INSPIRE #1242: THE MOST POWERFUL PRACTICE TO FREE YOUR SOUL: FORGIVENESS! Self-Help Tips from (Stephen Mitchell, “Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness”)

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If you’ve ever wanted to live a more beautiful, peaceful life, then do we have the Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness show for you.

Today I’ll be talking with Stephen Mitchell, a brilliant author and interpreter of books including Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, the co-author of three beautiful books with his wife Byron Katie, and the author of one of the most beautiful reads I’ve ever had  the privilege of coming across, “Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness”

And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about a profound tale to open your heart and ease your life. 

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Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn in 1943, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and de-educated through intensive Zen practice. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, Meetings with the Archangel, Gilgamesh, The Second Book of the Tao, and the Iliad.

When he is not writing, he likes to (in no particular order) think about writing, think about not writing, not think about writing, and not think about not writing. He is married to Byron Katie and co-wrote: Loving What Is, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. You can read extensive excerpts from all his books on his website,

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Key Points Discussed: 

• How to bring more forgiveness into our lives (03:08)
• Has forgiveness always come easy to you? (03:23)
• The inner wisdom that would pull Joseph to do things and that was there for his highest good (10:34)
• The central moment: When Joseph choose not to blame his brothers for throwing him into the pit (12:10)
• The freeing realization that can lift condemnation from ourselves and the rest of the world (17:29)
• What does “May your will be done” mean? (20:57)
• Using God’s name as a synonym for reality and getting out of the human image of God (24:31)
• Accepting what is and seeing every situation as the best that could possibly be happening (31:42)
• How everything that appeared to be the worst thing for Joseph actually served him (37:57)
• The many years of intensive Zen practice and practice of “The Work” that changed Stephen’s life? (47:36)
• The meaning of “The Great Hymn to the Sun” (58:53)
• How important is it to forgive everyone in our lives? (01:02:58)

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INSPIRE #809: THE LIFE CHANGING POWER OF FORGIVENESS! + Guided Meditation! (Gary Renard, “The Lifetimes When Jesus And Buddha Knew Each Other

INSPIRE #549: THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS! (Reverend Mpho Tutu Van Furth, “The Book Of Forgiveness”)

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