"Getting unstuck in the 8 Steps of Atonement Process." Brother Kendrick Muhammad
"Getting unstuck in the 8 Steps of Atonement Process."
~Brother Kendrick Muhammad~
In this brief analysis on getting unstuck in the 8 steps of the Atonement process, we shall look at what keeps us STUCK or repeating the same thing repeatedly but never moving to a completely perfect union.
Knowing when you are stuck in the process.
In applying the 8 Steps of Atonement we may find ourselves at one or all the points in the Atonement Process not progressing or moving past a sin, wrong, or act of mistrust. We may even say “Can we move past this?”
However, that is not realistic, and it does not show that we have truly understood the damage we have caused to the other person who is actually feeling the effects of what was said or done to them.
By right they have to process past this mistrust, pain, or hurt. By right they have to channel their energy away from the pain that you caused. This takes time.
This comes at paying the price of committing a wrong or losing the individual's trust.
So now what? What are you going to do about it? After you have told the person “I’m sorry.”
Days have passed and gone by but you both have not moved past the wrongful act, pain, or hurt.
NOW WHAT? What shall you do?
At this point. One should look deep to find the WHY. Why haven't you both gotten to a point of a perfect union?
After all, it's been days, months, and years. There has been no perfect union established. The person has clearly expressed they do not trust you nor can they even stand you at this point because you remind them of your mistake when they see you and hear your voice. After a wrong or sin has been committed it is important to carry out each step in this HOLY & RIGHTEOUS process.
We must not think that GOD ALMIGHTY is not involved in our process of seeking forgiveness to the person we offended and to the CREATOR.
Unbeknownst to ourselves these acts of sin can be patterns that are formulated in our core behavior. This is known as OUT ETHICS. Ethics helps to keep us correct & in balance. Ethics keeps us in check. Morality keeps us balanced. Sin is the opposite of balance. We cannot just do what we please or as we please just because we have been wronged or a trust or violation was done to us. This would make us a motivator to commit sin, a violator of trust, or the cause of more pain or more hurt that is equal or greater to the acts of the person that caused us our pain and hurt.
2 WRONGS DON’T MAKE 1 RIGHT.
In our marriages, courtship processes, business relationships, friendships. We will make a mistake.
We ARE NOT of a NEW MIND as of yet. We are on our way to a NEW MIND, a NEW BEING, and a NEW CIVILIZATION! We are on this journey. Along this journey, there will be bumps on the road that cause us to stir off the path.
We must find out WHY. Then immediately get back on the course to becoming NEW.
WHY are we acting other than ourselves? What caused us to ERROR? Why are we hurting our loved ones?
A mistake is an ABERRATION, an act that causes us to act out of our reactions not from the best part of ourselves. ANALYTICAL thought is of our MOST INTELLIGENT THOUGHT, not from an emotion or a stimulant response.
ABERRATIONS are a deviation from our true potential. This is a counteract against our true self. ABERRATIONS are far away from the GOD or GODDESS that we truly are.
When we act out of an ABERRATED thought or speak out of an ABERRATION thought, know that we are not of our true self.
At that point, WE ARE BEHAVING LIKE A POSSESSED BEING who is saying things and doing things OUT OF CHARACTER. A DEVIL!
SO! What do you do when you have isolated the problem to be a pattern or a cycle of something that we do often or has become a repeated cycle of the sin of overt acts.
These acts affect those around us. They can change up the energy in a home, group, meeting, business, relationship, friendship, or marriage.
They can lower the TONE LEVEL of all participants. The energy can shift to GRIEF, ANGER, HATRED, COVERT HOSTILITY, OVERT HOSTILITY, GREED, LUST, JEALOUSY, and FRUSTRATION.
All these are the results of a lie, betrayal, mistrust, sin, or a violation of a moral code.
The person or persons we violated assume the TONE LEVEL of either one of the above TONE LEVELS and may act out against YOU out of their hurt and pain. AFTER ALL, THIS WAS CAUSED BY YOU NOT THEM!
This happens in the background. This can happen unbeknownst to yourself or unbeknownst to the person that the act was committed against.
People can become opposing, be against actions, be against plans, and desire to pay you back in great amounts of sin, wrongs, hurts, or pains.
Know that these things are what destroy a marriage, a courtship process, a relationship, a friendship, a co-worker relationship, or a business relationship.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MURDER OR THE KILLING OF A SPIRIT. PAIN AND HURT CAN ENGULF A PERSON'S EMOTIONS AND ALTER THEIR JUDGEMENT.
Do your best to get UNSTUCK in the process of Atonement!
We often at times get STUCK UP IN FORGIVING!
It takes confronting the thing that was pointed out to you and completing each step in the process.
8 Steps Of Atonement
As part of the October 16, 1995 Million Man March and its themes of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility the Eight Steps in the Atonement process were presented to promote peace and settle differences.
Someone must point out the wrong
Acknowledgement of wrong
Confess the fault; first to Allah (God), then to those offended
Repentance; a feeling of remorse or contrition or shame for the past conduct which was wrong and sinful
Atonement; meaning to make amends and reparations for the wrong
Forgiveness by the offended party; to cease to feel offense and resentment against another for the harm done
Reconciliation and restoration; meaning to become friendly and peaceable again
Perfect union with Allah (God) and with each other
~Brother Kendrick Muhammad~
In this brief analysis on getting unstuck in the 8 steps of the Atonement process, we shall look at what keeps us STUCK or repeating the same thing repeatedly but never moving to a completely perfect union.
