The Motive of Money

The Motive of Money

By Sullee J

See, Money is the ruler

The guap, The user, 

The revealer of true nature

The greed of a loser 

The cancer which diffuses the minds

The confuser, 

The illusion, The abuser

The fantasy made to make believe and

pollute us

See, money is great, but money is awful

Money is used for good, but also the unlawful

I thought my heart was enough,

but I guess money is more than what's thoughtful 

Money makes the world go round

Money makes my girl profound

Money made me frown, but put a smile

On the faces of everyone else around

It's money, that made these friend's come back around

See, money is treason, the treacherous 

Devil intrigued reason, 

For those who worship the dollar! 

Never even sought meaning

Or gave thought to believing 

And so they became lost in there own grieving 

Tortured souls, caught in the deceiving 

Enemies of self, and God to you, looks so demeaning

Those who betray there own blood

for two cents and a pot to pee in

I heard money talks odd

But money never walked even

But if, money was class

We would all attend the teaching

Some folks die for the bill

I swear, you won't believe it

Brainwashed the minds and 

Infiltrate with adhesives

People do anything for that green

Even knock they own fetus

Wealth-less, see it makes you helpless

But too much wealth I heard, made u selfless 

What have you conquered with paper

Besides the arrogance and demise of your own vapors

Oh your hard? Your so G?

You got dough? You sold keys?

Oh you played that woman? 

Ain't that the mother of your seed

Oh you robbed that dude?

Wasn't he your brother before you broke free

Check my dude, Check my blood

Check G, I cant respect your grudge

Your greed fills and infects with lust

Builds to perfect 

The imperfection of your spell my cuz

Listen, Im not trying to degrade you or insult, 

I know we need money,

But the love for it has made you impulse

The love for money has made you hate many,

Take plenty and act funny, 

Real fake dunny

The love devoured your minds, 

And made you straight dummies 

The richest are snitches, beyond cowards

They contemplate cruddy

Oh you mad now, because I talk at your treble 

Dumbed down a few words

And made you understand your own level

Don't apologize to me, I never conquered your mind G

I gave you the truth, this is your reality

See, money made you weak, money made you leave

Your own family for a little less bliss, then relief

Believe me or not, but if your feeling my words

You once sold your soul, and now 

You regret your appearance because its clearer, it hurts (I know)

See, it's your love for the thirst of this devils curse

Which provoked your mind, to inherit the worst

And for this, thou shall be reversed and dug beneath

'his owned', but never his own earth!

For your possessions are but,

Hilarious! A joke!

Money gave you an illusion of power

When, inside you were still broke

It is a sense of pride and increased ego

Money was invented to divide and deprive the ditzy people 

The hunger for a piece of paper 

Never helped win over peace, 

Instead it decreased the chances, 

And even corrupted the chief of police,

The good father, The house wife, 

The children who stole from their own siblings 

For a little ounce, like 

Damn, don't you get it

Money is a false remedy

The two faced, printed 

To dissolve our own energy

To withdraw from within, our flaws

And deceive our own identities

Money is our best friend

But, money's our worst enemy!

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S.U.L.L.E.E. J. (Society's Undisputed Liberated Lyricist Expressing & Exemplifying Justice)

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The P.R.I.C.E. We Pay

The P.R.I.C.E. We Pay

"Prejudice, Racism, Injustice, Corruption, Execration"

By: Sullee J

        They’re trained to kill, demonstrate and enslave by will. Not all are bad, but how long will their authority remain their shield? It's not just police brutality; it's a form of crafty mentality. The reality is, that racism was born to initiate fatalities. Grave the ones who see, but okay the blind cavalries. This is fallacy. The maintenance of repeated hatred, the patience to have patience with mistreated cases. How are we okay with defeating races? Demeaning places with heathens, this is that evil matrix. This is cruelty, they can't fool me! They act like they run it, but never move their own two feet. I’m talking degradation, the degeneration of this generation through generating innovations, which caused the execration.

