I went to a two day conference on forgiveness at Findhorn in Scotland. It was a tremendous experience and I learned lots, although it always remains a challenge, both forgiving and being forgiven.
Towards the end, a woman who works with victims of torture
made a presentation in down-to-earth ways about how they can be helped to rehabilitate. From
the audience, another woman put up her hand.
“I’ve been a torturer,” she announced.
Hushed silence.
“Tell us some more about that,” the presenter responded.
“Well, in a session we ran here that enabled us to go back
many generations, I discovered that I had tortured people in the court of Queen
Nefertiti.”
More silence.
“I’m only concerned with the living,” said the presenter,
somewhat irritated.
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