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	<title>Life Focus Center Blog &#187; forgiveness</title>
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		<title>Forgiveness leads to clearing of negative emotions</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiveness-leads-clearing-negative-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness and the clearing of negative emotions is a linchpin of my therapeutic and behavior modification work. Thus whether I work on weight management, smoking cessation, pain management, exam anxiety or performance enhancement for sales and management I always include a section on clearing negative feelings and forgiveness.
One of the largest impediments to the good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven ways to bring yourself down</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/ways-bring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adapted from David K. Reynolds, Ph.D. who writes about Constructive Living, based on the Japanese psychological systems of Morita lifeway and Naikan therapy of Dr. Shomo Morita:

Unnecessary comparison of your self negatively with others.  You do your best and leave the rest to the universe and you will be happy.
Fighting reality.  The best way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you know you have forgiven?</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the series on forgiveness and release from resentment anger and other negative emotions, we have the question:
How do you know you have forgiven?
Many simply claim that  they have forgiven and are free of anger, resentment and other negative emotions toward the other.
These people may even believe themselves to be free of negative feelings toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget? What does it mean when you forgive</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forget-what-does-it-mean-when-you-forgive/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forget-what-does-it-mean-when-you-forgive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I wrote that without forgetting there&#8217;s no forgiving. I mentioned that in reality it is impossible to forget anything once it enters your long term memory.
What happens is that you don&#8217;t remember things.
When you forgive, you tend not to remember the events that you forgave. However, there are times that you may remember the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A hidden forgiveness secret</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/a-hidden-forgiveness-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/a-hidden-forgiveness-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I emphasize forgiveness as the linchpin of all my change work. I have noticed many unexpected (dare I say miraculous)  results from forgiveness. There is a most powerful forgiveness exercise which comes from Cabala. It is a secret that few know about and use. I heard about it a few years ago but have not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgive and not forget?</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgive-and-not-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgive-and-not-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people say:
&#8220;I could forgive, but I could never forget!&#8221;
On the other hand there are those who say:
&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t forgotten, you haven&#8217;t forgiven.&#8221;
Who is right?
Both
It really depends on what you mean by forgetting. Technically we do not forget anything. It&#8217;s just that we do not remember events like what you had for lunch forty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miracle of forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/miracle-of-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/miracle-of-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the miracle of forgiveness?
My educational background is in hard sciences:

Chemistry.
Biochemistry.
Brain Sciences.
Computer Sciences.

I was trained not to believe in &#8220;woo-woo&#8221; things like miracles.
At the same time as a scientist I was trained to be a good observer and report whatever I see&#8230;.
My clients, people who come to my seminars. friends, family, even people I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn from your mistakes</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/learn-from-your-mistakes/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/learn-from-your-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness of self and others is the linchpin of my therapy and coaching. So many times in my seminars I use the metaphor of burning your hand on a hot stove as a two year old. Even if it may scar you physically for life &#8211; I have a tiny scar on my left wrist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Age Guilt</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/new-age-guilt/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/new-age-guilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace of mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peaceful life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Age Guilt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was planning to write this post two weeks ago and then a few things happened which stopped me from doing so. I had an issue with my web hosting company which caused all my sites to go offline for a few days. This site (our main site) is the first site to go back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Michelangelo Weight Management Seminar?</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/why-michelangelo-weight-management-seminar/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/why-michelangelo-weight-management-seminar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michelangelo Weight Management Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching story]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I had the good fortune to be studying Chemistry  under the Nobel prize winner, Sir Derick Barton, at Imperial College, London. The nearest underground station was South Kensington and we would walk up Exhibition Road to the Chemistry department.
There was an underground tunnel which went part of the way and typically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silently Thank Everyone You Meet</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/silently-thank-everyone-you-meet/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/silently-thank-everyone-you-meet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[I greet this day with love in my heart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going through a book called &#34;Effortless Prosperity,&#34; by Bijan. It is based on &#34;A Course In Miracles.&#34; However, whereas the later has a 365 day period of the workbook, the former is a set of daily exercises lasting only thirty days.
Today&#8217;s exercise if to thank each person you meet silently or aloud. This to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiving while still standing for your rights</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiving-while-still-standing-for-your-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiving-while-still-standing-for-your-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assertiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who know me or those who have been to my seminars or to this website a lot know that  forgiveness is the linchpin of all my work.  I have already mentioned that there is an issue of how to forgive while you are still being assertive. It is important to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiveness to release</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiveness-to-release/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/forgiveness-to-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a friend the other day and he was telling me he was having some problems with his mother and sibling.  I explained to him that the linchpin of all my therapy was forgiveness.
Thus if someone comes to me to reduce weight, stop smoking, improve studying habits, improve exam results, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to stand for rights while forgiving</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/how-to-stand-for-rights-while-forgiving/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/how-to-stand-for-rights-while-forgiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assertiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the middle of a dispute with an Internet company which has cost me plenty of time and money. At the same time I believe that it is important to forgive, release and move on.
Understand that you do not forgive for the other but for your yourself. As Jesus said in the Lord&#8217;s prayer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assertiveness lessons from the Gita</title>
		<link>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/assertiveness-lessons-from-the-gita/</link>
		<comments>http://lifefocuscenter.com/blog/assertiveness-lessons-from-the-gita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DoctorJay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ease of life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ultra Forgiveness CD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do to defend yourself when someone attacks you?
Do you simply turn the other cheek or do you hit out to defend yourself?
I don&#8217;t know. I do not have an answer. Ram Dass says that I don&#8217;t know is one of the best mantras we should repeat. Whatever the question, first admit that [...]]]></description>
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