See, I love my country, but sometimes I hate the way they do things. Yea, they gave us freedom, but freedom isn’t always what you think. Just a couple hundred years ago, they labeled you, separated you, and hated you, if you were colored or polished. Their mucus full of arrogance, not ever was their intention behind the word, 'never ignorant getting goals accomplished.' It's a game, a system, and the schemes of mainstream religion. God is real, what they made you believe was a make belief decision. It is their plan to segregate us, and defy the oneness of who made us. Decline the chances of unity, and apply the hiatus.  How do they promote the actions of what they provoked, and then lie to the people by using Islam as a scapegoat? Islamaphobia? They had to construct a word to hate a religion of peace? They used a terrorist group designed by the system, and generalized their behavior across the Middle East. 

This is blasphemy! From the endorsement of catastrophe, to manipulating the minds of innocent citizens, and depriving them to a state of insanity. Why have we been shot down by those who protect and serve? Why have we been imprisoned with no evidence, besides the predicaments of inconsiderate germs? We the people who have been killed without full proof, the people who have had our houses raided with no warrant. We have had our families die in war for land we never owned. We have allowed the sodomy of women in back alleys, the rape of our future mothers, the battering of our daughters. Why have we been victimized? If only you could explain this injustice. If only you could see through the victims eyes, and understand the tears from this corruption. 

Racism never died, the truth did. They just learned to be slick with it, and I'm here to prove this. Things have just become more organized, enough to divert your attention. While we sit back and watch TV, they’re out there coordinating another convention. They hate when I talk like this, and display the proof. They hate it that some of us got the knowledge, to see past there fabricated views. Who's to judge, based on the color of your skin? We can't even get a proper job, so were stuck struggling, hustling more sin. See, societies run by pyramid schemes and so it seems, if you sell your soul, than my brother, you’re in! I can't comprehend to why we still face the tragedies of racial prejudice. I cannot fathom what makes a person hate another because of their appearance. I can't understand why we have stooped so low, to where we let their control brainwash us into bringing each other down. This is programmed injustice. The rise of an old plan advanced and reconstructed. 

We must stand together, and raise awareness, instead of letting them put fear in us and keep us silent. We must not let them keep getting away with these injustices. We have seen how much corruption exists. From teens like George Junius Stinney Jr. getting executed, to the Middle East being invaded, to the Gaza strip being raided. From police brutality by the racist, to the jury placing false evidence on innocent victims, and letting the murders get away with. To false claims and biases against religion, trying to spread hate through propaganda, and claim innocence, after they played out their mission. What are we dealing with here? Hypocrite legislators who can't practice what they preach? What is justice? Is it just us? Because from what I see, their action's aren't as good as what they speak!

 S.U.L.L.E.E. J. (Society's Undisputed Liberated Lyricist Expressing & Exemplifying Justice)

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'CONFORMITY'

CONFORMITY: 'Remain you, and they will hate you. Do what they do, and they will praise you.'  By SULLEE J

Oh, selfless and hopeless society, who chooses to be someone there not to gain the acceptance of others. Oh, people of this world, have you truly awakened from your sleep, and decimated the wicked ways of the weak. The signs are content, consistent and reiterated, but unfortunately, so is your blindness. Why do you choose to fulfill the desires of those, who do not understand their own desires. Haven't you learned yet, the world is a replica of your actions. Life will mimic your intentions in the people around you, for you to stay well aware of yourself. Do you not understand yourself? How come you try and learn the procedure of what's in front of you, rather than what's inside? Surely, God sees through your fabrication. You were placed in this world, not to be an example of others, but to set an example for the others. 

Have you ever asked yourself, what you thought was 'real'? What you thought was 'cool'? What you felt was 'right'? Have you ever looked in the mirror and saw a different person looking back? Is the definition of cool, getting drunk, having sex, smoking weed, partying every weekend because your company says so? When is the last time you did something because you wanted to, and not because it would help you fit in? Why have we become so indulged into the fact that we have to look, act, and talk like everybody else in order for them to like us back? If they don't like you how you really are, then is it a self-esteem issue? Why be fake and still associate yourself with people that don't matter to? That does not only make you blind, but a hypocrite. This leads to the reason why our society has so many two-faces, or hidden identities.  Most of us are afraid to show who we really are and we get lost in two different life styles; one outside and one behind doors that no one ever knew. No wonder it has become hard to trust anyone out there. I'd rather have a foe who says that they hate me, than call someone a friend whose purpose is to put me down secretly.

