Article February 3, 2003 Issue

Anyone can FORGIVE

Marilyn Jones with contributions from Fred Luskin

DR. Fred Luskin is the director and co-founder of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, which began as his doctoral dissertation.

Although a deeply spiritual person himself, Luskin says that his goal is to make forgiveness practical to anyone, whether spiritually inclined or not. He has found that by helping people quiet their thoughts and bodies so they can listen for—and hear—that "still, small voice" within each of us, he can help people free themselves from the binding entrapment of bitterness that "unforgiveness" engenders.

Among the many people Luskin has trained, the most compelling group has been the Catholic and Protestant mothers who have lost children in the violence of Northern Ireland's "troubles." The results have been inspiring and encouraging to all those interested in healing hatred and emotional pain.

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