The Importance of Forgiveness

A study was published in 2016 looking at 148 young adults and the interaction between stress, forgiveness and mental health. Forgiveness was a significant protective factor for both physical and mental health.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25139892

Just last year Harvard researchers published another paper showing the positive link between forgiveness and psychological health in a large cohort of middle aged female nurses.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33004075/

It feels good to witness that the strong emphasis placed on forgiveness by all the great spiritual guides of mankind and lastly by Shri Mataji Nirmal Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga, is getting research validation. The questioning of it though also shows how far we have strayed from the middle in this aggression-prone world…

In every public program when giving Self Realization as well as many other instances , Shri Mataji insisted on the crucial power off forgiveness as the only path to leave our reactions behind and open the door to thoughtless awareness.