Disagreements, spats, arguments...all ego driven...no matter how right we know we are. That's why it's vital that we immerse ourselves in the spiritual matter that specifically directs that we cease fighting...period, that we agree...period, that we imagine peace, then live that...period.
This is probably an over-simplification (because simplicity is what speaks to me), and it surely is counterintuitive, but it seems to be easier for us to blow up at another with others around than it is to ask the other if we might speak in private and then state our case away from others.
To blow up in public and then apologize in private is surely ego driven...there is no God there. For, if we're doing it right, we will realize that we were wrong and what we need is to get over ourselves...i.e., apologize first then make amends as needed.
The underlying personal problem seems to be that the audience that we played to is missing, will never hear us acknowledge our mistake that we so openly paraded, and the one we skinned alive is left wanting that very audience to know...but s/he'll look ego-driven if s/he quibbles, etc., etc., etc.
To blow up in public and then apologize in private is the exact opposite of God’s work. If we must disagree, then disagree in private, and we won't have to acknowledge in public...that's God’s work.
Thank you.
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