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11-23-2010, 05:55 AM
:smile:I,m glad i no longer practice intolerance towards others on a daily basis.
When reflected upon, using my new way of thinking, it becomes quite easy to see why many outcomes did not turn out very well.
I would like to share a Hazelwood reading on this subject which i found to be very helpful as well as a good reminder .
This week I will practice toward betterment of tolerance. This is no easy
matter in practice. we can truly believe ourselves tolerant of all others
and all things, but as finite human beings, intolerance will always be a
part of us. Otherwise, we would indeed be perfect. Not a state of which we're
likely to acquire in this life. Even with the best of practice in being
spiritually fit, and holding course toward a serene nature, intolerance is a
lurker in the shadows of our mind only awaiting a bad day or ill moment.
it's there for all of us, of course, more so of some than others; but there
nonetheless. Our best path then perhaps, is threefold. One in being aware
of the humanistic imperfection we all carry in intolerance of some natures,
to varying degrees as they may be. Two, when indeed our intolerance' s jump
out at a rash moment's notice before we're able to abstain from them,
promptly apologize. It matters not how the apology is received, the apology is
but a part of our practice in admitting our awareness that we've stumbled
into letting intolerance override the better part of our spiritual being. And
three, practice in betterment of ourselves in awareness of our lesser
human natures, asking of God's guidance, and accepting our finite role therein
of our good stewardship over our lesser natures. Practice reaps habit. In
practice of the aforementioned toward our intolerant natures, we may better
reap the habit of acceptance ... of all others ... and of all things. This
is not a requiem for mistreatment, God would not want us mistreated. We
need stand rightly firm in the face of mistreatment and take safeguarding
action as called for. This practice applies to but our own intolerance' s as they
may be, and may manifest themselves, in our own mistreatments. The more
ground we may clear in our minds of intolerance, the more ground we may open
up in our hearts for love and peace.
© ~G.A. Hazelwood
When reflected upon, using my new way of thinking, it becomes quite easy to see why many outcomes did not turn out very well.
I would like to share a Hazelwood reading on this subject which i found to be very helpful as well as a good reminder .
This week I will practice toward betterment of tolerance. This is no easy
matter in practice. we can truly believe ourselves tolerant of all others
and all things, but as finite human beings, intolerance will always be a
part of us. Otherwise, we would indeed be perfect. Not a state of which we're
likely to acquire in this life. Even with the best of practice in being
spiritually fit, and holding course toward a serene nature, intolerance is a
lurker in the shadows of our mind only awaiting a bad day or ill moment.
it's there for all of us, of course, more so of some than others; but there
nonetheless. Our best path then perhaps, is threefold. One in being aware
of the humanistic imperfection we all carry in intolerance of some natures,
to varying degrees as they may be. Two, when indeed our intolerance' s jump
out at a rash moment's notice before we're able to abstain from them,
promptly apologize. It matters not how the apology is received, the apology is
but a part of our practice in admitting our awareness that we've stumbled
into letting intolerance override the better part of our spiritual being. And
three, practice in betterment of ourselves in awareness of our lesser
human natures, asking of God's guidance, and accepting our finite role therein
of our good stewardship over our lesser natures. Practice reaps habit. In
practice of the aforementioned toward our intolerant natures, we may better
reap the habit of acceptance ... of all others ... and of all things. This
is not a requiem for mistreatment, God would not want us mistreated. We
need stand rightly firm in the face of mistreatment and take safeguarding
action as called for. This practice applies to but our own intolerance' s as they
may be, and may manifest themselves, in our own mistreatments. The more
ground we may clear in our minds of intolerance, the more ground we may open
up in our hearts for love and peace.
© ~G.A. Hazelwood