Hatred does not stop Hatred.
I read this thought the other day and it keeps popping back into my mind. Hatred does not stop Hatred. A simple statement. Short. To the point. Is it true?
One of the things that I've noticed as I've lived my life is that I could hate something...and the thing that I was hating never knew it. So there I would be, seething, hating, hurting my own body...and accomplishing nothing. A few years ago (maybe a decade or two at this point) I stopped hating and I stopped judging (as best I could). My life turned 180. And now what I have found over the years is that it is easier every year to not judge and to not hate. And it is easier every year to love and to be compassionate, My body is no longer consuming itself with bad juices. I am more relaxed. I can see more colors, smell more smells, and can hear more sounds. Hatred does not stop Hatred. Hatred is a waste of energy.
Someday we will have visitors from other parts of the Universe. When they do get here I hope that we no longer hate each other. I hope that we will have become a little planet of wholesome and compassionate people that love and respect each other.
