THE FRAGRANCE CALLED FORGIVENESS:
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet
sheds on the hill that has quested it…..”-anonymous.
Do me a favor. I
want you to think about the trouble makers, drug addicts and mostly those who
don’t fit in our view. But mostly, think about them in your family. Believe me
they are thinking of you and not somebody else.
When you take these
great teachers who have come into your life to teach you to love them even
through what they are struggling with, then there is a need to love them even
if it is hard.
Peace Pilgrim was
an elderly woman who walked around the country, and all she did, dressed in
white, was to talk about peace. Nobody knew her name; she was just called Peace
Pilgrim.
One day, she was
walking to another street when an accident took place and she was knocked down
by a car and she died.
But she left a
journal that I believe would return spirit to that place in your heart where
there is pain, sorrow , worry, fear, agony and hurt.
In the Bamemba
tribe in South Africa ,
when a person acts irresponsibly, and unjustly, here he is placed at the centre
of the village, alone and unfeted. All the work ceases, the entire village
gathers around the accused individual and each person of every age begins to
talk out aloud to the accused. Each person, one at a time, talks about all the
good things the accused at the centre ever did in his lifetime. Every incident,
experience that can be recalled with any detail and accuracy is recounted. All
positive attributes, good deeds, strengths and acts of kindness are recited
carefully and at length.
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| BAMEMBA UNITY |
No is permitted to
exaggerate the compliments or positive attributes of the accused. The tribal
ceremony often lasts several days, not ceasing until everyone is drained of
every positive compliments that can be mastered.
At the end, the
tribal circle is broken, joyous celebration takes place and the person is symbolically
welcomed back into the tribe. Necessities for such a ceremony are rare.
What if we can
teach those who we hate to immerse in a culture of acceptance and love, then
that spirit has to rise? No doubt!
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Links- Lessons
from the Bamemba Tribe | Kevin Johnson today: personal...
www.kevinjohnsontoday.com/2010/02/525/
I've been intrigued by this tribe ever
since I heard about them while listening to Dr
Links- Peace Pilgrim Home
www.peacepilgrim.org/
Peace Pilgrim - 1908-1981 - Walking
over 25000 miles from 1953 to 1981, Peace Pilgrim spread her message of
world, group, and individual inner peace..
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