The Forgiveness Experiment

At this level those who experience the victimization recognize that there is sometimes more to the story of life than meets the eye. Instead of looking at the incident strictly through the eyes of their victim hood, they begin to step back somewhat and try to gain an understanding of how their own consciousness impacted on how the experienced their feelings of victimization.
They may reflect that it is not strictly what happened but how they took it that was a mitigating factor on how they view themselves and are impacted by the particular event. They may begin to see what role they play in how deeply they were wounded.
From this viewpoint the victim may want to begin to let go of the incident for their own sake without necessarily demanding justice. They still recognize that they were innocent and the other party guilty, but they are willing to forgive it for their own sake. They are willing to start to let go because they recognize that they took part in the wounding through how they viewed the incident.
 This level represents a victim who is attempting to apply less judgement to life and more of an attitude of acceptance to the ups and downs which they recognize invariably to be part of the human condition. The victim is becoming aware that their feelings arise from their own psyche and that the trigger of those feeling was the event that cast them as victims.
 Knowing this, they can begin to release those feelings, without the absolute need of some form of recognition or justice.