Will You Forgive That Person? Will You Forgive Those People? (pg.20)

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"The Rock Trap" Saw 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwpWCjiXtV0

I find it interesting when people speak so earnestly about a person and/or people that they Dislike, Hate, and cannot, no, Will Not Forgive. I say will not because Everybody has the Capacity to Forgive, which means that they Can. Yet they Choose Not to do so. As in they Won't, Forgive.

I want you to Imagine the Person/People that you Will Not Forgive. Imagine that the person/people that you have in mind were in a device like the one you saw in the above video. Imagine standing in front of them. Smelling their sweat, and Hearing their pleas. I want you to imagine the Fear They will Experience, and the Agony They will Undergo. As Their Limbs and Their Head is Twisted to the point of Their Bones Rupturing Their very Flesh.

If to save them required your forgiveness. Will you forgive them then?

If so, congratulations. There is hope for you yet, you have something called Empathy.

If not, then I pity you. You have something called Apathy.





"Isn't that example extreme? When will the person/people I dislike, hate, and will not forgive ever be in such a device?" The point of the thought experiment is to illustrate the following:

If you can forgive that person/people in such a tortuous circumstance. Then that would mean that whatever you will not forgive them for. Can in fact be Forgiven and Worked Through. To take it a step further. While that person and these people, will more than likely never find themselves in such a device. They are still undergoing suffering in regards to their own unique life/lives, and the multitude of situations they find themselves in and must undergo. 




What does your forgiveness have to do with relieving some if not a lot of their suffering? Simple. Rather than be apathetic and unforgiving. Why not be empathetic and forgiving? Empathy is seldom derived from an unforgiving heart. Help them with their suffering, rather than just watching them suffer and/or adding to their suffering.

And if not for them. Think about how your reluctance to forgive this entire time has very effectively, and precisely imprisoned you in a hell that could have ended long ago.




To take it yet another step further. Your example of Bitterness and Lack of Forgiveness Influences Others to Do and Be the Same. It Influences Your Friends, Family, Partner, and Other Members of Humanity to Do and Be the Same. Instead of teaching them how to liberate themselves. You are teaching them how to imprison themselves.

For most of you, it will not make sense for the time being. Think about It and deliberate.