"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of
their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor
self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one
is in God's eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only
we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more war, no
more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed... I suppose the big problem would
be that we would fall down and worship each other." Thomas Merton
If we perceive with our spiritual heart, we can see the secret
beauty of the heart, the truth of who we really are. When we judge others
instead of having compassion, we are condemning ourself. We were given two
commandments from Yeshua: Love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind
and Love others as ourselves. The law is summed up in one thing: love your
neighbour as yourself. Loving others is loving yourself. It doesn't say love
yourself. It says love others as yourself. When you can open your heart and
have compassion for all, even those who you used to judge or condemn, you open
your heart to include all the aspects of yourself that you have denied,
rejected, disowned or condemned. In just this one thing you fulfil the law. In
loving your neighbour as yourself you are loving all the different aspects of
God, which are also the aspects of you (we are the image and likeness of God).
In judging others you are condemning parts or aspects of God, as well as
yourself. We are all one, interconnected, interdependent and interrelated. What
you do to one, you do to all. When you condemn or judge, you are condemning
yourself.
Jesus said "A new commandment I give to you, that you love
one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another"
John 13:34
Love is the answer and it starts with you. Open your heart and
allow the Higher Love to wash through you.
"So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest
of these is Love" 1 Cor 13:13
Love fulfils the law. If there is one person or thing that you
judge and condemn rather than have compassion for, you keep yourself in bondage
and block your oneness with God who is the Source of all that is. When you are
able to see God in all people, despite outward appearance, you are whole, free
and one with All That Is.
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven"
Matthew 16:19
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