AN Eye for an Eye makes the whole world blind- Gandhi

War-our enemy - We need love, n forgiveness, not war
@Lovett (464)
India
June 10, 2007 2:23pm CST
The above quote is given by Mahatma Gandhi. It has a lot for truth in it. Its like revenge begets Revenge,begets Revenge. Do you take revenge on somebody if they have done harm to you? I have prayed for bad things to happen to my enemies, or to people who did bad to me. I would want bad things to happen to them. Btu now, the above Statement has a lot of truth in it. N looking at wats hapening at uor world with Wars, in Iraq, makes me believe in the Quote. Wat do yu think?
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@LRB1111 (356)
• United States
10 Jun 07
I think that quote holds so much truth. Revenge is a confession of pain and is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. Some people are just wrong in their actions but of course two wrongs do not make a right in the end. I believe it is up to higher power to decide when and how someone else will get the repercussions of any negativity they have put out into the world. I try to understand the universe is always going to balance itself and for every action their is a reaction. Revenge on one who has wronged you will just cause the same to happen to you. It will be a never ending cycle of negativity. All you can do is pray or hope that other person will realize their true path and practice forgivness. Why be bitter when you can feel peace inside of yourself. I know that if someone has done something so bad to me that i would think of getting revenge, i try to remember that they must have pain inside of themselves or else they would not have been able to hurt me. So yes i pray for that pain to heal inside of them and this gives me such joy that i have control over how i choose to feel (forgive) and that it is unfortunate that they do not. So i am the won with the victory anyway.
@Lovett (464)
• India
11 Jun 07
I agree with wat u say. If possibl, watch the Indoan movie, 'Black Friday' n you will see where I m comin from. The movie really changed my perception about things that I never cared for in life,, one of them was Revenge.
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@gigarange (1165)
• United States
24 Jun 07
Normally when someone done wrong to me I get mad. sometimes really mad. But I don't do any revenge thing. I believe in "karma". If somebody done me wrong, I just let it go and move on. Let "my God" pay him for the things he has done to me. I just work hard and strive more. Do more positive things to uplift, improve my self. By the way, thanks for the quote.
@Lovett (464)
• India
28 Jun 07
Thanks for responding!!! Well thank you!!
@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I agree with Gandhi. Revenge is a way to keep you tied to the past. We really need to not hang onto anger but to let it go. Forgiving others does more for you than it does for them. I don't do revenge. I admit there have been times when I considered it, though. LOL When someone does something to harm us it usually has more to do with them than it does with you, so forgiving and letting it go really serves you well.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
14 Jun 07
I agree with this. but it's very hard for me not to avenge those who wronged me. I usually do it anyway whenever I can. If I can't then I'll wait until the time comes or when someone else does it. There is always the time for everybody, but my problem is I'm not patient enough.
• Canada
24 Jun 07
Hello Lovett, I saw your discussion after posting a discussion on revenge from a little different perspective. I came at 'revenge' with the idea that the 'best revenge is a great life!" Sooner or later we need to get over ourselves and what happened...and turn a negative into a positive learning experience. If we don't we stay stuck..regurgitating the old traumas and dramas over and over and over....at nauseum. Time to move on...make different choices and let those who have caused us harm live according to their 'still small voice within' and the law of cause and effect. What goes around comes around is an immutable truth whether people are willing to admit it or not. Sooner or later lines between the reveneger...and the revengee blur...and we know where that leads. We can choose to hang on...or we can choose to move on and the results will vary...that is one thing I do know for sure.