Part 1
It should be obvious, but it’s not: we can’t protect our heart and keep it open at the same time, any more than it’s possible to be covered by a shadow, and feel the caress of a sunbeam touching our face.
Part 2
Forgiveness is born of our infinite capacity to realize perfect similarity... and in that realization the ability to transcend the immediate but false sense of self that believes it is different than what it judges and blames for the unwanted experience of itself.
Part 3
Compassion is the flower; forgiveness is its fruit, and Love, the Divine Vine.

