10 Elul
Learning is of the soul. Whether we are asleep or awake, the core of who we are is divine. When forgiveness passes through the mind, body, and heart to the spirit, the world looks remarkably different There is an internal shift of perspective and we see things through a softer, yet sharper, lens. Mostly, forgiveness is a spiritual state of being, a way of being in the world. Forgiveness teaches and reminds the spirit of a yearning to belong, to connect, to be recognized, to love. And so, having learned all that or, at least, parts of it, we strive for an integrated self, where mind, body, heart, and spirit work together and are aligned in a common cause: the cause of our life.
Excerpt from The Bridge to Forgiveness by Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar