恕与怒
When was the last time you are caught in a state of pure fury when you realize that someone has done you wrong or treated you badly which drives you up the wall? Or have anyone that have stepped into your life and left you which makes you feel bad about yourself and cannot forgive yourself? I guess I am not the only one in such a dilemma but just that I am bless by the will of heaven to be able to hear the teaching of Confucius that freed my soul and offer a new lease of energy into my life =).
After seeing the program that touches on 恕 (forgiveness), I suddenly realized that most of my negative feelings are immediately relieved. Life has it that if you think about something hard enough, you will seek your solution. So what happen today is that I went to my client whom I am helping to develop a Chinese CD Rom, and I mentioned about 恕 and she started telling me about the philosophy of the words 恕 and 怒 (anger). And after which I reflected upon what I learnt yesterday and today, and came up with one poem,
恕者如意，怒者奴隶
凡事在心，行事在意
一划相隔，心境千别
一念之隔，可定喜悲
And here is a translation of what I mean in my poem.
Line 1
People who forgive will free themselves in life and find life pleasant. People who hold anger and hatred, will imprison themselves in their own prison as slaves, as they continue to be tormented by their own anger and hatred. Note that the word 恕 bears the word 如 that means you can have your way in happiness and the word 怒 has the word 怒 which means slave.
Line 2
Every emotion comes from the heart, however every emotion is attributed to the way we handle and rationalized things. Note that there is the word 心 under both word of 怒 and 怒 as both words bears its meaning through emotion from the heart.
Line 3
The 2 words are only separated by one stroke of the brush (note that both words are written very similarly but separated in meaning by a stroke). However the single stroke separates the emotional condition of a person by a thousand miles.
Line 4
The difference in emotional condition is attributed to one thought, the thought to forgive or hate, which will eventually separates the person between happiness and sadness.
You might have already noticed that this philosophy actually bear resemblance to my previous post and you are right as this philosophy is an extension to the idea of the power of the choice.
The crux of the word 恕 lies in having the will to let go and forgive, forgiveness for self and others so that one can face the world with happiness and proceed in life with strength. People who live in hate and always bear vengeance, jealousy and ill thoughts continues to be a slave of their past and they will never be able to move on as they are still imprisoned by their past. To move on is thus to forgive. So if you are reading my blog and find that you wish to forgive yourself or others, please do as only by doing so will you attain new found energy as I had and be happy with your life. Relieve yourself of the burden and drop the negative thoughts in the past and bring your positive thoughts with you to the future. Only then will you look at the world differently as you have escaped the confine of the prison that your lower self has created and explore unlimited possibilities as you move on with your higher self.
“Forgive yourself and others, happiness follows after”
~ James Tan ~
After seeing the program that touches on 恕 (forgiveness), I suddenly realized that most of my negative feelings are immediately relieved. Life has it that if you think about something hard enough, you will seek your solution. So what happen today is that I went to my client whom I am helping to develop a Chinese CD Rom, and I mentioned about 恕 and she started telling me about the philosophy of the words 恕 and 怒 (anger). And after which I reflected upon what I learnt yesterday and today, and came up with one poem,
恕者如意，怒者奴隶
凡事在心，行事在意
一划相隔，心境千别
一念之隔，可定喜悲
And here is a translation of what I mean in my poem.
Line 1
People who forgive will free themselves in life and find life pleasant. People who hold anger and hatred, will imprison themselves in their own prison as slaves, as they continue to be tormented by their own anger and hatred. Note that the word 恕 bears the word 如 that means you can have your way in happiness and the word 怒 has the word 怒 which means slave.
Line 2
Every emotion comes from the heart, however every emotion is attributed to the way we handle and rationalized things. Note that there is the word 心 under both word of 怒 and 怒 as both words bears its meaning through emotion from the heart.
Line 3
The 2 words are only separated by one stroke of the brush (note that both words are written very similarly but separated in meaning by a stroke). However the single stroke separates the emotional condition of a person by a thousand miles.
Line 4
The difference in emotional condition is attributed to one thought, the thought to forgive or hate, which will eventually separates the person between happiness and sadness.
You might have already noticed that this philosophy actually bear resemblance to my previous post and you are right as this philosophy is an extension to the idea of the power of the choice.
The crux of the word 恕 lies in having the will to let go and forgive, forgiveness for self and others so that one can face the world with happiness and proceed in life with strength. People who live in hate and always bear vengeance, jealousy and ill thoughts continues to be a slave of their past and they will never be able to move on as they are still imprisoned by their past. To move on is thus to forgive. So if you are reading my blog and find that you wish to forgive yourself or others, please do as only by doing so will you attain new found energy as I had and be happy with your life. Relieve yourself of the burden and drop the negative thoughts in the past and bring your positive thoughts with you to the future. Only then will you look at the world differently as you have escaped the confine of the prison that your lower self has created and explore unlimited possibilities as you move on with your higher self.
“Forgive yourself and others, happiness follows after”
~ James Tan ~
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