Acceptance and Will

[Edinburgh]

You can love the aggressor while simultaneously neutralizing his aggression.

Personally, I think this sums up the whole debate. It seems to be what Ra was saying.

Ok most people would say, how can you love the aggressor? It was Ra that said the correct response to being attacked would be love. Wow, when I read that, I was deeply shocked. Most people would be.

How can you love someone who is hurting you? But a few weeks after I read that, something happened where I had to choose between anger and love. Someone excercising their free will hurt me.

I used the 'mental workout' of (1) understanding / empathy, (2) forgiveness / acceptance (3) then expressing love. It was hard to do. But I figured, if I'm reading LOO, believing LOO, better start living LOO!

Guess what - turned out that person came out to help me at a most unexpected moment. This is just a simple example of acceptance and will.

Extending on from this, I think if you have an opportunity, you can deny the actions of someone who is hurting you. You could be expressing love when doing so.