The following quote describes to a T for me the why and the how-to for the Sermon's command to resist not evil. It is a quote of Buddhist author and speaker Valerie Mason-John (emphases are mine, added) and is from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," June 21, 2022:
We multiply the intensity of feeling every time we move away from something pleasant or unpleasant; we create a vicious cycle of craving and aversion. * * * * * If we are patient, our feelings will change of their own accord—some quicker than others. * * * * * We will feel the unpleasantness, pleasantness, neutralness, or even the mixture of all three feelings, and will turn toward it without an agitated mind. The heart and mind will accept all of it without protesting. When we protest, toxic emotions begin to emerge. . . .
There..the why, the how and the ego-reducing gift of non-resistance.
Thank you.
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