The source of suffering in the world.

Lack of acceptance is the source of suffering. We might not accept anything other than that which resonates with us. We might want things to be what we want them to be.

Yet, with revenge there are consequences and karma.

Revenge is a self-contradiction we cannot get away with. We are individuals but we are also one. With one source and are each one of us being a link in a big chain.

Imagine going through an experience with someone, then feeling hurt through that experience. Perhaps you finally go your seperate ways with that person and keep holding on to the hurt.

Perhaps you even maintain a relationship of some kind with them, but harbouring such hatred for them that you seek revenge.

Or perhaps you just dislike someone and punish them.

Or you are jealous and want someone to feel as you feel, or be where you are or less.

Or you keep focusing on other people's actions and demonising them.

Or you collect data about other people and then bully and harass them.

Or you decide to go with a crowd and peform an act of unkindness towards another human.

In these moments, you most likely believe that you are in private, unseen and your deeds unwitnessed.

Or you actually act directly and in full view of other people.

Then one day soon or later, something happens in your life.

Maybe you get into an unfortunate situation.

Maybe you fall ill.

Maybe you are injured.

Maybe you keep encountering no from everyone who might have offered you what you want.

Maybe something dear to you is lost.

Yet, in those moments, you might have forgotten. That once upon a time, you advocated for someone's suffering.

That you participated in someone's suffering.

That you took part in an act of cruelty or unkindness.

What we forget in moments when we peform our revenge is this; The universe is wide awake and it does not err. It keeps a record and it gives back exactly what we give out. Sometimes, by the time we get back the echo, we have forgotten that we planted a seed with our actions. Or it might not seemingly match what we gave out.

It does not matter that they wronged us, that they did something despicable. We can address ourselves and perhaps them in some direct way, or simply walk away.

We can love people from a distance.

We have no right to judge anyone and take matters into our own hands.

The battle is not ours. It is still alive and present but we do no harm.

The very act of revenge does not distinguish us from our wrongdoer.

What is happening during revenge?

In times of revenge, we have not practiced acceptance to acknowledge duality.

We have not parented ourselves to address how we feel and soothe.

We have not practiced the dichotomy of control.

We tend to forget that also, we harm others. We do unkind acts.

While we do not have to accept their behaviour, we also do not need to stay in judgement of theirs or take action to harm them.

When we revenge, we have chosen to be the judge, jury and executioner. We have turned ourselves into the ultimate power. Which we are not. We have taken on the task that needed to be left for the universe. Do no harm. Give the universe a task..

Yet,

We are not perfect and we have flaws, but we can learn to recognise the consequences of our behaviours and to learn, and let go. To focus on the life we live and the purpose which we agreed to deliver on earth.

You might not feel close to some people, but you do not have to harm anyone or wish anyone any harm. You cannot get away with this.

Do not hold anyone in your heart with hate.

Do not waste your time plotting revenge. That is selfharm.

You cannot hate anyone without hating a part of yourself.