This is now. Not then, not to come. What we have done affects our present but does not dictate who we are in this moment. This moment may affect the next or it may not, who can tell what it holds. We cannot control the past of others which we might have affected or been affected by, but we can try to heal and relieve suffering through what we do now.
70 times 7 equals 490 but ironically it is a number not intended to be taken literally unless someone has developed a pharisaical nature which analyzes every nook and inconsequential cranny of what it means to be righteous. Forgiveness is very much a now principle I think. Forgiveness is about letting go ultimately.
Letting go of the irritation at friends who sleep while you weather your darkest hour. Letting go of leading and demanding well deserved worship. Letting go of vindictiveness but instead excersizing compassion. Letting go of controlling the lives of those who you know are about to betray you. Letting go of the hatred for the soldiers lifting you up on the cross. Forgiving the debtor and feeling our own release thereby..
To love without price. How do we show love without price? This is probably one of life's greatest challenges. When others pluck the strings of our out of tune soul, shove us out of balance, commit untold tortures up on us wittingly or not. To love with equanimity. Not always an easy step, perhaps like a graceful ballerina we often appreciate the beauty of the finished product and forget the toil and constant training it took to arrive there. Love with equanimity is such a practice. Far more beautiful than roses yet destroyed just as easily and slower to grow.
I need to live Now. Love now. Love the people surrounding me in the now. The past does not define who they are now. The past must not poison the present. The past is old news, I must let it go to understand the present with equanimity. To love with equanimity, and stop shooting myself in the foot.
70 times 7 equals 490 but ironically it is a number not intended to be taken literally unless someone has developed a pharisaical nature which analyzes every nook and inconsequential cranny of what it means to be righteous. Forgiveness is very much a now principle I think. Forgiveness is about letting go ultimately.
Letting go of the irritation at friends who sleep while you weather your darkest hour. Letting go of leading and demanding well deserved worship. Letting go of vindictiveness but instead excersizing compassion. Letting go of controlling the lives of those who you know are about to betray you. Letting go of the hatred for the soldiers lifting you up on the cross. Forgiving the debtor and feeling our own release thereby..
To love without price. How do we show love without price? This is probably one of life's greatest challenges. When others pluck the strings of our out of tune soul, shove us out of balance, commit untold tortures up on us wittingly or not. To love with equanimity. Not always an easy step, perhaps like a graceful ballerina we often appreciate the beauty of the finished product and forget the toil and constant training it took to arrive there. Love with equanimity is such a practice. Far more beautiful than roses yet destroyed just as easily and slower to grow.
I need to live Now. Love now. Love the people surrounding me in the now. The past does not define who they are now. The past must not poison the present. The past is old news, I must let it go to understand the present with equanimity. To love with equanimity, and stop shooting myself in the foot.
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