Message of St John of the Cross on the energy of Pardon
“Pardon comes from the cosmos, and we, as beings of the surface of this planet must pardon all what we must pardon, in particular ourselves. So our own pardon must meet the energy of pardon that descends from the cosmos.” So there is this pardon which we receive from the One, inwardly, and there is the pardon that returns to the One, which is our own exercise of pardoning.
We do not know what pardon really is over here. We think it is about pardoning others, and this is something for a child, because we should not even get to a situation of having to “pardon” anyone. The things others do should not affect us in the first place. If we come to the need to pardon someone it means that we were not properly tuned in, and that we have allowed ourselves to be affected. A mature human being however does not have any need to pardon anyone.
When there is the need for pardon (see the Process of Pardoning, text adapted from a lecture by Shimani), because one might have felt himself offended, he should simply use this energy, which is readily available to us. But it would be much easier not even to feel offended, then there would be nothing to pardon, not to anyone, not to oneself, so that we could be taking care of higher things, and not still remain busy with worldly petty things.
St John adds that “pardon brings balance for all the fears”. Why do we have fear? Because we are disconnected from our soul. And by pardoning something we bring balance to this fear. Human soul is full of fears, because before it is able to see the spirit and as long as it remains busy with worldly affairs and before it can finally undertake the tasks of the spirit, the human soul lacks light and does not even know what light is. This is why the human soul is full of fears, because at a certain stage it realizes that it does not suffice itself, but that it needs the light of the spirit.
So when we exercise pardon in any way, there is a balancing of this fear in the soul. Before being pardoned, the soul is afraid (of not being forgiven), due to its karmic experiences. Pardon is thus a balancer of the human soul, and it is an inexhaustible source because it comes from the Source of Creation and it returns to It.
“When it gets into work, pardon becomes a power of creation.” We have always asked ourselves: “how do we become creators? How do we depart from our human ego, from our personality, from the limitations of the mind and start to be creators?” As incredible as it may seem, it is through the energy of pardon. It is this energy that opens the doors to this creation powers within us.
“Few are those who understand the value of a true act of pardon, as it is not easy. Often is action covered in falsehood and often one says one thing, while holding opposite feelings within his heart.
This means, we often say positive things, talk a lot about something, but within our hearts we are something else. We cannot estimate how serious this is. The energy of pardon acts dissolving these things, dissolving these realities. Those who think one thing and express something else, pretending, should start pardoning themselves; they should start to pardon by themselves.”
Who of us is not like that? Which of us expresses exactly what he is, what he thinks? We all think one thing but our outward image is something else, it is for the world, for others. And when we, after many incarnations, wake up to realize how unbalanced this is, how we have been lying, how hypocritical we have lived, we feel the need for pardon. And we must know that we need to pardon ourselves, otherwise this remains deeply ingrained, a problem within ourselves.
We must also pardon ourselves for all what we have done in former incarnations. Until we reached this point of having a bit of care for the path, we have undergone all kinds of experiences in our hundreds of former lives. So we can imagine all what we have lived. We have already done everything. At the end of each incarnation, we see clearly what we have done, at that final moment where there is an examination of what we have gone through. At every life, we pass away having an idea of what we have done, and this goes on accumulating life after life. After many lives, we do not forgive ourselves anymore, and we do not know why exactly. The energy of pardon must thus be really at work, so that these things start being dissolved through pardon. We must thus pardon ourselves, even though we might not always know what for. We may say “what am I supposed to pardon myself for, as I am already such a good person?” But we have no idea of all kinds of things within ourselves that need to be purified, that need to be pardoned, and we must depart from this principle, turning our attention inwardly and even without being conscious of it, we must pardon ourselves, pardon wholeheartedly. But we must truly live what we are feeling, deep inside. This is what is needed in order to be a channel of those energies and to work with them."
(extracted from a lecture of Trigueirinho)
