Do not resist evil

[Minyatur]

I thought you had meant it in the idea of not resisting evil thoughts as to allow balance of thoughts and a fuller exploration of the mind. So for example, pacifism can be balanced with it's opposite thought, this does not mean you will find yourself to seek the opposite but will come to understand it in others through internalizing it within yourself. So when someone acts violence toward you, you will understand the energitical charge behind the action and perceive love, allowing you to remain unswayed. So they are linked in this sense, in that the bible's quote speaks of the end result that can be found through the exercise.


About the second quote, there's this rather controversial bible quote :

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, even their own life--such a person cannot be my disciple.

I always interpreted this as not hating (this being most likely a bad translation from the original text) but as liking less or rather not liking more (there's websites talking about this quote). To not see your familly and those who are close to you as being different than others only because they are close to you, to perhaps face a need to forsake them to truly serve all others that need you. In some way, to love some more than others creates separation between you, them and others. This probably can only be done through balancing opposite thought, seeking to find the feeling that your special ones are not special.