Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

Letting go of resentment
You and I are separate
“Shit happens”
Life is random events
Personality (ego) in control
Reality is what happens
Death is real
World of Divine Truth 
(Spirit)
High vibratory rate
Nothing wrong happened
Judgment and blame free
Present time orientation
Surrendering to what is, as is
Grace consciousness
Accepts human imperfection
Symbolic meaning of it 
(truth)
Metaphysical realities
Problem is with me 
(my error)
Embracing the resentment
You and I are ONE
There are no accidents
Life is purposeful
Soul following a divine plan
Reality is what we create
Death is an illusion
For more explanation of these distinctions, see
Chapter 15: Articles of Faith.
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Fig. 4:
Distinctions between Traditional and Radical Forgiveness
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Traditional
Forgiveness
recognizes the inherent im-
perfection of human beings but fails to see the 
per-
fection in the imperfection. 
It cannot resolve that para-
dox.
 
Radical Forgiveness
 
exemplifies that para-
dox.
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• 
Traditional Forgiveness
views life as a problem to
be solved or punishment to be avoided. It experi-
ences life as a random set of circumstances that just
happen to us for no reason — thus, the origin of the
popular bumper sticker, “Shit happens!” 
 
Radical For-
giveness sees life as entirely purposeful and
motivated by love.
• 
Traditional
Forgiveness
can carry a high vibration
similar to Radical Forgiveness when calling upon
some of the highest of human virtues, like kindness,
humility, compassion, patience, and tolerance. The
portal through which we begin the journey of raising
our vibration to connect with the world of Divine Truth
and experience 
Radical Forgiveness 
is the open
heart.
•
Traditional
Forgiveness,
when of a very high vibra-
tion, recognizes the profundity of the spiritual insight
that we 
all 
are imperfect and that imperfection char-
acterizes the nature of humanity. When we look at a
wrongdoer through these eyes, we can say in all hu-
mility and with tolerance and compassion, “There, but
for the Grace of God, go I." We own that we, too, are
completely capable of whatever the accused person
has done. If we are acquainted with our shadow-self,
we know that we all have within us the potential to
cause harm, to murder, to rape, to abuse children,
and to annihilate six million people. This knowledge
allows us to call forth our humility and makes us kind
and merciful not only to the accused
 
but to ourselves,
for in them we recognize our own inherent imperfec-
tion, our own shadow. This recognition brings us very
close to actually taking back that which we projected
— the vital first step in Radical Forgiveness.