if you truly love your neighbor as yourself and replace all hate with love......will the abscence of hate make love meaningless........just how you can never really understand and appreciate happiness unless you have experienced sadness....?
wil said:I don't buy it. I don't need to have asthma or emphysima or be strangled to enjoy breath....
hate a required evil?? just don't buy it.
defining, accepting, and understanding the blessings of abundance does not require lack.
I guess maybe this is an earthly concept...it makes sense here.
taijasi said:From the 3rd verse of the Dhammapada (sayings attributed to the Buddha):"Hate never yet conquered hate; only love conquers hate."andrew
seattlegal said:Hate the sin, but love the sinner?
ZachB said:if you truly love your neighbor as yourself and replace all hate with love......will the abscence of hate make love meaningless........just how you can never really understand and appreciate happiness unless you have experienced sadness....?
taijasi said:From the 3rd verse of the Dhammapada (sayings attributed to the Buddha):"Hate never yet conquered hate; only love conquers hate."andrew
I supposed that is why we are told, "Hot or Cold", we can be utilized and developed, but the Lord hates luke warm.
Labeling something as conceptually "cold" also implies the label of the concept of "hot," with the concept of "self" being the reference point. However, experiencing "cold" in an uncomfortable manner might cause a person to develop a compulsive desire for "hot," whereas a person experiencing "lukewarm" will develop no compulsive desire at all. I think this parallels the point that taijasi made about someone who has not experienced hate as contrasted to a person who has experienced hate and has developed a desire to rise above hate; as contrasted to the lack of development of compulsive desire from experiencing "lukewarm." {I hope I presented that coherently!}wil said:there we go....does anyone need to understand cold to understand hot or vice versa?
wil said:there we go....does anyone need to understand cold to understand hot or vice versa?
Perhaps allowing God to "write the law into our hearts?" It has to start somewhere. Making the conscious decision to allow this to take place is necessary in order to retain free will, which is a necessary component for love. JMHO.Quahom1 said:I'd like to point out something, or rather ask a question.
Are we talking about the decision to love, regardless of how we feel? Or are we talking about "feeling in love"?
Then are we talking about the decision to hate, again regardless of personal "feelings", or are we talking about the feeling of rage or cold fury?
I think that might make a difference in the way we are trying to express our thinking here, if we all agreed we were on the same page...
just a thought.
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seattlegal said:Perhaps allowing God to "write the law into our hearts?" It has to start somewhere. Making the conscious decision to allow this to take place is necessary in order to retain free will, which is a necessary component for love. JMHO.
It would explain the concept of inherited, "original sin."Quahom1 said:So, each man and woman is born with a set of "instructions" built into the basic programming? I like it!![]()
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seattlegal said:It would explain the concept of inherited, "original sin."
Rational mind overwriting Irrational mind, or vice versa, without proper authorization...bypassing free will...=(hate)=force, compulsion, violence, as opposed to (love)=cooperation, agreement, and consent.Quahom1 said:Improper execution of program...
Which fits in with my rather clumsy "forumla" above. The idea of becoming "one" via possession then becomes a "function of hate," whereas love, as the "perfect bond of unity," would require detachment in order for free-will to remain operative. {It's starting to "come together," so to speak.}Thomas said:think a simple yardstick, and perhaps one that taijasi would approve (from your response to Quahom), is the notion that true love can only be exercised without attachment - and I stress the phrase because in its most common modern sense, all too often what is called love is in fact no love at all, but a desire to possess.