, but worth it.
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Sounds like a good book for helping people view things different. This will really help them live happier lives.
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I love reading books that inspire and motivate you to become a good human being or make your life peaceful and better. Thanks for sharing this amazing book, looks like an inspiring read
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This sounds like a wonderful read. I personally have strong feelings on the topic of forgiveness. She’s right it does take a stronger person to forgive than to hang onto the anger. Plus forgiveness really isn’t for them it’s for the one doing the forgiving. Thanks for sharing your book review of this book.
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I can absolutely benefit from this book. I try to forgive others, but it is something I constantly struggle with.
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