Disclaimer: this is not another anti-gay rant. This is an anti-bullying rant.
Remember that boy who hung himself cos he misunderstood when his classmates called him GAY when they actually meant he was LAME for wearing a My Little Pony knapsack to school?
Well, his suicide confirmed it.
Killing yourself for being called name? That's -GAY- LAME.
*CAN YOU KIDS BE MORE CLEAR AND USE THE WORD* LAME *RATHER THAN THE WORD* GAY COS IT IS MORE GAY TO ABUSE A LAME WORD LIKE *GAY* AND THEN SAY *"I AM KIDDING. CHILL?"*
It is often bullying to call people names repeatedly until they cry or get angry.
Nobody believes in the rhyme that "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me", not when everyone is afraid to stop such ad hominem attacks that are fallacies, and possibly evidence of potential sociopathic behavior among the bullies because when you say a lie repeatedly, it begins to ring true.
And life is indeed full of white lies, to hide the true that will set you free.
Showing posts with label kindness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kindness. Show all posts
20140906
Be Nonjudgmental of Lost Sheep
Furthermore, do not label them "damned" or call them "wicked." Only the truly apostate are only destined to stand before the Fire. Therefore while they live, there is still hope for reconciliation.
For we who are children of the light are only projecting our fear of their destiny, if they do not repent of their wickedness, by judging them thusly.
Yet it is up to the children of the light to bring light into the darkness of the lost. Thus, treat kindly and firmly the lost sheep, and patiently guide them back to the Lord.
20140824
Ahimsa and Metanoia
Ahimsa, active harmlessness, empowers people to do 'random acts of kindness', to help people in need, out of compassion, without any expectation of reward.
Metanoia is the realization that all sentient beings are helping you to become spiritually enlightened. Thus when a person realizes other people are helping him, that is metanoia.
This is the essence of "changing your ways" and changing your mind from the path of spiritual sin to follow the spiritual path of redemption. In Christianity, baptism celebrates this change of mind symbolically.
In Buddhism, Venerable Kongmu writes that "repentance in Buddhism is acknowledging our freedom and our ability to move through and beyond our mistakes in an honest appraisal of our lives."
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, 'repentance (Ancient Greek: μετάνοια, metanoia, "changing one's mind") isn't remorse, justification, or punishment, but a continual enactment of one's freedom, deriving from renewed choice and leading to restoration (the return to man's original state).'
Thus, repentance is affirmed as that change of mind that accompanies a spiritual rebirth into the deeply spiritual realm called euphemistically by Christians "the state of Grace".
Thus, the spiritually enlightened person becomes more kindly and more helpful towards other people. Thinking good of other people, he behaves out of compassion in a manner contrary to his "old ways".
Indeed is he harmless to all, remaining nonviolent while defending other people and himself from harm.
Originally posted July 4, 2005 at 5:42 PM
Reference:
Ahimsa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa
Metanoia (theology): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology)
Repentance before the 88 Buddhas - Buddha Fields: http://kongmu.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/88-buddhas/
Jesus Prayer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer
Metanoia is the realization that all sentient beings are helping you to become spiritually enlightened. Thus when a person realizes other people are helping him, that is metanoia.
This is the essence of "changing your ways" and changing your mind from the path of spiritual sin to follow the spiritual path of redemption. In Christianity, baptism celebrates this change of mind symbolically.
In Buddhism, Venerable Kongmu writes that "repentance in Buddhism is acknowledging our freedom and our ability to move through and beyond our mistakes in an honest appraisal of our lives."
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, 'repentance (Ancient Greek: μετάνοια, metanoia, "changing one's mind") isn't remorse, justification, or punishment, but a continual enactment of one's freedom, deriving from renewed choice and leading to restoration (the return to man's original state).'
Thus, repentance is affirmed as that change of mind that accompanies a spiritual rebirth into the deeply spiritual realm called euphemistically by Christians "the state of Grace".
Thus, the spiritually enlightened person becomes more kindly and more helpful towards other people. Thinking good of other people, he behaves out of compassion in a manner contrary to his "old ways".
Indeed is he harmless to all, remaining nonviolent while defending other people and himself from harm.
