On Hatred

To me, hate comes from fear that something poses a threat which can somehow destroy something that matters to us.

The Course in Miracles sums up its resolution of this dilemma by saying, "That which is real cannot be threatened. That which is unreal does not exist. Herein lies the peace of God."

To me, this is simply saying that the worst possible manifestation of negativity we can create is, to God's perspective, simply a wrong note played on the piano by a future child prodigy. It's insignificant; it harms nothing eternal; and it facilitates the process by which this budding artist of creative force becomes aware of its capacities.

"God" remains at perfect peace with all of this because it knows that the only true reality, and therefore the inevitable end of all learning and growth, is the infinite love which is, was, and ever will be...

Thus, someone said that "Love is the ability to create space in which something is allowed to evolve." Only that which is less than loving, and less than Love itself, would wish to inhibit the learning process of a child creator-god who can do no real harm in the process of its growth.

This is the nature of hate: the desire to control, limit, stifle, or otherwise end something which is perceived as a threat to some "other" aspect of The One which is viewed as more valuable, beautiful. precious, etc., and which can somehow be endangered by the alteration of its physical manifestation.

Certainly we are entitled to create agreed-upon laws and norms for our cities, countries, and planet which prohibit the senseless acting out of every bizarre impulse we might have in the course of growing into limitless awareness. Carlos Castaneda's brujo Don Juan Mateus called this agreement "the tonal of our times;" but he emphasized that to become a truly powerful "man of knowledge," we must also familiarize ourselves with and embrace what he called "the nagual," which is everything about us that is not of the rational mind, and includes the sometimes whimsical nature of our higher selves, who think nothing of dreaming us into a disabling car accident with another soul in need of some lesson or another, for the sake of the lesson WE will learn from the experience.

All of this is meant as food for thought and inspiration for discussion. Make of it what you will, or pass it by and go in peace...