The Joy and Glory of War

[Billy]

I'm not exactly sure how this exercise works. So, say for example you have thoughts of compassion, protection and nurturing of another self, do you then consciously steer your thoughts in the direction of hurting and inflicting pain on that other self? This is an extreme example, but say your holding a child, naturally you feel compassion and protection, do you then force yourself to think of hurting it? Do you actually visualise it, in whatever messed up way you can? This is whack.