The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought. -- Eknath Easwaran, "Words to Live By," January 9.
As I read that this morning, I realized if that be true, then disrespect is not the initiator, the originator of all wars...a single negative thought is. And with that thought came another...a single negative thought is resistance. That's all. Just resistance.
Just as a negative can't be proved, negative thoughts cannot be overcome by resisting them. It is in resisting that we invite them into our consciousness. This simply proves that which we already know (if only from our eyebrows up): The way forward is to cease fighting anything and anybody...to agree with our adversary quickly...to resist not evil.
We must learn to appreciate both the beauty and the ugly within and without as each appears...for they only exist as such in our own mind's eye. Look at everything...every single thing...through the eyes of love, through God's eyes. And there's the key. For, in truth, we want God to see through our eyes.
When we pray for...for anything...we are trying to get God to see though our eyes. This cannot be done. It is hard enough to see through God's eyes...or rather, to want to see through God's eyes. Our ego will always be throwing up shadows and shields. Let it. Resist it, and we're back fighting...disrespecting...losing our own battle with and to self. And blaming God.
Loose it and let it go.
Thank you.
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