Tomorrow, September 19th, 2018 is The Atonement day in the Jewish calendar. Many people will commemorate this sacred day by fasting, praying and self-reflecting. One of the main pillars of this day is the decree from God upon every man, woman, and child, to forgive anyone who has hurt them during the preceding year.
Credit: wmscogs
The notion of forgiveness has been widely discussed over the ages. Here I would like to raise a fundamental question and I welcome each and every one of you – Jewish or not – to contemplate it during this coming day. My question to you is comprised of two parts:
Who has been hurt?
Really?
Who has been hurt?
This goes directly to the question – who are you. Are you the little human that is constantly swept by drama, influenced by other people's actions, experiences emotional ebbs and flows? Or, are you the indestructible consciousness that is confident in its eternal existence, peaceful with whatever experience that comes upon it. For when you really know yourself you also know that you have a part in the creation of any event that happened to you. Hence, no one could hurt you without your consent; no one could take something from you. Therefore, no one can hurt the real you.
Really?
What your limited mind and heart grasp as hurt is only the way your magnificent Self shakes you out from limitations that were bestowed upon you since you were born and much before that. For why would you want to change something if all was all right in your life? Why would you want to break free from the chains of your mind if everything worked perfectly for you?
