Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/948598.cms I was quite convinced about this concept that when you have faith in someone, it means not binding that person but liberating him/her. You often trust/have faith in someone without any second thoughts and live blissfully under the impression that all's well. Until you learn that the one person who is dearest to you ahs somehow broken your trust, shaken your faith, broken a promise yet again...in fact repeatedly.... With age, one has learnt in some ways to let it be and smile. Yet somewhere in the corner of one's heart, there is a tug. The question, " Why " ???? keeps bothering you. Is such a person to be forgiven? Especially if it is a very very dear and beloved friend? I know our scriptures say 'kshama parmo dharmah'...yet.... Just a dilemma one faces once in a way... GW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 << Yet somewhere in the corner of one's heart, there is a tug. The question, " Why " ???? keeps bothering you. Is such a person to be forgiven? Especially if it is a very very dear and beloved friend? >> " Why " sometimes cannot be answered meaningfully. For one thing, the question itself is a product of the mind, and there are things that the mind is not equipped to know. Always forgive. Forgiveness is always and instantaneously forthcoming from the Universe for all of us regardless of what we have done. But that doesn't mean that as individuals we are always able to forgive. It might be necessary to inquire into yourself regarding the nature of the injury you have experienced; often, the " injury " is one of the ego (e.g., pride) and not the substance. That being said, sometimes one's friends turn out to be unreliable in certain ways. Retain their friendship, say your piece but hold nothing against them, and perhaps be more vigilant with this person in that particular area in the future. In any event, faith that depends upon proof is not faith. Real faith is a revelation of the spirit, not a brittle belief built upon concrete proofs. Hafizullah @)->--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Namaste, The best reason to forgive is that we ourselves have been forgiven times out of number by the One and only Paramatman! We have no power to forgive; we can only pray that the offender be forgiven - eg. Jesus on the Cross. Regards, Sunder Ramakrishna , " gee_dublew " <gee_dublew> wrote: > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/948598.cms > > Is such a person to be forgiven? Especially if it is a very very dear > and beloved friend? > I know our scriptures say 'kshama parmo dharmah'...yet.... > > Just a dilemma one faces once in a way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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