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Subject: Is the Formula for sin to hate anything? |
Bible Note: Hi Hank! Thank you for your post! Ok, let's see if you have an earthly idea of what I am trying to say here in the following: 'You do understand plain English written in a loving attitude,' right? smile So far, so good? Well THAT is THIS: 'You do understand the plain English I write in Love!' Still on Earth with me? smile What I have been trying to resist saying up to now is that I think what is hindering you or anyone from understanding what i write in Love is HOW, in what attitude of mind, the manner in which you are mostly reading most of what I write! For example: When I write the word 'horror,' I am writing and reading that word in Love! But I am sure that when you read the word 'horror' that I have written, you read that word in hate! So right off, we are in opposite worlds! See? We are even more separated than the English and the Americans are separated by a common language! We are separated by the gulf of different attitudes! See? That is the funda-mental divide that can only be bridged by Love of all words! Solution: Now suppose I say 2 plus 2 is 5. I could only confuse you by saying that IF you are already not sure what 2 and 2 is! Right? But if you are already sure in yourself as to what 2 and 2 is, then you would write me back saying: Giam, u are wrong: 2 and 2 is NOT 5. It is 4! So? So let me implore you: please be like Christ The Word is in Love by loving all your English words! So Hank that is what i have done with God's help: And so if I ever don't understand what you are saying, I will always first blame me! Oh, I don't understand, I am confused! Hank understands what he is writing! Let me ask him a question! I never would blame you for me being confused! By my approach of taking responsiblity for my own confusion, I simply ask you another polite question! without imputing any confusion on your part! See? In that way, I never abdicate my power and give you the power to confuse me by saying, 'Hank, you are confusing me! or 'Hank, you are making no sense at all to me!' or 'Hank, no one on this forum has any earthly idea of what you may be trying to say! So you may as well stop posting!' See? Forgetting that someone DOES have an earthly idea of what he is saying: Hank! I would simply say and ask something like this: 'Hank, help! I am so dumb that I can't make sense of what you are saying. Please tell me what you mean when you say such and such. It is clear that YOU DO understand what I am saying, AND it is clear that YOU Hank also understand waht YOU are saying! So since I only understand what I am saying AND do NOT understand what YOU are saying, then it is also clear you Hank have MORE understanding than me! You do see more than I am seeing! So Hank, please lend me some of the insight in your mind, man!' Then in all honest and humility, if I wanted to say more, I would say to you and so sound like Mark Twain when he said about the Bible: "Hank, it is not what I don't understand about what you write that bothers me. It is what I DO understand! So Hank, please keep posting and explaining! You have a lot of explaining to do!' smile Aaah! Those words would be music to the ears of Hank's mind! So guess what? The ears of my mind work just like yours! They would be music to mine! Here are some quotes to encourage you: "There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is Love, the only survival, the only meaning." Thorton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey The only difference between stumbling blocks [walls] and steppingstones [bridges] is the way in which we use them. Anonymous James 1 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Loving you as outstandingly understanding! Loving me as confoundingly confusing! Giam |