Forceiving, a new word (actually new definition for old word), refers to the act of being forgiven. The process being forgiven requires forceiving.
How does one act when they have been forgiven? Do they just repeat their previous actions? Or do they repent, feeling compassion for the hurt they imposed.
We are told to forgive. But we are not told anything about forceiving, the act of accepting forgiving compassionately.
I did find an historical use of the word "forceive" in the William and Mary Historical Quarterly. It appears to be similar to the word "deduce." So now a new meaning to an old word!
So why a drawing about sin? Well, somehow that has been brought into the equation by my neighbor who says that forgiving implies sin, except you need god to really sin.
P.S. I think I've search my whole life for my will. What I like about Buddhism is that we are Buddhas... we just don't know it. So, in Buddhism, we search to find that Buddha in us. So it is back to searching for our own will, but searching in the realization that we are part of something much much bigger. As big as big is. And then, bigger. Much bigger!!!!
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"Forceiving" hasn't made it to Dictionary.com yet. H.
Google forceiving. I'm the second and third link. After the Japanese word, forreceiving, which means, what is receiving. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=forceiving
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