Given that I have been a type of Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer in at least one of my past lives, yes I can forgive them. I would want someone to forgive me so that I could transcend and become something better (besides, the stories I'm hearing about the Hitler entity, if true, his suffering is going to last "just a little while"...he is paying heavily for everything he did. I forgive him, and relish in the justice being handed out to him with grim satisfaction).
Forgiveness does benefit the perp...if the perp makes the choice to change, the perp will need the support, faith, and understanding of others for that change to take place. That's what forgiveness provides, a second chance to acknowledge, validate, and correct the evil perpetrated to the victim. Don't give this to a perp that wants to change...you push the perp outside of creation (the creation that treats life with respect...all the rules of existence apply to everyone and everything else except the perp). The perp cannot grow, change, and create, and the Creator instilled a little drive in all of us to do just that...you can't kill that inside a person (ask the Israelis and Palestinians...they try doing that to each other all the time. Doesn't work because they cannot defeat God. So it gets worse for them instead. The Creator will have His way.). The perp will get worse because the drive cannot be fulfilled, probably re-offend at a level worse than before.
That's karma telling us our responsiblities in this world and showing us the mirror to our souls. Yes, you are your brother's keeper whether you believe it or not.
Don't believe me...wait until you become the Hitler or Dahmer, which happens to all souls that incarnate and reincarnate eventually.
Forgiveness does benefit the perp...if the perp makes the choice to change, the perp will need the support, faith, and understanding of others for that change to take place. That's what forgiveness provides, a second chance to acknowledge, validate, and correct the evil perpetrated to the victim. Don't give this to a perp that wants to change...you push the perp outside of creation (the creation that treats life with respect...all the rules of existence apply to everyone and everything else except the perp). The perp cannot grow, change, and create, and the Creator instilled a little drive in all of us to do just that...you can't kill that inside a person (ask the Israelis and Palestinians...they try doing that to each other all the time. Doesn't work because they cannot defeat God. So it gets worse for them instead. The Creator will have His way.). The perp will get worse because the drive cannot be fulfilled, probably re-offend at a level worse than before.
That's karma telling us our responsiblities in this world and showing us the mirror to our souls. Yes, you are your brother's keeper whether you believe it or not.
Don't believe me...wait until you become the Hitler or Dahmer, which happens to all souls that incarnate and reincarnate eventually.