I used to obsessively and compulsively think about the things that offended me. I’d move into relentless and overwhelming thoughts of attack and defend. It was so awful for me. My mind leaned toward revenge at the slightest provocations – which has led me to have a lot of compassion for certain politicians in the USA who are very focused on revenge.
When folks practice and discuss revenge they’re offering a cry for Love and we can learn to respond with Love. It takes strength and courage, and a great willingness, and it brings so much benefit.
One of my all-time favorite teachers is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and he is so clear about revenge. It makes sense. He was a true student of Jesus. They knew the power of forgiveness to transform not only the life of the person who seems to be attacked, but also the life of the attacker. After all, we are united. When one is lifted, all are lifted instantly.
Dr. King warns us that the opportunity to seek revenge will come, and when that moment arrives, not to take it. He advises to go the other way and have a profound healing.
Revenge, it’s been said, is a dish best served cold.
The implication there is that if you hold onto your murderous thoughts, and let them ripen into your plots of anger, attack and anguish, that it’s far more satisfying.
It’s only satisfying to the ego for a moment – and that’s NEVER worth the price. Ever. It’s a meal of broken glass and metal shavings. Avoid it at all costs.
The temptation to exact revenge can be so strong at times. It’s the ego at it’s worst.
Fortunately there’s an antidote and it’s making a clear decision that you are worth more than being the ego’s puppet. Your life is more than an investment in empty and pointless imaginings and expressions of bile.
My invitation is to look at all the littlest choices for revenge that come up in your life, in your heart and your mind, and give them all away to the Higher Holy Spirit. Instead, dedicate yourself to being free and loving yourself fully.
Instead of revenge, let’s choose unity and dissolve every thought of revenge ever had by anyone at anytime.
That’s a far better use of our mind and our life. It’s about Self-Love and Self-compassion. It’s about not torturing ourselves and choosing healing instead.
Let’s focus on something real and let the false ideas and resentments die from lack of attention. Let’s make our relationships a goldmine of goodness. Spirit will do the heavy lifting if we allow it!
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