Knowing when you are stuck in the process.
In applying the 8 Steps of Atonement we may find ourselves at one or all the points in the Atonement Process not progressing or moving past a sin, wrong, or act of mistrust. We may even say “Can we move past this?”
However, that is not realistic, and it does not show that we have truly understood the damage we have caused to the other person who is actually feeling the effects of what was said or done to them.
By right they have to process past this mistrust, pain, or hurt. By right they have to channel their energy away from the pain that you caused. This takes time.
This comes at paying the price of committing a wrong or losing the individual's trust.
So now what? What are you going to do about it? After you have told the person “I’m sorry.”
Days have passed and gone by but you both have not moved past the wrongful act, pain, or hurt.
NOW WHAT? What shall you do?
At this point. One should look deep to find the WHY. Why haven't you both gotten to a point of a perfect union?
After all, it's been days, months, and years. There has been no perfect union established. The person has clearly expressed they do not trust you nor can they even stand you at this point because you remind them of your mistake when they see you and hear your voice. After a wrong or sin has been committed it is important to carry out each step in this HOLY & RIGHTEOUS process.
We must not think that GOD ALMIGHTY is not involved in our process of seeking forgiveness to the person we offended and to the CREATOR.
Unbeknownst to ourselves these acts of sin can be patterns that are formulated in our core behavior. This is known as OUT ETHICS. Ethics helps to keep us correct & in balance. Ethics keeps us in check. Morality keeps us balanced. Sin is the opposite of balance. We cannot just do what we please or as we please just because we have been wronged or a trust or violation was done to us. This would make us a motivator to commit sin, a violator of trust, or the cause of more pain or more hurt that is equal or greater to the acts of the person that caused us our pain and hurt.
2 WRONGS DON’T MAKE 1 RIGHT.
In our marriages, courtship processes, business relationships, friendships. We will make a mistake.
We ARE NOT of a NEW MIND as of yet. We are on our way to a NEW MIND, a NEW BEING, and a NEW CIVILIZATION! We are on this journey. Along this journey, there will be bumps on the road that cause us to stir off the path.
We must find out WHY. Then immediately get back on the course to becoming NEW.
WHY are we acting other than ourselves? What caused us to ERROR? Why are we hurting our loved ones?
A mistake is an ABERRATION, an act that causes us to act out of our reactions not from the best part of ourselves. ANALYTICAL thought is of our MOST INTELLIGENT THOUGHT, not from an emotion or a stimulant response.
ABERRATIONS are a deviation from our true potential. This is a counteract against our true self. ABERRATIONS are far away from the GOD or GODDESS that we truly are.
When we act out of an ABERRATED thought or speak out of an ABERRATION thought, know that we are not of our true self.
At that point, WE ARE BEHAVING LIKE A POSSESSED BEING who is saying things and doing things OUT OF CHARACTER. A DEVIL!
SO! What do you do when you have isolated the problem to be a pattern or a cycle of something that we do often or has become a repeated cycle of the sin of overt acts.
These acts affect those around us. They can change up the energy in a home, group, meeting, business, relationship, friendship, or marriage.
They can lower the TONE LEVEL of all participants. The energy can shift to GRIEF, ANGER, HATRED, COVERT HOSTILITY, OVERT HOSTILITY, GREED, LUST, JEALOUSY, and FRUSTRATION.
All these are the results of a lie, betrayal, mistrust, sin, or a violation of a moral code.
The person or persons we violated assume the TONE LEVEL of either one of the above TONE LEVELS and may act out against YOU out of their hurt and pain. AFTER ALL, THIS WAS CAUSED BY YOU NOT THEM!
This happens in the background. This can happen unbeknownst to yourself or unbeknownst to the person that the act was committed against.
People can become opposing, be against actions, be against plans, and desire to pay you back in great amounts of sin, wrongs, hurts, or pains.
Know that these things are what destroy a marriage, a courtship process, a relationship, a friendship, a co-worker relationship, or a business relationship.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MURDER OR THE KILLING OF A SPIRIT. PAIN AND HURT CAN ENGULF A PERSON'S EMOTIONS AND ALTER THEIR JUDGEMENT.
Do your best to get UNSTUCK in the process of Atonement!
We often at times get STUCK UP IN FORGIVING!
It takes confronting the thing that was pointed out to you and completing each step in the process.
8 Steps Of Atonement
As part of the October 16, 1995 Million Man March and its themes of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility the Eight Steps in the Atonement process were presented to promote peace and settle differences.
Someone must point out the wrong
Acknowledgement of wrong
Confess the fault; first to Allah (God), then to those offended
Repentance; a feeling of remorse or contrition or shame for the past conduct which was wrong and sinful
Atonement; meaning to make amends and reparations for the wrong
Forgiveness by the offended party; to cease to feel offense and resentment against another for the harm done
Reconciliation and restoration; meaning to become friendly and peaceable again
Perfect union with Allah (God) and with each other
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