Have you realized that being apart of the majority doesn't make you strong anymore? We are living in an organized system which has deliberately drained the minds of individuals and made them believe everything they see. How can people claim to be original when almost everything about them is fictional. Why are most of the leaders we admire from the distant past? Is it because we don't have many today? If we do, most of them turn out to be ill natured. They have conquered and divided. They have manipulated us into believing that we are crazy if we don't follow there rules but normal if we submit. We have become victims of modern slavery. Ignorance is the new crack and a lot of people are on it. Only if people knew the true power of the muscle behind their own voice. Instead of jumping on every band wagon of the latest hollywood icon, we need to learn to think for ourselves. The society has degraded itself by making its own people less aware and fearful of becoming aware. There are so many different conspiracies and truths, people just stopped caring about trying to find out what's real anymore. We are still trying to find out the truth behind 9/11, which happened over a decade ago. Clarity is needed in order to eliminate the mass hatred which it has created against a whole race & religion. Sadly, most people will believe whatever the boss aka TV says, which is still the reason, that today a lot of my people are discriminated against today. 

I find it depressing when I see many people who have been deprived of living how they want because society won't accept it. To gain acceptance they slowly forget who they are, making it a forced habit to be someone they're not. We are being lured into a lifestyle which we have no control over. Is conformity even an option anymore? Even though it is still your choice to be unique, most people can't handle the pressure of having to fight against the crowd. If you don't conform, it takes time to get your point across and most would argue that they don't have time or want to live an "easy" life. Explain to me how things are easier, when you stop caring? It's obscene how people are a part of the same crowd they claim they hate. It's like living everyday as a contradiction. You hate how things are now but you're the reason they are that way. If you are afraid of being yourself then what's the point of being? Live your life how you want to, not because it's how they want you to. Make your own decisions and choices. Don't fall under the pressure of having to change yourself for anyone. It's not your problem if they can't accept you for being true to yourself. 

I will ask you one last thing before I end this article: "What is your definition of a real person?"

I believe that a real person is someone who can take themselves out of any situation, adjust to any situation and can refrain from being negative in the worst situation. A real person is someone who doesn't conform, instead he continues to be his self in the crowd. A real person is one who wins the challenge against himself, a challenge against peer pressure, one who does not fall for temptation. A real person is one who says he did, after he does. A real person doesn't pay attention to the ignorance, instead he gives attention to those willing to listen and understand. A real person never loses, he keeps trying. A real person understands that attitude and reaction can make all the difference. A real person understands patience does not mean waiting around, it means to take initiative first. A real person is one who believes in himself regardless of anyone who puts him down. A real person is one who knows better, by being the bigger person. A real person takes care of themselves, as well as others when he is capable of it. A real person substitutes anger with prayer. A real person will not judge you for your appearance. A real person understands the difference between intention and motive. A real person is someone who shines daily because of his faith. A real person is anybody who isn't afraid to be themselves at any given time.

"Acceptance & Equality" By Sullee J

 "Acceptance & Equality" By Sullee J

Are we segregated in our own religion? Are we divided over who should have taken over the spread of Islam after the last Prophet? Do we lack the common sense to realize that the purpose of Islam and a true believer is to worship the one true God? Nonetheless, we have allowed ourselves to fight for thousands of years over the succession of our leaders. We seem to forget that no one owns the throne. We continue to fight over internal theology, land, money, and property. In these times, our religion demands unity and clarity of vision and yet, there still exists much inequality and confusion. Two of the biggest sects in Islam that have been in conflict are Sunni & Shi'ite. Let me ask you three questions: Do you pray to Allah? Do you read the Quran? Do you answer to the Adhaan? If both sides agree on these questions then no further justification is necessary. To be a Muslim means to be unified and not divided.

Do not worship prophets, imams, and other greats who were sent to portray the ideal example of a true Muslim. The prophets were sent to prove the existence of God (Al-Lah) and chosen to exemplify the highest qualities a human being can possess. They even forbade their own followers from worshipping or idolizing them for they were only men. They reminded us not to focus on their miracles. Miracles would not exist without the power of the Creator. We pray to the one and only, most merciful, most greatest: God. The Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) who was sent to this world as the final Prophet of God, willed that his remaining materials and clothing be burned after his death. He did so to prevent the ignorance of humanity from idolizing or worshipping those meaningless and temporal material things. We are only meant to prostrate to God. No one else is worthy of worship since we all are human and we all are equal.

