DO UNTO YOURSELF

Do unto yourself as you would be seen doing unto others. All the proclamations of piety, the claims of compassion, the façades of forgiveness; must fall clear upon the eye turned inward, upon the purity deep inside your own self.

It is of no consequence how well you seem to judge people; you can only rely on your limited field of experience. It is of no value that you show much love and caring if somewhere inside you are counting the returns on your investment.

Forgive completely. Do not just forgive enough to convince yourself of your magnanimity. Once forgiven, the original sin should lose entity entirely, leaving no chance of retracting. Freedom lies in Forgiveness. The sin, the sinner, the hurt, the grief must not get pride of place in your being.

We are wronged till the day we choose to keep suffering from the wrong. The perpetrator is happy in his own world - or maybe not so happy - but our inner suffering makes no difference to him; unless he can observe it and glean a feeling of satisfaction at having brought it about.

Being free with forgiveness brings upon one the virtue of the saints; compassion, even for the tormentor. When forgiveness becomes so much a part of one’s habit, compassion enters the heart. And the world is full of creatures whom one can feel for.