Hatred has a greatest impact on they who hate than who or what is being hated. Overcoming hatred is difficult because it reinforces itself and causes greater enmity to come into being. The most powerful tool one to can use in combating hatred is love. Decide to love what you hate, whether that is a person, situation, or a part of yourself. Doing so can create a profound change in your feelings and your experience. There is no room for anger, dislike, bitterness, or resentment when you are busy learning to love what you hate. The practice of loving what you hate will transform and shift your emotions from black emotions (hate) to white emotions (love), because there is no room for hatred in a space occupied by love.
It is difficult to forgo judging, and seek the good in situations that seem to cause you pain or anger. In deciding to love what you hate, you become one less person adding negativity to the universe. On the simplest level, loving what you hate can help you enjoy your life more. On a more complex level, loving what you hate sets you free because you disengage yourself from the hatred that is weighing down your soul. Responding with love to people radiating hatred nullifies their negative energy. You empower yourself by not letting their negatives enter your personal space. Rather than lowering yourself to the level of their hatred, you give the other person an opportunity to rise above their feelings and meet you on the field of love.
Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Loving what you hate sends positive, beautiful energy to people while spreading peace and harmony throughout the planet. Instead of hatred, you become an advocate for love. Hatred responds to hated by causing anguish. However, hatred responds to love by transforming it into blissful peace.
Try it, won’t you!
Friday, December 19, 2008
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