Islam is unity! Islam is peace. Islam is a religion which teaches us to pray for our enemies and those who wrong us for they are in need of the fear and knowledge of God. Islam teaches us to be pious, generous, humble, loving, and to never disrespect other religions, regardless of our differences. Islam teaches us humility, self-control, and understanding the strength of patience. In Islam, just like other religions, there are good and there are bad. I say this in caps, IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL who chooses to do wrong, or chooses to do right. We are creatures of free will that is given by God according to His wisdom and plan. The mass media quickly and unjustly categorizes all of Islam as hateful due to the actions of a small minority. The media colors the word "Muslim" in such a negative light that it evokes fear and hatred in the masses. There are so many Muslims out there who live in fear of hate crimes and harsh discrimination against themselves and their families. It is truly tragic that these innocent Muslims live as prisoners in their own neighborhoods as if something was wrong with them.

In addition, there are Muslims who are afraid to BE Muslim in public. They feel compelled to act in a certain manner and dress a certain way just to fit into their environment. In the post-Jim Crow era, African Americans had to make their best efforts to integrate into a desegregated environment but were still viewed as inferior. The situation of some Muslims living in the West is very similar in the post 9/11 era. I sincerely feel pity for the people who are quick to believe everything they hear and see. There are so many different issues that confront us during life in this world that it can easily fill numerous books and hours of conversation. I want to make two things very clear before I end this statement. The first: Islam is one! We do not need to divide and conquer within our own religion when the end result is the same and the faith we attain along the way is the same. The second point: My brothers and sisters, do not be afraid to be you! You do not and should not have to conform or wear a "uniform" to fit in.

I write this to all Muslims that were raised being told that they fall within a certain sect. I urge them to wake up and put these differences aside. I also write this for people who are unaware of the real definition of Islam. Last but not least, I write this for the general public to realize the qualities we should learn to cultivate within ourselves to become more pure human beings. Qualities such as humility, generosity, kindness, gratitude, and patience. At the same time, we must to learn to turn away from the evils of jealousy, pride, egotism, envy, and hatred.

"Believe" by Sullee J 

(This is a poem which sums the condition of our world right now)

This generation reeks, for, we encompass
only a handful of strong, but a mass of weak,
wide awake at sunrise, but still our conscious sleeps
theories of separation, and so it seems, we solidify
only in the notion of greed,
quit being a victim of organized slavery,
the public broadcast is just another word for mind control
a wide patrol, teaching you to hate me,
through biased pledges, but only will, time unfold
that all of this hate just recreates itself,
look at what you made we?
Don't trust the judge, Don't trust the jury,
Don't adjust to lust, or hold a grudge in fury
My people, are you grateful? are you faithful?
utmost to God, then yourself? and if so,
why to your fellow man, still you stay dull?
folks don't know what to believe, because publicly,
God is injust, and to hold within, just cancer
but surely, those who trust to see, the just of He,
who will stand up in this world, just to scream
these are acts of the devil, and so must you see
only God is the answer, and in US is He
we must BELIEVE

ONENESS (Acceptance & Equality Pt. II)

Oneness (Acceptance & Equality Pt. II) 

By: Sullee J

Through One, we were created. To one, we shall return. For indeed, the truth lies in one congregation, which unfortunately, we have adjourned. I believe in no division. I believe in no sect. For we are all unified during submission and after all, he is only one! Correct?

I witness the fall of civilization as well as the birth of destruction. The rise of an evil through coercive seductions. The force feeding of crowds and the mass manipulation. The theories of the proud, leading us into disaster's stimulation. Oh what have we here, a population trafficking through avid configuration. Atheism laughs at the believer speech, so sad the situation, of the weak. Conforming for rapid matriculation, they seek, In order to fit in to society's crafted simulation, defeat. I see the great deception, the new age, following the craze, obstructing through loose plague. Look at how we question God, but swallow the news page. Discredit our own blood, just to model the new ways.

