Some say there is justice when someone meets the same fate they’ve imposed on another or others. We say they deserve to be hurt or harmed in the same way they hurt or harmed others.
We dwell on the past and when we believe that past has been honored, only then do we even begin to move on.
Many of us choose to look at our future as our past until our past is “justified” in our present clearing the path to move on.
Yet in the moments offenses and atrocities occur:
Do we ask why something happening the way it is happening and what we can learn from the moment or event or experience?
Or shortly afterward, do we ask why it happened the way it happened and what we can learn from it?
Do we choose to act in fear in reaction to it, or with confidence and clarity in response to it?
Do we look at what it tells us about ourselves?
Do we look at how we can make a new or different future from it?
And once we’ve looked at OUR role in the matter(s):
Do we think about the impact of our potential act(s) of revenge?
Do we think about what revenge may open up or bring forth?
Revenge may complete the past, but with every ending comes a new beginning.
So, what does revenge create for the future?
After all, the Light of Truth shines and exposes resolution.
The Light does not discriminate. In the shining of the Light upon the wrongs and sins of others also shines it upon our own wrongs and sins.
No one is exempted from the Truth, from justice, from balance, from revenge.
“Do onto others as you would have them do unto to you.”
That always works with “the good stuff”, with kindness, with Love.
But what about pain, hurt, punishment? What about “the bad stuff”?
What if you did the unthinkable? What if something actually drove you to that point of action?
Would you feel justified, or would you believe that you deserve to be punished in the same or similar way you took action?
“An eye for an eye” – Always a good practice until it’s your eye, right?
You say you’d never do anything like that. But think about how many times you may do something that is harmful or hurtful to someone else, even if it doesn’t take a physical life. What if you take an emotional life? Or a psychological life? Or the resources by which one would live their life (money, food, shelter, clothing, etc.)? Why do we determine some things to be
more or less harmful than others?
And how do we gauge when enough is enough?
How do we recognize a point at which vengeance is necessary?
Or even better…how do we recognize a point of forgiveness?
When and how do we recognize and learn that vengeance and revenge are really about the punishment we wish upon ourselves for allowing things to get to the point where revenge is necessary in the first place?
And when do we recognize the point at which we get to forgive ourselves?
It’s a very Scorpio thing – vengeance. It’s interesting that in this time of Taurus (the sign opposite Scorpio in the zodiac) that such a desire for vengeance and the fruition of long-awaited revenge is coming forth.
Maybe because we live with the illusion that acts of vengeance resulting in outcomes of revenge give us a sense of safety and security, as if everything is stable and solid now that the “wrongs” have been “righted”, a sense that our lives are no longer being threatened or in danger.
That is…until the next threat presents itself.
And it always comes – that next threat. There is no lasting relief, no lasting peace. Life brings a new challenge for us to face.
Of course it does. How else would we evolve and grow?
Yet we try to keep things the same. But when we refuse to let go of the past because we refuse to forgive, how could we possibly expect to move on when vengeance holds us back?
Taurus proves its power by standing its ground firmly in its place, whatever that place may be, especially in the face of challenge. It fights for its sense of safety and security by holding fast and strong.
However, its Zodiac-opposite Scorpio tends to “all-or-nothing” thinking. There is no gray area. It volleys for control and power, going from one extreme to the other to prove its strength and power to its challengers.
With Taurus, the gray area is the only place to be. It’s comfortable, it’s easy, it’s what they know.
With Scorpio, the gray area is dangerous because it is comfortable, easy, and know. Scorpio needs mystery – it needs to delve deeper. Skimming the surface isn’t enough. It likes uncomfortable and complicated and the uncovering the unknown.
I bring this to your attention because when I look at all that has been happening recently, I find it interesting and somewhat amusing that in this time of Taurus there is so much Scorpio-like behavior – that in this time of resolution in which peace and security could reign, we insist on creating polarity and profundity instead.
It’s as if the peace and ease is too much to deal with- there’s nothing to distract us from our own self-awareness, or maybe from our own unforgiveness.
After all, once our basic physical and material needs are met, then who are we being and why are we being and doing what we are and do?
What are we living for?
This is the challenge of Taurus – to not allow ourselves to get caught up in the physical and material superficialities and the need for “payback” that we lose sight of the depths of our deepest desire for Love. It is important for us to not get caught up in standing our ground so much that we miss our chances to shift and grow out of our comfort zones and into forgiveness and Love for ourselves and others.
Yet it is also the gift of Taurus – not allowing ourselves to be swayed easily by the latest challenge or the latest opportunity to have more, better, or different just because we can. It is a time for each of us to honestly assess for ourselves, in the face of oppositions to our values and beliefs – what is really important and valuable to us?
What is really important and valuable to you?
And are you willing to forgive yourself so you can have it be real for you in your life?
Ponder that and all of the afore-asked questions throughout this week. Allow yourself to awaken to what is really important to you and your life.
And ask yourself if revenge is really worth it.
Until next week…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
