No matter how hard, challenging, frightening, unjust, or difficult an experience may seem, self-forgiveness is the path to recognizing that everything is just as it needs to be and was just as it needed to be in order for us to heal, grow, and learn. That’s just the way the universe works.
A P RAYER OF F ORGIVENESS
Precious and Beloved God, My Source, and My Creator:
Today, I ask for and open myself to receive the strength, courage, and compassion required to forgive myself. I forgive myself for all perceived sins, faults, mistakes, and failings. I forgive myself for every thought, belief, behavior, perception, and emotion that I have told myself is bad, wrong, unjust, unloving, and displeasing to You, God. I forgive myself for every hurt, judgment, condemnation, unkind or unloving thought, belief, and perception I have held about or against myself. I forgive myself for any behaviors, habits, or actions motivated by unforgiveness, the unwillingness to forgive myself. I forgive myself with compassion and love. I ask for, accept, and claim God’s forgiveness. Today, believing and knowing that because I have asked, I have received. I am so grateful .
I let it be!
And so it is!
– I F ORGIVE M Y M IND FOR T HINKING –
EXAMPLE
I forgive my mind for thinking that I always have to do more to prove myself to others.
I forgive my mind for thinking I should be
I forgive my mind for thinking I should not be
I forgive my mind for thinking I am
I forgive my mind for thinking I am not
– I F ORGIVE M YSELF FOR J UDGING –
EXAMPLE
I forgive myself for judging myself as being so stupid about the men I have loved.
I forgive myself for judging myself as
I forgive myself for judging myself as not
I forgive myself for judging myself for
I forgive myself for judging myself for not
– I F ORGIVE M YSELF FOR B ELIEVING –
EXAMPLE
I forgive myself for believing that all the mean things my grandmother said about me were true.
I forgive myself for believing myself to be
I forgive myself for not believing myself to be
I forgive myself for believing that
I forgive myself for not believing that
– T APPING S EQUENCE –
B ONUS T APPING S CRIPTS
There are three bonus Tapping Scripts presented during the 21-Day Forgiveness Practice, including “I Forgive Myself,” “I Forgive My Mother,” and “I Forgive My Relationship with Money.” These bonus scripts offer a fascinating glimpse into the intimate inner process of tapping and how people actually use this amazing tool to tackle some of their most challenging problems.
Remember, your forgiveness issues won’t necessarily be an identical match with the dialogue presented in the scripts. But the bonus scripts offer examples you can follow for creating your own personalized scripts, drawing from the material in the Forgiveness Statements you created while doing your daily journal work. Customizing the scripts so they reflect your language and clarify your intentions can offer an amazing shortcut to profound personal healing. Remember, the more specific your tapping scripts are, the better your results will be.
BONUS TAPPING SCRIPT DAY 1: “I FORGIVE MYSELF”
I DENTIFY THE I SSUE
The “I Forgive Myself” Bonus Tapping Script deals with the thoughts, judgments, and beliefs we hold about ourselves for past choices and behaviors. After writing out your 12 Forgiveness Statements for Day 1, the specific self-forgiveness issue(s) that you want to work on are becoming increasingly clear. Give the issue a name. Whether you are new to tapping or an old hand, be sure you review Tapping into Forgiveness , to refresh your understanding of how the process works. Then you’ll be ready to tap into self-forgiveness.
R ATE THE I NTENSITY L EVEL
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 represents “complete freedom from disturbing thoughts” and 10 represents “these thoughts are driving me crazy,” rate the intensity of the thoughts, judgments, and beliefs you have