See, many of us have fallen astray. Ambiguous, we have been made, through false conjectures and the premeditated syllables of the trained. For indeed, it is the skilled, who bestow thrills and commit sins to kill. Oh, the stories they tell and try to glorify the emporiums of hell. Temptations of glass, see through trash. Oh, what have we gained from disbelieving the one who maintains? The one who made us in fact, it's a fact, we have mocked the greatest and trapped ourselves in a maze so amazing, the past. Even though we forget it, it still follows until the day and at last into the grave we have passed. How can we forget the Creator? When surely, He's the only savior, we have!

I look at the sun, I stare at the moon, I smile at the stars, and fall in love everyday I consume. I look at the ocean, and I wonder it's mystery. I float to outer space, trying to escape this earth's misery. I live in a world full of blasphemy. The wicked hold such a status full of ego, jealousy, yet wonder why they remain in a state of agony. I look at the people from a distance, painted smiles and dried tears. People pretending to hold relations of bounty, but how? When they've forgotten who gave them these fine years!  I'm afraid for the imbeciles and the twisted. The ones who batter the innocence off a child's back and justify the decision. Is this what we call a court of law? Or is this a sort of flaw? To convict the poor, just to fill the space behind bars, and let the rich flee, as long as they hand over a portion of there quota? God! this is tyranny!

Take a look at our religion. From the beginning, we have been blessed with the truth. Until the fine philosophy was risen and struck the minds of a few. Which now corrupts the generations vision, the generators of legislators sedating the minds of civilians. Ignorance now separating us, through theories of spineless chameleons. Multiple villainous arrangements, surely, this is the time of transgressors. Hypocrisy attained, and remains in the minds of the inventors.  So I ask now, who are we to stand up so high, demanding the respect? Acting like we don't bleed, and some how believe it's us who hold the power to judge and keep humanity in check. How can we proceed and allow segregation when the truth was handed to you? Do you still you neglect the revelations? 'Kun Faya Kun', It was commanded to you!

Islam is not the glitch. What the media displays is a form of fictional propaganda and you blindly conform to their pitch. Muslims are not the enemies. Disbelievers are the enemies. The ones who gang up and point fingers through postulated schemes. That does not mean that non-Muslims are the opponents.  It simply states that those who discredit us due to the actions of deviants and then generalize with the aim to falsify our existence. They must seek atonement!

I am a Muslim, and it is necessary to believe our 'Ummah' is one. I am no different than you. Surely the difference between us is none. We cannot blame the ones who don't listen, the mindless who have been raised to believe and trained through superstition. Taught by the elder generation whose generation before never learned or cared. Instead they just followed there present exhibition. Indeed, the media has defined us, designed us and testified against us to make the public despise us.

With this being said, we must stand up, otherwise we will continuously get stood upon. We must not fear the system, especially when our true purpose is to do good upon. Islam teaches purity, piety and righteousness. The straight path, 'Sirat Al Mustaqeem', the desire of enlightenment. Others look inside our religion and see that some of us hate each other! "I'm Sunni, he's Shia"? NO! Look at what we made each other! There is only one type of Muslim and one God above. Please don't judge me because of my religion, true Islam is peace, unity… and love.

Evidence from the Quran:

"And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful." [2:163]

[6:159] Those who divide themselves into sects do not belong with you. Their judgment rests with GOD, then He will inform them of everything they had done.

[21:92] Your congregation is but one congregation, and I alone am your Lord; you shall worship Me alone. 

[21:93] However, they divided themselves into disputing religions. All of them will come back to us (for judgment). 

Surah 3, Verse 103: And hold fast, all together by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you;

Surah 6, Verse 159: "Surely they who divided their religion into parts and became sects, you have no concern with them; their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they did."

Sullee J - Oneness (Acceptance & Equality Pt. II) 'Spoken Word'

'SPIRIT OF LOVE' By Sullee J

  Spirit Of Love: By Sullee J

Love is enigma, Love is divine, Love is the cure, but the infection to those blind. Love is pure, love is undefined, Love is beyond just a feeling, surely love is undermined. Love is many heart beats, but its rhythm the same, For love is the light through dark streets, it has no image or name. Love is bright, love is light, Love is just, love is life.

Love helps the weak, love contains the spirit, Love embellishes the person, for love is coherent. Love is the problem, yet it is also the solution. A long time ago, I heard love is the filter to its own pollution. They say, love is confusing, love is illusive, Love is a lame, where as lust is amusing. They say, love is a traitor, love is addiction. How can love heal the heart, but still cause the affliction? They say, love is a dream, so I stay in wonder, Shall I stay asleep? Or awake from its thunder?

