Forgiveness

Have you ever experienced that Divine moment, when abstract occurences in a day suddenly combine to give you the whole picture? When all disparate pieces of the puzzle suddenly make sense?

It is synchronicity in action, the unlikely relation between many events that seem to occur by chance... but actually reflects the greater design and elegance of the Cosmos. This is God's realm - The Universe that Speaks without Words. Carl Jung just put it in one neat term :)

At that moment of revelation, when the design or plan is revealed to you, one is confronted with the Truth. And irrespective of how ugly it is, if a pattern is seen again and again... you must be a fool to deny its authenticity. 

But a seeker after Truth should always have the courage to accept Truth, even painful ones. 

Truth is revealed not in one's words - people often cultivate the sweetest of tongues to gain something. 

Truth is revealed in one's actions.

In spirituality, or practices of ancient mysticism, understanding the Hand of God in all things, the feeling of synchronicity, creates more balance, awareness and forgiveness within.

To forgive without needing to hear the words 'I'm sorry' from another, we do the greatest justice to no one but ourselves.

Drop anger, drop hurt, there goes expectations... it is an odd feeling because you become the observer. Standing outside of this instance, this feeling of betrayal, you are angry and yet... not angry.

You watch the emotion rise, you watch the emotion fall... and realise you were never a part of it all. Although emanating from you, it is not you. 

These instances may come in just pockets, but who is to say that transformation cannot be achieved in that split second? It is only a matter of whether we have enough faith to take the quantum leap... or will we continue living in our comfort zone, perpetuating the myth that it is always The Other at fault.

Most times, we hang on to the past, repeating the same pattern... is it really surprising then, we end up with the same outcome?

If I wish to change the outcome, I should stop blaming The Other. It is my shortcoming that I was not aware. I should have cultivated a deeper awareness of the situation, of the individuals at hand, of human nature. I accept that I was not working at my full potential. And my mission is to work towards cultivating that.

Then... a new outcome is possible. A new door opens to an infinity of possibilities.

When I change, the future once more becomes pregnant with meaning, full of potential. 

So today, I understood Ahimsa in a new way - to transform yourself, to accept responsibility for even things which are not remotely yours... one then does not harm any living being. Not even yourself. 

To close, an excerpt from Idries Shah's recounting of the teaching of Moulana Jalaludin Rumi, this one titled The Inward Eye:

"It is also narrated that Moulana Shamsuddin Malti reported that one day Moulana was giving a discourse of mystical subjects at the Seminary, when he said that he loved Shamsuddin much, but he had but one fault.


Shamsuddin begged to be enlightened as to what that fault was; and Moulana said 'Whatever he (Shamsuddin) perceives and sees, he thinks that God's most blessed thing and God's most blessed person is that thing or that person'. Then Moulana recited these verses:

'As many a man has

The Inwardness of Satan;

Should one hail everyone

As a Saint?

When your Inward Eye 

Is opened; -

The Real Master

Can then be perceived!'

Is it so difficult to believes that the most elegant solution, most truthful answer, is so simple that it involves no one. 

The Inward Eye is but a turning into Oneself, perceiving that we are the source and solution to each problem. It's never been anyone but...