The declaration of forgiveness
"When someone does not maintain what we had promised, or behaving towards us in a way that violates what we consider legitimate expectations, it is very likely that we feel affected, saddened by what has happened. In addition, if after having taken that approach, the person does not assume responsibility for the consequences of what he did or should have done is possible and perfectly legitimate, we have to be victims of injustice. With this conviction, we justify our resentment towards others, especially to the extent that we are 'placed' by the side of good and put the other the side of evil. In this way, we think we have every right to feel resentment towards others.
E 'can not, however, we realize that by giving space to resentment, we have put in a position of dependence on the person held responsible. On the other hand, this person may not have realized what he did. In any case, our resentment continues to bind us as slaves to another. Our resentment continues to undermine our peace, our prosperity, and may end up adversely affecting our whole life. Resentment makes us slaves of those who blame, and thus adversely affects not only our happiness but also our freedom as people .... "
" ... In fact, those who live in resentment is a slave of the soul ... "
" ... To forgive is not an act of grace towards those who hurt us, even though it may be. Forgiveness is a declarative act of personal liberation. By the act of forgiveness we break the chains that bind us and force us to the executioner in the role of victim. By forgiving we assume no responsibility for ourselves and we decided to put an end to an open process that continues to play given to us the evil source. With forgiveness we recognize that not only others but also ourselves, we are now responsible for our being ... "
"... To forget or not is something that we can not solve by means of a statement. In a way, it depends entirely on our will. The pardon, however, is something that depends on us ... "
" ... The act of forgiveness involves the declarative forgive himself. It 's a way to forgive the act, the difference is that we assume the role of victim and executioner ... "
" ... continue to blame each other for the rest of our lives does not allow us to recognize that in the past have acted in any way different from those in which we find ourselves in the present. The
I did not recognize what we did in the past, and complain about the consequences of such actions, by itself, transforms us, also one of recrimination and you will normally be very different from someone who has made us what we are complain.
forgiveness to themselves has also liberating effect on what we have done in the past and is a manifestation of love for oneself and one's life ... "
Extract from the book" Lenguaje Ontology of "Rafael EcheverrÃa
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