Punishment and Restoration
How wrongdoing is addressed and balance restored.
Punishment for wrongdoing aims at restoration rather than mere retribution. After proper punishment, the matter is finished and the offender is fully reintegrated. Holding grudges after proper resolution is itself a wrong.
Once punishment is complete, it is finished. We do not carry grudges.
Restorative justice models are derived from indigenous practices worldwide.
Oral Tradition
Written about in
- What Aboriginal tradition says about kinship and sharing
Punishment aims at restoring balance, and once it is complete the matter is closed and the person fully back in. Carrying a grudge after proper resolution is itself treated as an offence.
- What Aboriginal tradition says about conflict with people close to you
Once punishment is complete the matter is finished and the offender is fully reintegrated. Carrying a grudge after proper resolution counts as a wrong in itself — reconciliation becomes an obligation with a start date rather than a feeling to be waited for.