The Spice Called Forgiveness
Forgiveness is letting go of the past and starting over with a clean slate. It is accepting the fact that people make mistakes; after all, we are all human beings capable of messing up and making mistakes. Not a single one of us was made perfect - far from it. Although the act of forgiveness should be as common as making mistakes, because you need one followed right after the other, this is not always the case. Forgiveness requires a change of heart, an emotional uplifting, and a letting go of what brought you down to begin with. An apology does not mean anything if you just say the words without truly having an inner peace. This is what makes forgiveness hard. Anyone can say the words and go through the motions, but its not true forgiveness unless it comes from inside you.
To forgive an injury is often considered to be sign of weakness. It is really a sign of strength. It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of vengeance; but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who forgives an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. Forgiveness may even turn a foe into a friend. So mercy is the noblest form of revenge.
Discovering life purposes seems inevitable, in all cases, to come to grips with our past. We build up negative issues in our past and need to clear the clutter out in order to grow. I call this clearing process "Forgiveness". We cannot move forward in our future if past issues cloud our thinking. We can think of our life as a room, the more past issues or negative thoughts, the more furniture, dust, cobwebs, clutter, and other pests that clog up our thinking and our ability to manifest. When we forgive, it is as if we took a broom, vacuum cleaner and a dumpster and got rid of the old clutter that blocks us from creating the life (room) we really want. How do we forgive others? Each person may have their own method.
Forgiveness, for the Hindus, begins with self realization that one has sinned. Without this realization, forgiveness cannot begin.
Islam preaches about both types of forgiveness, because humans wrong both Allah and other humans. As with Christianity, Islam holds that forgiveness requires repentance which can be acquired either directly from Allah.
We all have people who we don't like for many different reasons most because they have hurt us in some way. Most of the times when someone upsets you, all you can think of is how to get even and let them feel the pain they have caused you to feel. No matter how much pain they have inflicted you to feel you must still forgive them. No matter what the situation is you must forgive them. Of course it isn't easy to do, but god tells to forgive all as he does and there are many ways to go about doing so. In most cases when someone hurts you in a way you want them to fell that same pain they caused you. What satisfaction do you get from getting even with someone, it only makes things worse and creates them to strike back then becoming a repeating cycle. God tells us to forgive those who prosecute us by praying for them in positive ways such as just asking for them to have a good day things like that... By asking forgiveness for our own sins, then forgiving others, we gain healing.
What is forgiveness? To me forgiveness is something many people never learn in their lives. Forgiveness is to love someone in spite of all their short comings. We as humans must somehow learn the art of forgiveness, if we are ever going to be truly happy in life.
"What is Vengeance?"
Vengeance is the act of causing harm or hurt to someone, who has caused hurt or harm to us. Many times we as human’s choice to hate someone instead of loving them. In the bible it says to turn the other cheek, but for many of us that is always the hardest thing to do.
Next Week: The Spice Called Cooperation.
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