(Q) How can I overcome antagonistic forces in self and others?
(A) By ACTUAL manifesting forgiveness, more and more. (538-30)
I first came upon the 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer by J Everett Irion in the Prayer Circulation File when researching for a Survey Lecture I was going to teach. Prayer has always been my meditation and the need for forgiveness has reared its head from time to time.
What is the 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer? It is simple, really. You say the following prayer for 40 consecutive days and then let go of the results, in other words, don’t obsess about the situation.
The Prayer
“____________ (Person’s name), I am praying to you. Thank you, ________, for doing to me all that you have done. Forgive me, ___________, for doing all that I have done to you.
“____________ (Your name), I am praying to you. Thank you, ____________, for doing to me all that you have done. Forgive me, ___________, for doing all that I have done to you.”
The idea is that you are speaking to the other person’s Higher Self or higher consciousness and to your own Higher Self. Because you are praying to the person’s higher self, it is not necessary that they know or that they are even alive. I figured if I was to be teaching this 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer, I had best try it. With self-forgiveness being one of the most difficult, I started with myself.
Changes
Being a person that struggles with memory and is a rule rebel, I didn’t quite get the prayer right. I said “Cindy, I forgive you for all you did to me. Cindy, thank you for all you have done for me.” It must have been close enough. When I first started, I felt like I was talking down to the Cindy I was “forgiving” and applauding the Cindy I was “thanking.” After about 2 weeks, without thinking about it, the Cindy I was forgiving was no longer deemed “lower than.” My heart filled with love for her and I felt no pity, no judgment. It was the oddest thing to me. It is as if I had become one and no longer needed to see the Cindy of my past as “other.”
I got excited about this 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer and wondered if it only worked on 
people. We had a family real estate investment that had lost a lot of money. We had it on the market on and off for years but it never got any reasonable offers. I decided to try the prayer for the situation around the building. Again, a bit of a forgetful rebel, the words changed to be “Building, we are praying for you. Building, we forgive you for all you have done to us. Building, forgive us for all we have done to you.” Within two weeks we had two strong offers on the building!
You may not be ready to Forgive
Working this time with an actual person I felt I needed to forgive, I kept forgetting to do the prayer. I felt anger every time I did it. I soon realized I was just not ready. I will try again soon.
So when you are struggling with forgiveness or ready to let a situation go, try the 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer. I found I didn’t need to do it for the full 40 days to see results, but you may want to say it for the entire time. Forgiveness is an important Cayce principle found in many readings. Yet, it is one of the hardest to implement. I hope the 40-Day Forgiveness Prayer helps you.
Cindy Griffith is a Psychic, Spiritual Teacher, Edgar Cayce Field Conference Speaker, Blogger and author of Soul Soothers: Mini Meditations for Busy Lives as well as co-author of Voyage of Purpose and Grow Your Spiritual Business. Cindy teaches throughout the US, Online via LearnitLive.com, at the Edgar Cayce Center Headquarters, at conferences and in Tokyo. Cindy’s recent Master’s degree focused on the Mystic’s journey to spiritual maturity. Find more about Cindy, her classes, articles, books, and psychic readings at Cindy Griffith.com
