Forgiveness Circles

Forgiveness Circles:As we wrote in WITH Forgiveness ~ Are You Ready? we each have the right and the opportunity to live a life filled with love, peace, happiness and abundance. We know that forgiveness is a vital key to turn this dream of happiness into the reality of Heaven on Earth.

While the principals outlined in WITH Forgiveness ~ Are You Ready? are simple and life-transforming, our own experience along with the feedback we have received, indicates that implementing them into our everyday lives requires dedicated effort.

We have also found that having a support group consisting of a circle of individuals who are actively practicing these principles, can significantly improve and accelerate our ability to change our point of view. With this in mind we have created Forgiveness Circles as a practical way to support people like you who have joined the international WITH Forgiveness Community and wish to further implement these powerful ideas and lessons into their lives.

• What is a Forgiveness Circle? A Forgiveness Circle is a group of individuals who gather with the intent of integrating WITH Forgiveness into their daily lives within their communities. Forgiveness Circles are open to anyone who wishes to attend. They are self-sustaining, governed by group consensus, with facilitation rotated amongst members in service of peace and happiness of all the members. When you join a Forgiveness Circle, you are joining a network of committed individuals dedicated to consciously living life filled with love, peace, abundance and happiness!
  
  
• What are the requirements for membership in an Open Group? The only requirement for membership in a Forgiveness Circle is a desire to master your awareness, free yourself of past wounds, and commit to an expanded experience of love, peace and happiness in your life through the practice of forgiveness. Our WITH Forgiveness international community sustains itself with relationships: the relationship between the individual and the forgiveness community and the relationship between the forgiveness community and the greater world. If you desire true freedom from emotional pain, reconciliation between people, and unconditional love in our world, then you are welcome to become a member of a Forgiveness Circle.
  
  
• What do you do during a typical Forgiveness Circle? Meetings begin and end with a prayer, music or a reading chosen by the facilitator (see the Prayer for Peace & Happiness and the Circle of Fire Prayer on pages 10 - 11 of the Information Packet). During a Forgiveness Circle your group may chose to focus on a specific chapter of the WITH Forgiveness ~ Are You Ready? book, have a discussion of the lesson, and also share your challenges, experiences and ideas related to that chapter. You might even invite a guest speaker to join you. While we suggest working through the book chapter-by-chapter, it is ultimately up to your Forgiveness Circle to develop a format that is most supportive of your member's personal expression and desires.
  
  
• How do I start a Forgiveness Circle? By setting your intent, you begin the process of creating a Forgiveness Circle. This Forgiveness Circle Information Packet contains all the information you need to start your Forgiveness Circle.
  
  
• How do I find members for my Forgiveness Circle? Start by sharing your desire to start a Forgiveness Circle with friends and family who have received the daily WITH Forgiveness email messages or have read WITH Forgiveness ~ Are You Ready? When you sign-up to download the Forgiveness Circle Information Packet, you provide us with information about the circle you are forming and that information will be available on the WITH Forgiveness website so people in your area can contact you directly. You can also post flyers in your local grocery store, coffee shop, New Thought Church, bookstore etc. or place an ad in your local paper. Once you start spreading the word, people are sure to come!
  
  
• How can I find a Forgiveness Circle? Check the community list below. If there is not currently a Forgiveness Circle in your area, we encourage of you to take the action of starting one! It can be as simple as you and a friend gathering weekly as a start.
  
  
• How much does it cost to start a Forgiveness Circle? There is no charge to download the Forgiveness Circle Information Packet and start a circle. You may consider making a donation to WITH Forgiveness to support our continued outreach to expand forgiveness throughout the world. (Donations can be made on the right side of the WITH Forgiveness website page through PayPal.)
  
  
• How much does it cost to join a Forgiveness Circle? Each member of a Forgiveness Circle is invited to make a donation at each gathering as part of the practice of giving. Donations can then be made to WITH Forgiveness to support its work, to purchase resource material for the benefit of the circle members, to support a local community service project, or even given to the hosting person for snacks and tea. However, no one is turned away should they be unable or unwilling to make a donation.