Seeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
Recently while discussing forgiveness practices in a workshop, I was asked about forgiving the unforgivable. It involved a little girl in New Mexico, Victoria Martens, who was senselessly and horrifically murdered. It’s the kind of awful story that forces nearly everyone to question how they could ever forgive something so terrible...
Read MoreHow do we forgive after a very long and intense election in 2016? Ron Chapman discusses the strategies and practices of how we can move forward keeping our relationships intact through the path of Forgiveness in this episode of Speaking True.
Read MoreCan we see that placing blame is a fool’s game? Is it not clear that we have a collective problem, that together we are the creators of culture? Dare we look and see that that which we do not resolve within ourselves will be propagated through us, knowingly or unknowingly?
Read MoreFor many years I’ve been involved with advisory, coaching and developmental services to assist people in overcoming adversity and challenges. While there are countless forms of difficulty any one of us can experience, the truth is they all ultimately boil down to a single problem that has two facets...
Read MoreThe ability to perceive no wrong is serious medicine for what ails humanity. So too is the ability to release grievance and wrongdoing.
Read MoreThings came to a head early in the morning a few weeks ago. My psyche has a particular trick it plays on me when confronted with difficulties. It awakens me between two and three in the morning with an incessant litany of planning.
Read MoreAny one who struggles cannot be in any space other than the one they find themselves in. Given time, place, circumstances, beliefs and any number of factors that are fixed both inside and outside us, everyone is presently in the only space they can possibly find, even if it is a swamp.
The only question is whether we are willing and able to join them there.
Read MoreSeeing True is a framework and practice for living an engaged life through forgiveness.
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