It is conscious forgetting, letting the event move off center stage of our mind. You are the one who decides when to forgive and what ritual to use to mark the event. Signs that forgiveness has occurred, that you really have forgiven in your depth, are the tender heart which feels sorrow rather than anger, the freedom from waiting, empathy, and a passionate power more malleable than any rage. In this global village that the world is becoming through rapid transportation and instant, mass communications, we need a multicultural ethic of tolerance to survive. A major feature of a workable human ethic is a non-sectarian spirituality.
People follow different spiritual paths.
But at heart, all true soul paths are expressions of Source yearning for Source. Our faith is that which we can each name, validly, with an infinite fluidity of names. The names are keys to our heart. Names are countless, and ultimately the names are only human attempts to stir the remembrance of that which cannot be named, but can be experienced. And forgiveness is key to such healing.