Shadows of Hate

Is it possible to see Love in hateful words or actions? Yes! The key to peace always resides within the Mind. Align your awareness with this Mind, being vigilant for the Kingdom, and Heaven reveals beyond surface shadows.

A person must turn his or her back to the light in order to place attention on the shadows. It is impossible to see both at the same moment. Therefore, through who or Whom do you identify? Is your attention centered on Light or darkness, Love or fear?

Hate solely identifies through fear. Hate can only attack the temporal. Only these ephemeral treasures of a fleeting perception: bodies, lands and worldly conditions are subject to destruction and decay, as their foundation is limitation.

Understandably, in your current state of awareness, the ephemeral treasures appear to be most factual. You simply see from within the script. As an unknowing actor, you play your role and pity the others within his or her own scene. Do not judge yourself for this identification nor expect to see differently. All is purposeful for the character a dreaming mind asks to play. Consequently, bless yourself for being aware of this innocent wish.

Seek not to distance yourself from your brother or interpret my words as permitting apathy. However, the word "apathy" stems from seed words meaning "without suffering," (a = not + pathos = to suffer) and so identifying without suffering surely leads to greater Self awareness. Nonetheless, in terms of the world, your actions always represent through who or Whom you identify. To know completion is to give an affirmation of the Holiness residing within all Creation. Ask to see a hint of this knowing and surely only Love reveals in all your interactions.

Compassion within the world is purposeful, but this act can be built on sand or stone. Sympathy builds a house on sand as it depends upon a judgment of guilt and pity, neither can extend Love. Here the dreaming mind reinforces the roles of victim and victimizer. Kindness thereby becomes a saving grace. You see a need for giving and healing only after reaffirming loss and destruction. Yet, does this type of compassion instill a lasting peace? Are you seeing your brother with the eyes of Love or fear? Do not these “acts of mercy” lead only to more distorted beliefs about your brother and set him or her up for future oppression? True Compassion builds a house on stone within the garden of Heaven. Here, a golden pathway leads to Your Father’s Certainty, affirming Love over loss and withstanding the storms of time. Teach a man he is Love and indeed he feasts for a lifetime.

Defining you or any other through perceptions of weakness reinforces prisons within your mind. Beyond time these expressions do not last. Therefore, as we look again at thoughts or actions of hate, hate recognizes it must strike fast and dramatic because hate can access the ephemeral only. Playing according to the “rules of the game” hate reinforces an external value, stating you exist through and depend on all that you see, feel or think. Hate believes these shadows to be real and it is these shadows that hate attacks. Again, define yourself through these shadows and your back is merely turned away from the light.

Hate cannot heal through battles. Love is not expressed in resistance. Changeless and unceasing, Love resides in reality rather than the representation. Neither limited to time or transient identity, Love exists beyond all faulty images. Love cannot be torn apart like bodies or lands can. Therefore, to see Love in hateful actions or words is to realize Your Truth despite appearances. Rest here and you offer only the Peace of God.

Imagine yourself standing before a man who spews words of hate. Feel his tension and terror. Now, still your mind and look deeply below the surface. Is it not merely fear and uncertainty that you see? How can fear and uncertainty reside in Love? Again, through who or Whom do you identify? Ask yourself this simple question and simply turn your heels, returning to see the Light and not shadow. Feel the warmth of the serene Son of Certainty upon your face. Soak in this Love. Now, look once more into the eyes of this fearful one. What harm can he truly do? How can transitory words or images transform the everlasting? Smile then and see who You are. See this one Vision within the eyes of your brother. Know for him His Self despite the role he now perceives. Now, do you feel it? Do you feel the edge of laughter bubbling up within you? This laughter speaks for the awareness of Who You Are beyond these imaginings. In this Love you see the folly of each passing thought of transient identity. Here You stand certain for you both, fully revealed in Light and not in shadows. Here, you are as God Created You.

In summary, as you choose to know your Self in certainty, recall the simple question stated above: "Through who or Whom do I identify?" Claiming awareness within the world you see allows Love to be your Guide and shadows to simply fall away. If you brother speaks of hate, realize the shadows need not be exchanged for Light. His attention to shadows do not speak for him or you. Bless Him then, not out of pity or being apathetic for what is "justifiably right." No, instead simply realize that your eyes can always look lovingly upon the Son and He is here, in You, now.