The act of forgiveness.
As will always be the case in the material world, duality will show up in each and every aspect of our lives, similarly we shall always come across persons deserving forgiveness and those who do not. It is easy to forgive the deserving and there is nothing more to be seen in such an act as the person simply deserves it, he or she has earned it! But it is forgiveness of the un-deserving which is the difficult yet benevolent part. It is the un-deserving person who is ailing and as such in need of solace and a soothing balm. I suppose this is why the Lord Jesus said “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.”
Of course, it would even be better if I were to remain rooted in the Advaitic principle of “Who is there to offend and who is there to forgive?” But I realize that I still have miles to go before I reach that state of unshakeable stability in One-ness.
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 am
as always is reality there is nothing dual, which again is an absolute reality. existance, survival and being alive is real. miles to go or be at the end of journey is again an absolute reality.