70 times 7- Part I
7 is the number of transformation that is acquired through a path of awareness.
…then Peter approached him and said: “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother if he sins against me? Up to 7 times?”. And Jesus answered: “I do not tell you up to 7, but up to 70 times 7”.
Who is be to forgiven? Definitely ourselves. Many cannot forgive themselves for the harm they have caused themselves or the wounds they have inflicted on others. And then we must also forgive all those who, through insults, rejections, abandonments, have left bitterness within us to the point of suffocating and hardening us. But what is forgiveness? Forgiveness is more a choice than a feeling. “I decide to forgive because it will benefit my entire being.” Forgiving is not giving an alternative, a justification, nor forgetting the behavior of the other, but it is done to bring order, to make peace not so much with others but with oneself.