Love is pain, love is bliss, Love is the acceptance, for all that exists. Love is to see imperfection and treat it perfect, For love sees no error, and if so, that defeats the purpose. Love is the eyewitness, and I witness that love is a high, Which is the highest which I've been prescribed to try, For anything else overdosed can cause death, Where as love helps the inside cry, die.

The misled have decided, love is cruel, love is one sided. The hurt have claimed it, love is for fools, love is all painted. The pimps have it twisted, love for the dough, a way to create mischief, The thieves play it wicked, treat the victim with a dose of ambition, Call it hope and draw the conviction, See, leading on is the strategy, in which they create a guilt trip, A way to catch feelings, but never threw their own, the plan was so terrific. Now the one who fell, caught up in the physics, Thought love was everything, till' they were made to believe it's all sadistic. You see how it plays out; Love is real for those that never got played out. Although, whom it has hurt don't realize what they were caught in would never have worked, So it was actually a mechanism of God, too deep a thought for you to grasp its worth.

Love is the internal relief from the inferno within, When it begins to burn and it's deep, from the burden of kin. Love vaccinates the heart and emancipates the mind. Love is true luxury, for love always shines. See, people often mistake love with external attraction. Caught up in its valence, but the hormonal affection is not the full fraction. We lose hope in the word because we fail to understand that love is more action. Broken hearts galore, those who fall for false caption. See love is both: To some, a form of life, and others a sort of strategy. Some commit when the feeling is right, while others use it to perform fallacy.

In today's world love is misinterpreted, misused for foul purposes, Some give up their life trying to prove it, while others denounce its services. Love is rare in the world we reside in, Surely it's the multiplication of love's existence that we must prescribe them. For love is the spirit that holds the strength, The inevitable power, the bold defense, For love is resolution, the surge through restitution, Love is eternal, a form of universal evolution.

I heard, love was sound for the deaf, sight for the blind, A beat for the heartless, a type of sublime, I feel that love is agape, love is surprise, The glow in your pupil, that's love in your eyes. I know love is a trip, but, love is also a guide, For love is the grip from above we must confide.

They say, love is dead, I say love is alive, They experience a bit of bitter escape, and say that love is a lie. They say, love is so absurd, a pain with no worth, Love is for the mentally disturbed, insane for you to claim its curse. No! Love is real, what you had, may have never been meant to be, You might have gave it your all, but that doesn't mean you give up its legacy. Sometimes we fall for those, forgetting only God knows, So if it doesn't happen, that only means we deserve better than what we lost, hope.

What is love? The light of the moon, the ray from the sun, The mystery of the abyss, the creation among, Where is love? Deep in our souls, in the chambers of our heart, Inside the hemispheres of our brain, Within every shed of light to the strangers in the dark, Love exists beyond time and measurement, For love is uncanny, the extraordinary element, Without love, we are astoundingly weak, and the world is bleak, For love is the foundation and the peak, Love is necessary for internal and external peace.

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'FORGIVENESS IS FREEDOM' BY SULLEE J

‘Forgiveness Is Freedom’
By: Sullee J

Forgiveness is a virtue, a necessity in one’s character. Forgiveness is a quality one must practice in order to increase equality. An act of kindness is sometimes difficult but it is discipline for the soul, a cure for the heart, and peace for the mind. Some of us have become so self-righteous in our lives that we live, but forget the greatest reason of living: To be at peace, to hold no grudges in one's heart, to build no hate, which ultimately reciprocates and inevitably metastasizes and spreads throughout our souls invisibly and unconsciously. When one forgets to forgive, one forgets to see clearly. Most of the time, it creates a certain hate within us. Hate is a burden which piles up on the heart, as if it were almost a poison, or an internal cancer which slowly kills. The weight of hatred continues to build like an overdose of medicine.  This deadly poison penetrates the body, mind and soul, leading to complex medical and mental health issues. Stress is a major cause of Heart attacks and strokes, which are the main causes of death in our world today. What causes stress?  Finances are cited commonly but I would argue that human relationships inflict more damage.  More often than not, the close relationships in which something has gone severely wrong.  Most of the time, our inflated pride does not allow us to ask for forgiveness or even to grant it unto others if they ask for it.

