Soul is the truth of who you are and soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal. From the deepest desire often comes the deadliest hate, however the desire to know your own soul will end all desires and a happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world. The soul always knows what to do to heal itself but the challenge is to silence the mind. When one’s mind does not see its soul as equal to others, hatred is our expression leading to the extinction of values within us. To choose hatred one must know ‘hatred eats the soul of the hater…. Not the hated’.
Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind. It is unfortunate for most people hatred is one of the most intense situations in their lives. Their love is never so intense, their joy is never so intense but their choice to hate is quite intense. Hate cannot drive out hatred it is only love that can do, but sadly most minds are clouded by hatred one of the most destructive force on earth.
Most haters do not realise their actual enemy is fear and not hate. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate. Hatred is a shameless demonstration of ignorance and ones inferiority complex. To reject hatred without hating, one has to learn to rest hurt and hatred that lives in heart. Do dislike what deserves it, but never hate as hatred is only self-punishment. Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimated thereby blinding oneself to see each other as one (ek). They see in others face a monster giving courage to destroy each other. Hate is great a burden and suffering to bear. A chemical engineer working with hazardous chemicals at work never had any health issues, but over time his hatred expressions of jealousy, anger and resentment failed his body chemical coordination gradually destroying his mind and body with illness. In such conditions injury to the soul forces part of the person to depart, leaving behind an incomplete self.
Love, friendships do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. All hatred of others is a reflection of self. All love of others is a reflection of self-love. Hard to follow but teachings want us to pay bad people with goodness, to fight their hatred with our kindness. Even if one does not achieve victory over other people one is able to conquer self.
Gurbani says “vavaa vair na karee-ai kaahoo’…. “Wawwa Do not harbor hatred against anyone. In each and every heart, God is contained. The All-pervading Lord is permeating and pervading the oceans and the land. How rare are those who, by Guru's Grace, sing of Him. Hatred and alienation depart from those who, as Gurmukh, listen to the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. SGGS Ang259
Satgur purakh nirvair hai nit hirdai har liv laa-ay. The True Guru, the Primal Being, has no hatred or vengeance. His heart is constantly attuned to the Lord. Whoever directs hatred against the Guru, who has no hatred at all, only sets his own home on fire. Anger and egotism are within him night and day; he burns, and suffers constant pain. They babble and tell lies, and keep on barking, eating the poison of the love of duality. For the sake of the poison of Maya, they wander from house to house, and lose their honor. SGGS Ang1415
A beginning to heal the world… "my soul sees its equal in you."
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