One of the essential teachings of Islam is that if you want to receive divine forgiveness, then you must forgive anyone and everyone who has ever wronged you.
This is even more true for people who are very close to you, especially your immediate family members. The sooner you can let go of hurts and grudges the better your life will be.
In one moment of forgiveness, your whole experience of life can change forever.
Life-long issues, grudges, and hang-ups can disappear at the speed of thought.
Iâve found it to be particularly powerful to, at least once in your life, very consciously and very deliberately, forgive your parents.
No matter what they did to you.
No matter what they said to you.
No matter how badly they treated you, or abused you.
No matter if theyâre still alive or if theyâve passed on.
Forgive them.
This doesnât mean you have to be best friends with them, or have a dramatic moment when you call them in tears, and it doesnât mean you have to change your level of interaction with them at all (…although you might see things differently after youâve forgiven them and thatâs fine too).
What it really means is that you clear your heart of any negativity you have towards them.
It means you look at your parents with fresh eyes, knowing that they did the best they could do, given the level of (or maybe lack of) consciousness, knowledge and guidance they had at the time.
A few years ago my heart was filled with resentment towards my parents (my dad in particular) and we definitely had different ways of seeing the world, and very different ideas about what I should do with my life. So much so that it was always felt like a relief when I could leave my hometown of Manchester (England) and return to my own apartment in Barcelona (Spain).
However, all of that negativity has completely disappeared, (alhamdulillah!).
We still see things differently, but all of a sudden, thatâs no longer a problem.
Now, itâs actually a joy to be around them, and I can see how cute and loving they are (in their own very particular ways!)
The whole dynamic of the family has completely changed.
But, what really changed? What caused this spontaneous, permanent change in thinking and feeling towards my parents?
A few years ago, I was blessed to discover the psychological key to all inner change that eventually lead to me writing the #1 bestselling book, “Inside the Soul of Islamâ.
And, in a few weeks, at my next live event, Iâm going to do a deep dive into that psychological key and how we can use it to unlock the spiritual strength to live by the teachings of the Quran & the Prophet Muhammad, peace & blessings be upon him.
You can get a free ticket, by signing up to The Ocean today.
All youâve go to lose is the Paradise that lies at the feet of your mother:
