All thoughts to the contrary are illusionary in nature, nothing but the rationalizations of weakness. Moreover, since the practice of forgive and forget fails to either empower us or free us from the past, it means that we will not have the power we need to make the vertical ascent, and find our wholeness. There is nothing practical, or spiritual about this form of forgiveness. The policy of forgive and forget is self-sacrificing. It diminishes our self-esteem and personal power.
Nothing changes through the practice of forgive and forget .
The same destructive behavior continues. Forgive and forget does not put us on a higher level than our opponent. It simply makes us vulnerable to receiving more blows. The practice of forgive and forget prevents us from making the vertical ascent. A wiser course in the practice of forgiveness is to forgive and remember .