An African tribe does the most beautiful thing. When someone does something hurtful and wrong, they take the person to the center of town, and the entire tribe comes and surrounds him. For two days they'll tell the man every good thing he has ever done. The tribe believes that every human being comes into the world as Good, each of us desiring safety, love, peace, happiness. But sometimes in the pursuit of those things, people make mistakes. The community sees misdeeds as a cry for help. They band together for the sake of their fellow man to hold him up, to reconnect him with his true Nature, to remind him who he really is, until he fully remembers the truth from which he'd temporarily been disconnected: “I AM GOOD.”
to The Journey To The Revelation Of My Soul, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share this post here.
what a lovely course of action... a circle of loving kindness. it clearly stems from a place of love and compassion. wouldn't it be great if we could all live this way... if all issues in life could be resolved this easily. alas... for now... i don't believe it is possible; at least not on a grand scale, but we can incorporate the essence of this tradition in our everyday lives.
when people we love do something hurtful or wrong or if we do something hurtful or wrong, instead of being accusatory and unforgiving, perhaps we should tell them/ourselves how much we love them/us. we should remind them/ourselves of the good that they/we have done for themselves/ourselves and others. perhaps if we reach out to them/ourselves in loving kindness rather than condemnation,we can help them/ourselves ... and thus help ourselves/others remember that essentially WE ARE GOOD and thus ALWAYS DESERVING OF LOVE. you know, we are GOOD and we are ALWAYS deserving of LOVE... ALL of US... ALWAYS. we are! we just forget sometimes and need to be reminded.
that is doing what we are here to do ... love.
the greatest healing therapy is friendship and love
-- Hubert Horatio Humphrey --
-- written by asd--
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--art by Nathalie Parenteau --
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