11-02-2012, 02:24 PM
Has time stood still since the incidents?
Has life remained unchanged?
The oak seed, torn from its womb by the wind, shall not accomplish anything by ignoring its present state of being as a mature tree, to relive its seedly experience for the sake of demanding all past events answer to its discernment of them.
The universe has changed and in that change one's past is now memory which serves to assist as experience to discern higher understanding. in higher understanding one should realize that vindication and retribution serves only to satisfy vengeance. And, when final, that satisfaction will be fleeting.
At what expense shall it come?
That is the real question one must ask in this situation.
What are the consequences of revisiting past experience for the purpose of vengeance?
Will the lives of others not involved in those past incidents suffer as a result of that quest?
Has the one who was the victimizer changed from their ways of victimizing, as many of us do ourselves? Will bringing retribution upon them now only serve to bring destruction upon those who live with them now in loving relationships?
If this person has grown and changed, as we all do, then to seek a form of justice that imposes only retribution, in disregard for all other consequences, would violate those affected as unjustly as the original act.
An old man, long ago having been sorry for his ways, having left those ways far behind and moved on into new life, can either be punished for his old ways, or can be recognized for his regret. Regardless, their admission and acknowledgment has nothing to do with your own state of healing.
For the type that has no conscience or remorse, a re-visitation will find no positive end. The spots of that leopard will not be changed by your insistence.
If you believe that such violation continues upon others, than that should have been the reason for action long ago. If you can stop it now, than such recourse is still warranted.
But to revisit such atrocity simply for the sake of self indulgence, without consideration of the further consequences as well as the present state of being, would be just as selfish as the act which violated you long ago.
Far more must be considered then simple vengeance.
Discernment of one's past must be for the purpose of growth, and that is not served by seeking retribution.
But serving an other who suffers the same as you because the predator continues their ways is an honorable act; not because it brings a criminal to justice, but because it puts an end to ongoing crime.
Before you go down that path my friend, consider the present circumstances and residual consequences. Do not ride on a high horse of justice in ignorance of the injustices that you may end up imposing on many others for the sake of a justice which is now defined only by your need for revenge.
Ask yourself if destroying the lives of innocent others because of ways that may long ago have been left far behind in regret, will really satisfy your discernment of past experience.
Is your revisiting of this going to help someone involved, or going to hurt someone completely uninvolved É
Justice of this sort is blind and cares only for the written law.
Your soul is not healed by enforcement of law. It is healed by understanding and full consideration.
Righting a wrong that happens now is acceptable.
Avenging a wrong that no longer exists to appease the law of self is unacceptable if it wrongs others in the process.
Be certain of the consequences of your decisions and actions in full context at all times. In this way, you honor both your own growth and understanding, as well as acknowledging that all are subject to the same and deserving of the same opportunity to grow.
Who besides you knows what remorse you have experienced in order to reach your present state of being, or the many mistakes which you have made along that way.
Allow every other that same consideration and your discernment of that past shall be fulfilling.
However if after you have exhausted that process of discernment and you have reason to believe that a predator may still be on the loose, than some innocent awaits your assistance.
Has life remained unchanged?
The oak seed, torn from its womb by the wind, shall not accomplish anything by ignoring its present state of being as a mature tree, to relive its seedly experience for the sake of demanding all past events answer to its discernment of them.
The universe has changed and in that change one's past is now memory which serves to assist as experience to discern higher understanding. in higher understanding one should realize that vindication and retribution serves only to satisfy vengeance. And, when final, that satisfaction will be fleeting.
At what expense shall it come?
That is the real question one must ask in this situation.
What are the consequences of revisiting past experience for the purpose of vengeance?
Will the lives of others not involved in those past incidents suffer as a result of that quest?
Has the one who was the victimizer changed from their ways of victimizing, as many of us do ourselves? Will bringing retribution upon them now only serve to bring destruction upon those who live with them now in loving relationships?
If this person has grown and changed, as we all do, then to seek a form of justice that imposes only retribution, in disregard for all other consequences, would violate those affected as unjustly as the original act.
An old man, long ago having been sorry for his ways, having left those ways far behind and moved on into new life, can either be punished for his old ways, or can be recognized for his regret. Regardless, their admission and acknowledgment has nothing to do with your own state of healing.
For the type that has no conscience or remorse, a re-visitation will find no positive end. The spots of that leopard will not be changed by your insistence.
If you believe that such violation continues upon others, than that should have been the reason for action long ago. If you can stop it now, than such recourse is still warranted.
But to revisit such atrocity simply for the sake of self indulgence, without consideration of the further consequences as well as the present state of being, would be just as selfish as the act which violated you long ago.
Far more must be considered then simple vengeance.
Discernment of one's past must be for the purpose of growth, and that is not served by seeking retribution.
But serving an other who suffers the same as you because the predator continues their ways is an honorable act; not because it brings a criminal to justice, but because it puts an end to ongoing crime.
Before you go down that path my friend, consider the present circumstances and residual consequences. Do not ride on a high horse of justice in ignorance of the injustices that you may end up imposing on many others for the sake of a justice which is now defined only by your need for revenge.
Ask yourself if destroying the lives of innocent others because of ways that may long ago have been left far behind in regret, will really satisfy your discernment of past experience.
Is your revisiting of this going to help someone involved, or going to hurt someone completely uninvolved É
Justice of this sort is blind and cares only for the written law.
Your soul is not healed by enforcement of law. It is healed by understanding and full consideration.
Righting a wrong that happens now is acceptable.
Avenging a wrong that no longer exists to appease the law of self is unacceptable if it wrongs others in the process.
Be certain of the consequences of your decisions and actions in full context at all times. In this way, you honor both your own growth and understanding, as well as acknowledging that all are subject to the same and deserving of the same opportunity to grow.
Who besides you knows what remorse you have experienced in order to reach your present state of being, or the many mistakes which you have made along that way.
Allow every other that same consideration and your discernment of that past shall be fulfilling.
However if after you have exhausted that process of discernment and you have reason to believe that a predator may still be on the loose, than some innocent awaits your assistance.