#30 Fred Luskin: Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a skill and a practice that we can embody to live more peaceful lives. Yet it’s not one that is often taught, leaving many people confused about the tasks involved with moving forward through unpleasant or even traumatic experiences. To go from being disturbed to being at peace with your life, to transition from an argument with life to an acceptance of life — this is the work of forgiveness. Essentially, forgiveness is making peace with the word “no.”
Dr. Fred Luskin of Stanford University’s Forgiveness Projects joins Re-Quilibrium to discuss his life-long work researching and teaching forgiveness.
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“Forgiveness is essentially making peace with the word ‘no.’ Making peace with the word ‘no’ mostly means relaxing our grip on ‘yes.’ Making peace with ‘no’ is, on some level, making peace with reality.”
Fred Luskin is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford University, and a professor at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, as well as an affiliate faculty member of the Greater Good Science Center. He is the author of Forgive for Love: The Missing Ingredient for a Healthy and Lasting Relationship, Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness and Stress Free for Good: Ten Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness, with Kenneth Pelletier, Ph.D.