I was sent this in an email from a Dharma sister, and I love it.
Baba Sawan Singh was asked about the fate of Judas Iscariot
A Christian missionary once asked Baba Sawan Singh, a great Saint of India, “May I ask another question, if you don’t mind? What has been the lot of Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus? Where is he now?”
“Where should he be in your opinion?” asked the Great Master.
“Why, I should think he must be suffering hell torture somewhere,” the missionary replied.
“No,” said the Great Master. “He is with Lord Jesus Christ, enjoying perfect bliss in His lap.”
A loud “Oh!” burst from the lips of all the missionaries. Their leader, the elderly gentleman said, “Wonderful. This is perfectly true.”
“This is the way of the Masters,” the Great Master told them. “They never look at our faults. There is no place for hell torture in Mercy and Love.”
“Was he not punished for his crime?” asked one of the young missionaries.
“His sin was personal against the Lord, and the Lord forgave him,” the Great Master replied.
This is really one of those messages that sit within my heart, and I cherish it.
This is beautiful! What a way to look at life