I have had revenge fantasies before. It does feel good, in the moment.
But my active wish for those who have wronged or hurt me is for good things to occupy them and distract them. So they'll go away and leave me alone.
Ever hear the saying "hurt people hurt people"? Any realistic revenge fantasy I have entertained, I've followed it to its conclusion of, "well shit! That'll make them even more miserable and cause me more issues!" Like, I'm not sure if any of you have been at the mercy of an abusive toxic ex who has a preoccupation with you AND time on their hands but it actually brings relief when you hear they are happy with someone new and a kid, so, have no time and no fixation on causing you trouble anymore.
If karma were simply wishing for unpleasant people in your life to vanish or not exist, then, I agree, I'll get on board with that wishing. Screw being a good person, I want to snap my fingers and make bothersome individuals just disappear in a magic way. Hel, I'll even get on board with the wish and hope that their compassion bone gets tickled some day and they just stop treating others poorly. Forget me, I don't need apologies and your regret is just you masturbating over the restrictions of linear time. We ALL can't take the moment back, Diane, now quit touching yourself and move forward, ffs. But in a more concrete way, I worry about what more suffering an unpleasant person might bring if they are made to continue to be unhappy with a lack of nurturing or good in their lives to preoccupy them.
But yeah, you're right. I agree, quibbling about thought crime is dumb. We all have that impulse with anger to wish harm on others, sometimes. I just saw a friend on Facebook reblog something about "karma will come to those who have hurt you and make them regret it" and I just had a superior moment thinking, "That's a kinda malicious thing to wish for. If I were a balancing force of the universe, I might hesitate to service you because you don't seem as nice and deserving as you think you are."
But my active wish for those who have wronged or hurt me is for good things to occupy them and distract them. So they'll go away and leave me alone.
Ever hear the saying "hurt people hurt people"? Any realistic revenge fantasy I have entertained, I've followed it to its conclusion of, "well shit! That'll make them even more miserable and cause me more issues!" Like, I'm not sure if any of you have been at the mercy of an abusive toxic ex who has a preoccupation with you AND time on their hands but it actually brings relief when you hear they are happy with someone new and a kid, so, have no time and no fixation on causing you trouble anymore.
If karma were simply wishing for unpleasant people in your life to vanish or not exist, then, I agree, I'll get on board with that wishing. Screw being a good person, I want to snap my fingers and make bothersome individuals just disappear in a magic way. Hel, I'll even get on board with the wish and hope that their compassion bone gets tickled some day and they just stop treating others poorly. Forget me, I don't need apologies and your regret is just you masturbating over the restrictions of linear time. We ALL can't take the moment back, Diane, now quit touching yourself and move forward, ffs. But in a more concrete way, I worry about what more suffering an unpleasant person might bring if they are made to continue to be unhappy with a lack of nurturing or good in their lives to preoccupy them.
But yeah, you're right. I agree, quibbling about thought crime is dumb. We all have that impulse with anger to wish harm on others, sometimes. I just saw a friend on Facebook reblog something about "karma will come to those who have hurt you and make them regret it" and I just had a superior moment thinking, "That's a kinda malicious thing to wish for. If I were a balancing force of the universe, I might hesitate to service you because you don't seem as nice and deserving as you think you are."
