Tag: Forgiveness

Jim Carrey – On depression and how suffering leads to salvation

And ultimately, I believe that suffering leads to salvation. In fact, it’s the only way…that we have to, somehow, accept, not deny, but feel our suffering and feel our losses. And then, we make one of two decisions. We either decide to go through the gate of resentment, which leads to vengeance, which leads to self-harm, which leads to harm to others. Or, we go through the gate of forgiveness, which leads to grace.

[Y]our being here is an indication that…You’ve made the decision to walk through the gate of forgiveness to grace, just as Christ did on the cross.

He suffered terribly and He was broken by it, to the point of doubt and a feeling of absolutely abandonment, which all of you have felt. Then there was a decision to be made. And the decision was to look upon the people who were causing that suffering with compassion and with forgiveness, and that’s what opens the gates of heaven for all of us. I wish that for all of you. I wish that for myself.

Jim Carrey – message for a group of former gang members and prisoners at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles.

Forgiveness

“There is one only defect in forgiving persons, and not another; that defect is that people take a forgiving person to be weak. That defect, however, should not be taken into consideration, for forgiveness is a great power. Forgiveness is a virtue of the weak, and an ornament of the strong. Forgiveness subdues all in this world; what is there that forgiveness cannot achieve? What can a wicked person do unto him who carries the saber of forgiveness in his hand? Fire falling on a grassless ground is extinguished of itself. And unforgiving individual defiles himself with many enormities. Righteousness is the one highest good, and forgiveness is the one supreme peace; knowledge is one supreme contentment; and benevolence, one sole happiness.”

Vidura speaking in Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata (Parva 5 Chapter 33)

Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but…

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
-Jonathan Lockwood Hule

Being angry at someone will definitely hurt you whether it does or does not lead to a consequence for the other person. Letting go of your anger, can benefit your health by getting rid of negative emotions. In this context, forgiving does not mean forgetting, but rather coming to accept the fact that it happened.

जो तोको काँटा बुवे ताहे बोव तू फूल…

जो तोको काँटा बुवे ताहे बोव तू फूल |
तोहे फूल को फूल है ताहे है तिरसूल ||

Jo toko kaanta buve,taahe bov tu phool
Tohe phool ko phool hai, taahe hai tirsool

For those who sow thorns for you, you should sow a flower
For you flower’s a flower but, for them it’s a trident