Vengeful emotions is something Id visualize as a foul amorphous blob of darkness filling us up, that embodies anger, fear, and other negative emotions. It grows as we allow it to grow. I often have such thoughts when others attacks/harm me or those that I care about by words or actions, but I want to always encourage surpassing such vengeful thoughts for myself and others. Yet as understandable a response to provocation as revenge may be, here are five key reasons to strenuously resist it and move beyond the initial impulse to—however “righteously”—strike back at the person (or people) who’ve hurt you: 1. Revenge Is Primitive, Barbarous, and Savage. 2. The Material, Psychological, and Spiritual Costs of Revenge Can Be Devastating. 3. Wreaking Revenge on Another Is Either Corrupt or Corrupting. 4. Calculating and Carrying Out Revenge Is Foolish, Self-Defeating, and Even Stupid. 5. In the End, Revenge Accomplishes Nothing: It’s Both Fruitless and Futile. So, with the supporting quotes below, it’s wise to think about how you could: 1. Assert Your Honor and Rectitude by Foregoing Revenge. 2. Transcend Revenge Through Forgivenes. 3. Re-Channel Your Anger to Focus on Your Goals—Whether They Relate to Love, Success, or Achieving a State of Well-Being. However much wronged they may feel, they make no effort to retaliate directly against their tormenter(s), but instead devote themselves to surpassing them. And by successfully realizing their ambitions, they put their opponents in their (secondary) place. Once and for all, they “show up” those who’ve hurt, tricked, or disparaged them; or embarrassed and humiliated them. And their final victory lies not so much in their defeating their antagonists but in defeating their antagonists’ unfavorable expectations of them. With consummate irony, their very success can be seen as largely attributable to those who earlier may have victimized them.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:32:36 +0000
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