Hurting Others
"If you truly loved
yourself, you could never hurt another."- Buddha
I do not
intentionally hurt others. But... it does happen. I snap and without thought I say or do
something that others perceive as hurtful.
This is where focused breathing helps to stop the blood from boiling.
The quote gives a very difficult task. To
truly love oneself is very hard. We
often talk the talk but fail to live up to that level. It must be that we do not feel "enough"
and just take it out on the people around us.
Maybe we should reverse it and work on the second part of
the quote first? Work on not purposely
trying to hurt anyone and we might just get to the level of truly living
ourselves. I think that most of us approach life and relationships in this
fashion already. Judging by the amount of pain in the world, I do not believe
it to be very effective.
So what is the answer?
We have to remember that the Buddha left his wife and princely life in order to find himself. This seems selfish to most of us but maybe by
being selfish and truly developing yourself one can evolve to this level of
love for others.
Today's question is:
"Do you truly
love yourself?"
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