Forgiveness is the character of deity, but also an aptitude which gives any human the power to do so. Forgiveness is free, and it allows us to breathe after doing so. Forgiveness, regardless of what the situation is, may be the ultimate purpose for us, for if we expect ourselves to be forgiven for our mistakes, why do we withhold the same benefit from others?  I have been through situations where anger was the main culprit and I did not speak to people who were close to me for months, even years.  My biggest regret was not forgiving them. It was a tremendous relief for my heart to let it go and forgive them. Sometimes we hold on to problems for so long that we forget what we were even angry at. Sometimes we let go of the people who matter most, over things which matter little. Sometimes we realize too late, because we did not forgive early enough. You might not see the importance of opening the doors of your heart to someone who has wronged you in the moment, but the best way to do so is put yourself in a similar position. As human beings, we are all fallible, but not every mistake we make is intentional. It is a shame, we haven't fully understood the art of forgiveness. Surely it is because we do not forgive, that we are in a constant battle against each other. Until we learn to forgive and understand it's bounty in entirety, the world will continuously suffer.

Forgive but don't forget. I am asking you to forgive who has hurt you, but I understand that it does not mean that things are going to be the same way they use to be. Someone might have done something really cruel, which took a drastic toll on your heart. Forgiving them will allow you to live, whether you chose to stay in touch with that person or not. It still makes a huge difference by making you feel better about yourself, and secondly, majority of the time, people are not used to being forgiven.  Forgiveness can change a person’s whole life. It can be the second chance a person was waiting for. Forgiveness shows purity, humility, piety and true love. Forgiveness allows a person to get closer to oneself, and God. We have to realize, the only thing we gain from holding something deep inside is pain, stress, anger, resentment, regret. If you can justify any one of those things to be positive, I pray for you.  Ultimately there is nothing good about feeling any of those things. Forgiveness can save your life and others’ lives. After all, forgiveness is another form of charity.

I always try and display a form of equality between humanity in general, and would like give a few examples from different religions views on forgiveness. I do this because, most people like to judge and generalize religion through what they see in the mass media, but it is the individuals they show who do bad things, not the religion itself. We all have similarities, and I believe we have the ability to live in unity as “ONE.”  A good place to begin is if we just learn to open our eyes, our minds and hearts. We live in an angry world, I hope we can start forgiving each other and moving on.

Quran: It has also been revealed in the Qur’an that forgiveness is a superior moral trait: “But if someone is steadfast and forgives, that is the most resolute course to follow.” [Qur’an, 42:43] For that reason, believers are forgiving, compassionate and tolerant people who, as revealed in the Qur’an, “control their rage and pardon other people.” [Qur’an, 3:134]

Bible: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?  Jesus said to him, I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Buddhism: Forgiveness is seen as a practice to prevent harmful thoughts from causing havoc on one’s mental well-being.

Torah: On the contrary, one should be easily pacified and find it difficult to become angry. When asked by an offender for forgiveness, one should forgive with a sincere mind and a willing spirit. Forgiveness is natural to the seed of Israel." (Mishneh Torah, Teshuvah 2:10)

Just like many other religions, we all share certain guidelines which are stated only for the betterment of our own morals. Can we be wrong for doing right? Absolutely not! Forgiveness is something you can never be wrong for doing. Forgiveness is the key.  It is the key to a humble heart, a clean conscience, a strong soul, and an understanding peace between two sides. We must learn to repent and forgive, instead of eventually regretting how we live.

If you have just read this article, take it as a sign. God bless!

(Poem by Sullee J)

Forgiveness Vs. Revenge

Our independance and courage

Open heart and fit physical

Mindless actions with impulse strategy

Rage from within the bottle of miserable

He knows not what he does

And thinks after he leaps for his grudge

One is cheated before he can cheat himself

For' his shadow has eyes which blink

And will put a slope to darken his health

When he steeps to the gutters stink

One who see's wrong, must not become of it

Although in the midst, the myst blinds the

Dust which comes from it

He asks himself, to take or not

Ones life, who repeatedly let the stains rot

Forgiveness is a harder victory

For' revenge is simple and plain

But we shall not become a permanent marker in history

Instead a dribble and keep playing