Kindness Triumphs in the Temple of Betrayal and Hatred...
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The only true merit that can lead us to salvation and tranquility is our capacity for kindness. The only way we can thrive, not as individuals, but as a species, is if we are prepared to forgive.
Man is a creation so full of wonder, magnificence, and potential. Our most distinct characteristics as creatures capable of thought and blessed with free will can lead us to an infinity of horizons, all ready to be discovered in the joyous curiosity of these corporeal and perpetual beings, always fighting and learning and rising to dominate the universe with their grandeur.
But mankind is also so full of folly and madness. Our mistakes and our cruelties have left an irrefutable stain of fear and hatred on the face of history and civilization. Think of where we would be and what we could accomplish were we to simply listen to the lost voice of history that desperately struggles to not have to repeat itself.
In our societies, the fervency of the human endeavor to survive and live life to its fullest makes for a questionable and perplexed realm of morality or what we distinguish as rights and wrongs, and even though there is still so much hope for mankind, their deceitful desires can compel them to become cruel and cowardly, and one can’t help but wonder how we would react if such cruelties were visited on us?
It is unfortunate that we live in a society where the most reasonable course of action in face of cruelty is a swift and utter retaliation. We believe that no wrong deed should go unpunished, and that may be true, but in the process of achieving such reckoning, we are pushed to the edge of losing our humanity.
Hatred breeds hatred, and violence begets violence. When you answer cruelty with cruelty, you are no better than the people who were cruel to you. You are just cruel in your own right and in your own way. But what would happen if you answered the hatred of others with kindness and passion?
You may already be feeling the rush and the compulsion to shout your argument in the face of mine; that we should not forgive those that would do us wrong, justifying our conscience with a fallacious belief that if a crime or wrongdoing goes unpunished, the person who committed it will continue to do so. Well, I am not saying that you should forgive, nor am I denying or approving such argument.
What I am saying is that instead of indulging our gratifying need for retribution, we can find and show a better way to the world. This is not about the other person; for the one who decides to do others wrong has already decided to forsake his own humanity.
Have you ever considered that in the search for retribution, you might also lose something that would only leave you with regret and remorse? For in doing so, you may not seek justice, but to see the suffering of the one who has been cruel to you.
Have we once stopped to consider the consequence of embracing darkness to avenge what others have done to us? Thus begins the cycle of hatred and violence, drowning the human society in its flames and stripping it of its ideal state of peace and prosperity.
We have all gone through pain and suffering in our lives. Endless cruelties have been visited on us and those closest to us, and we will tolerate more and more transgressions until we reach the end of our journey in life.
Ask yourself this: What do we achieve by embracing the crippling darkness of the deeds that have hurt us? Whereas in forgiveness, we show a better way to those around us, and in doing so, set forth the foundations of the ideal society that we have always been dreaming about.
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I think this is a fascinating piece of work. I understand the history of crime and punishment, revenge and retaliation. But I think we must grasp an important principle that we must model the behavior we wish to encourage, we must not meet hate with hate and rationalize our hate. Neither should we meet violence with violence and rationalize our violence as being the appropriate response. We must see that rationalization is the starting point for many bad or horrific deeds.
We must understand that criminals rationalize stealing, assaulting or murdering to achieve an end. Their end is to enrich themselves or sometimes to survive. To them the end justifies the means. We may feel that their end doesn’t justify the means. When we capture them we put them on trial and sometimes execute them. We kill them just as they killed someone else. We justify our killing as proper punishment or justice. But we fail to see we are also rationalizing. We are saying our end “justice” justifies our means “killing”. I know everyone will say these are different things, one is murder for money the other is murder for justice. I would say to those who say this that yes you are right that they are different. I understand, but do you understand how they are also the same?
A life has been taken in both scenarios and someone is dead. While to some the death of the murderer is justice, but in reality it doesn’t bring the victim back, all it does is make the executioner a murderer. I hope one day we will understand this concept. A life was taken and now another life is taken. They are truly the same.
I believe that we will only come to a point where all society values life and human rights when we value all life and all humans rights. If we are heart broken by the death of a little girl or boy at the hands of a murderer, and we seek answers as to why it happened and how it is to be prevented. We must understand human behavior and justification for assault and taking another’s life. As long as we assault criminals with batons, tear gas and kill them with electric chairs we are justifying assault and murder. We are teaching that these things are okay under circumstances we define. We are rationalizing. This makes it possible for all people, both good and bad, to rationalize their behavior also. When we as a species decide that there is no acceptable rationalization for assault or murder we will be taking the first step towards ridding our society of violence.
Only light can illuminate the dark, only peace can stop war, only heat can warm you in the cold.
If we want people to stop being hateful we must show love and compassion. If we want people to stop being selfish and greedy we must show generousity. If we want criminals to stop killing people we have to stop killing criminals. If we want to stop people from self justifying horrible deeds, those deeds must become unjustifiable to all.
I hope people will one day understand this.
