Mercy, please!

Mercy - compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.

Please know, this is the world's definition of mercy. Ego rules the world and because you have forgotten Who you are, you've been convinced that to show mercy and/or to have mercy on someone is a noble cause. According to Ego, the situation now places you in an elevated position which is always where Ego prefers to be. The infraction made (whether intentional or not)  had a negative effect on you and that is the reason you now have reason to either react in revenge or respond by showing mercy. Sounds fair? Sure, because Truth has been hidden from you and because you think you have to protect yourself, you believe you can be hurt.

The first error is in believing what someone does and/or says to you can disturb you in any way, shape or form, primarily because the Power you have within is changeless and its efficacy depends not on outside forces and/or circumstances. In other words, the only way you can be hurt and/or offended by someone or something is to believe what you see/feel and accept it as Truth and that is where suffering begins. The Power you have within (Love) which is experienced through Peace is not of this world which is why nothing on earth can affect it. It can't be taken from you because it wasn't given to you. What you've forgotten is the fact that it IS you.  

The second error is in believing you are the body you were born into. This explains why you feel you have to protect it (yourself.) What you've forgotten is the Real you is a Spiritual being having a temporary Human experience while here on earth. You see, you are an immortal being meaning because death is the opposite of birth (not Life,) your Spirit lives on, for Life has no end. Life is eternal. It is Ego that is on borrowed Time (not you) and this is why it must maintain drama and conflict in order to exist.

This by no means suggests you are to accept inappropriate behavior and/or abuse however when you remember Who you are (Love,) not only will you Know what is Real can not be threatened, you will no longer feel the need to respond to the insane behavior of another. You will on the other hand see infractions (intentional or not) as the request for help that they really are. It is then you will understand that True Mercy doesn't mean the "victim" now has more "power" than the offender. 

Remember Who you are (Love) and you will Know True Mercy is in reminding the offender of Who she/he is (Love.) The infraction will then be a thing of the Past and both parties are returned to Peace. BE the Peace you want to see in the world, by choosing only Love and nothing else because there is nothing else! Peace