Originally posted July 4, 2005 at 5:42 PM
Reference:
Ahimsa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa
Metanoia (theology): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology)
Repentance before the 88 Buddhas - Buddha Fields: http://kongmu.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/88-buddhas/
Jesus Prayer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Prayer
20130428
Thinking Things Through
Thinking is not the same as doing something because of a thought, be it good or bad.
To be oppressive to other people is harmful. This is the essence of what is considered evil, though it is moderate and is only rarely taken to extreme.
In contrast, to be patient and loving to everyone is harmless and most beneficial to the people who need such caring and love. This arises from the basic goodness which is in all sentient beings yet is only offered to close friends, family and loved ones.
For it take practice to be caring to everyone. It involves being willing to trust oneself and especially in other people, and to nurture the same qualities of patience and love in other people, too.
Thinking of being patient and loving to others, especially someone you never met, requires careful consideration of taking action in a trusting manner, confident that other people will treat you as a loving and patient manner, too.
However, I am not preaching trusting an unknown stranger just like that, since social etiquette usually dictates treating a guest with kindness when a host. As a guest, it's usually prudent to treat your host with courtesy and respect so that whenever you come to visit, you always have a place to stay.
As well, it makes good sense to think before I act, as rash action tends to lead to breaches of etiquette.
Yet thinking is not the same as doing an act. Always it helps to think through an action (helping others, for example), within the context of being helpful and of service to others. For by helping others, work gets done in a manner that is mutually beneficial to all.
However, this article isn't filled with commands and rules, even though it may seem like it. Rather, I am writing it to demostrate that thought precedes action, and have done so to encourage beneficial and positive outcomes based on patience and love.
To be oppressive to other people is harmful. This is the essence of what is considered evil, though it is moderate and is only rarely taken to extreme.
In contrast, to be patient and loving to everyone is harmless and most beneficial to the people who need such caring and love. This arises from the basic goodness which is in all sentient beings yet is only offered to close friends, family and loved ones.
For it take practice to be caring to everyone. It involves being willing to trust oneself and especially in other people, and to nurture the same qualities of patience and love in other people, too.
Thinking of being patient and loving to others, especially someone you never met, requires careful consideration of taking action in a trusting manner, confident that other people will treat you as a loving and patient manner, too.
However, I am not preaching trusting an unknown stranger just like that, since social etiquette usually dictates treating a guest with kindness when a host. As a guest, it's usually prudent to treat your host with courtesy and respect so that whenever you come to visit, you always have a place to stay.
As well, it makes good sense to think before I act, as rash action tends to lead to breaches of etiquette.
Yet thinking is not the same as doing an act. Always it helps to think through an action (helping others, for example), within the context of being helpful and of service to others. For by helping others, work gets done in a manner that is mutually beneficial to all.
However, this article isn't filled with commands and rules, even though it may seem like it. Rather, I am writing it to demostrate that thought precedes action, and have done so to encourage beneficial and positive outcomes based on patience and love.
20130205
We All are One
Oneness is of love
That transcends human kindness —
When one of us hurts,
All of us feel sympathy
And will help that person out.
Once she is well, her pain gone,
We all will rejoice.
For Loving-kindness moves us
Towards becoming One —
With thanks, she says:
"Let us not forget
The good that our friends have done,
And forgive strangers
For they know not what they do —
Remember: we all are One."
That transcends human kindness —
When one of us hurts,
All of us feel sympathy
And will help that person out.
Once she is well, her pain gone,
We all will rejoice.
For Loving-kindness moves us
Towards becoming One —
With thanks, she says:
"Let us not forget
The good that our friends have done,
And forgive strangers
For they know not what they do —
Remember: we all are One."
20050509
1 Corinthians 13: Paul Describes Unconditional Love
"...love is patient. Love is kind. It's not jealous. It does not brag, and it's not arrogant. It does not act rudely or unbecomingly. It does not seek it's own. It's not provoked. It does not take into account a wrong suffered. It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but it rejoices with the truth.
..love bears all things. It believes all things. It hopes all things. It endures all things. Love never fails."
So Paul says, "Pursue love."
And I amplify:
When you pursue your dream or a love, you pursue love. Whether it captures your heart, or you capture theirs, let love capture yours!
..love bears all things. It believes all things. It hopes all things. It endures all things. Love never fails."
So Paul says, "Pursue love."
And I amplify:
When you pursue your dream or a love, you pursue love. Whether it captures your heart, or you capture theirs, let love capture yours!
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