Asking for forgiveness
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When asking for forgiveness directly or practising it in the mind like in the case of Hoponopono it would be ideal to be specific about what we are asking for and to whom we are asking
Here is a useful list of what we should ask forgiveness for
Please forgive me for -
- Hurting you
- Disturbing your peace of mind
- Scaring you
- Not meeting your expectations
- Not being the person you wanted me to be
- Not fulfilling your desires
- Insulting you
- Humiliating you
- Ignoring you
- Being sarcastic and cynical
- Not loving you the way you wanted to be loved
- Not praising you enough
- Not saying yes to everything you wanted
- Not providing you enough material comforts
- Disrespecting you
- Disrespecting your friends and relatives
- Rejecting you
- Not listening to you
- Not helping you out in the house
- Not admiring your tastes
- Disagreeing with you
22. Not informing you where I was going
23. Not buying you enough gifts
24. Not surprising you with gifts
25. Not asking you for forgiveness when I was wrong
26. Not forgiving you when you were wrong
27. Shouting and screaming at you
28. Falsely accusing you
29. Belittling you
30. Not considering you as my equal
31. Making you feel inferior
32. Not encouraging your talents
33. Being impatient with you
34. Treating you unfairly and unjustly
35. Criticising you in front of others
36. Making you the butt of jokes
37. Not stopping others making fun of you
38. Correcting your pronunciation in front of others
39. Revealing your ignorance to others
40. Ridiculing you
41. Not accepting your weaknesses
42. Not tolerating your past conditioning
43. Not discussing finances with you
44. The many times I have lied to you
45. The many times I have sulked
46. The many times I have not spoken to you
47. Saying no to everything you asked for
48. Forcing you to take up a career you did not want to
49. Talking ill of your friends
50. Not being there for you in times of crises
51. Not being the father/husband/brother/son/friend you aspired for
52. Not lending/giving you money when you wanted it most
53. Being indifferent to you
54. Being negative
55. Being forgetful
56. Scolding you for trivial matters
57. Making inappropriate remarks
58. Cursing you
59. Wishing you harm
