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Posted By populist 11 months, 1 week ago in Political NewsForgiveness, compassion, understanding are one thing, but to love one's enemies? Certainly it would be tough to have wars if everyone was going around loving their enemies. How would I get there from here? I can't see the whole route, but forgiveness would be a first step along the path to loving enemies.
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ameliog11 months, 1 week ago
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Loving one's enemies is one of the most difficult things we can do. It defies our intellect to do such a thing, because in our minds we have scales that measure others as more or less than us. Funny thing, our scales usually always measure others as the lesser.
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To love your enemy, a person has to change their perspective on how things are measured in the grand scheme of things, and bring their life into harmony with this new paradigm. It can't be arrived at intellectually alone, as our need to serve the self always trumps the small part of us that senses that there is a principle of fairness that is being violated repeatedly on a massive scale in this world.
Who dares to really view, respect, and treat others as they would like or expect to be treated? For nations, the eye-for-an-eye approach is the typical policy. -
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BronxBomber11 months, 1 week ago
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I dunno, there was a time when I was young that I wasn't for forgiving. I was for taking. I can say it's a good start. But there are times when I have to think that it's easier said than done. Something like this takes a lot of time, and it's not easy to forgive, and get it over with.
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Maybe if you tells yourself: "Just for today, I will forgive this person" most probably will reap positive results. -
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Rick78x11 months ago
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http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/11.08/rothsc...
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watch the video also
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