Absence of Victimhood

Reading through Priyanka Gandhi Interview on April 27th 2009, one statement commenting on "Absence of Victimhood", stuck me completely.

She said - “Minute you realise that you're not a victim and that the other person is as much a victim of that same circumstance as you, then you can't put yourself in a position where you are anyone to forgive someone else. Because your victimhood has disappeared. And to me, people ask about non-violence, I think true non-violence is the absence of victimhood. The sense that somebody else is doing harm to you. Whatever is happening to you is happening because of your own circumstances, you are creating a lot of that suffering. And anybody else who does something overtly, like kill somebody you love, or hurts you, beats you, that is also an action that is happening because of their suffering.”

I completely agree. Most of the problems pertaining to hatred, violence and revenge are due to the feeling of Victimhood. As soon as we open our eyes and hearts and realize that there are so many people around us, who are much much more victimized by curcumstances, we are at peace.

Victim stance is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy. Hence, important is think, from different angles and come out of victimhood feeling. As soon as we do that, we are light at heart and understand things from all the angles.