Great Reflexion Friend! Regards
Thank you. I also enjoyed reading the responses to your article and I am upvoting thoughtful comments on this post per your instructions. 😊
They were all thoughtful👍😊
Hi @shortsegments very well written. You have nicely explained multiple scenarios and even the solution for the same and rightly said that only light can illuminate dark. Good work.
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Thank you.
This was a good read. I liked the part where you posed the question that we might lose something chasing after retribution. I have found people who can be gracious even after having been offended, to be people of great character and strength. I have been having a challenging time over the last several years. One of the things that has allowed me to endure has been the kindness shown to me by God's children. We never know what someone is going through. Simply by showing them kindness we can strengthen and encourage for the journey that they are on. I tell others "while I can not run your race for you, I can run it with you."
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Hi! Excellent post. I like the sentence:
We have recorded in our subconscious the phrase of the old testament: Eye for an eye.
It is difficult not to correspond a blow with another blow.
As Mr. @shortsegments said:
It is important to plant this seed in our minds. Maybe the next time we face an extreme situation, we stop to think why we behave the way we behave and decide to break the cycle. Change our attitude in the face of adversity.
Thank you for reminding us that there is light in the world
Thank you for your kind words.
Dear @chbartist sir
Very beautiful article of the great mindset. Our forgiveness is the best medium to conquer the culprit. History is a witness that humanity has not been benefited from anywhere with anger and hatred. How many cruel rulers came, destroyed civilizations, imposed their ideas and ruled them, but civilizations where they remained. The existence of the world is due to love and forgiveness. Because of retribution and hatred, we lose the path of peace and we lose our morals in search of vengeance, only later regret comes. When we try to give the answer of hatred to hate and to respond to violence by violence, humanity becomes tarnished and the beginning of a cruel yoga. The world rests on love and mercy even today, by moving forward to this initiative, we have to leave human beings for the betterment of humanity and move on to the path of non-violence.regards
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I see much light in your words and much truth! I must admit that in the face of the mistreatment of others, abuse, hatred, I cannot respond with flowers. Many times I have controlled myself, but other times I have let see a part of me that embarrasses me, but it is mine. I feel that we are living, at least in Venezuela, in a moment in which we distrust the kindness of others, we ask ourselves where is the trap, that I will give in return and even in the false that can be the other person, because we are already used to people acting badly, aggressive, with vengeance. These days in a supermarket I witnessed a young woman approaching a very old lady and said: "And that sugar, lady? And the lady turned violently and looked at her with anger and almost shouted at her: it is mine! The girl looked at her in surprise and said nicely: I know it's yours, but where are they to grab one? The lady changed her tone and explained. From a distance I saw how the friendly answer of one, avoided the war between the two! People are like lying in wait, waiting to fall for someone to tell them something, to do something to them. Kindness and generosity are products of great value!
Very nice post @chbartist promoting #light and #forgiveness. This is a subject that I have spent many long hours thinking and talking about with friends and family. In my own life I have experienced several incidents where wrong was done against me and I worked very hard to not incite any grudge or ‘payback’ against those who did me wrong. This sometimes was not easy as we have all been indoctrinated to believe that we have a right to punish those who do us wrong. I firmly believe that this action only brings you down to the same level as those that have done you wrong. By embracing the #light, practicing #forgiveness sends positive energy to the perpetrator and actually breaks the chain of negative behaviour. I really love to read posts like yours because they are written from the heart and actually offer real advice to others who might be needing to hear these words at this particular time. Especially at #christmas time people are getting together with their families and exchanging gifts and spending quality time together away from their busy every day lives. If we carry heavy thoughts and emotions in our hearts left over from when others have done us wrong, then this affects the energy we bring to our families and friends.
I believe that it is not up to us to dole out retribution to others. Each person’s karma will play out in their lives. Retribution does not balance the scales, rather it brings with it more negativity. Forgiveness and light sent to those who have wronged us, helps them and it also helps us by lightening our load and setting us free.
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Hello friend, I hope you are well, in terms of your article yesterday I was just talking to a relative on the subject, and we conclude that the human being is very proud, sometimes it is difficult to forgive others, but the promordial is do it and not always live with a grudge of what happened, excellent post, greetings!
Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
In Christianity, forgiveness is the love of Christ in action. It's not easy to be kind and forgiving in this wicked world. But I've learned how to forgive through the power of Christ; for we were commanded to be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving to one another as Christ had forgiven us.
Forgiveness sets your heart and spirit free.
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Great article friend,
Every person has to be humiliated in his life for some reason, but there are some people among us who want to take revenge for that thing. While others do not want to do this. Thank you friend @chbartist
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Hi @chbartist.
This was a very nice topic. Forgiveness has a unique place in the world. This is a virtue that will make the world a better place. But it is generally replaced by anger and hatred according to me Forgiveness can be focused by considering the good virtues and compassion.
When they were beating Jesus on the Cross, he was in such pain but still, he was praying for those men who bet him..."My Lord please FORGIVE them, they know not what they do". That was his compassion.
I was delighted to read this post. I just wonder how do you come up with so many nice ideas and your language is really awesome. And your writing style is unique and touching.
Thanks!
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