THE COSMIC TOL #3
THE LOVE TRIANGLE
JUDGMENT - MERCY
LOVE
THE LOVE TRIANGLE
JUDGMENT - MERCY
LOVE
Micah stresses three simple but difficult things that the Creator requires of us;
"...to act justly,
to love tenderly
and to walk humbly with your God."
This blog will discuss acting justly and loving tenderly, the third triangle about walking humbly will follow in the next blog.
Love is at the heart and center of the T.O.L. and Kabbalah states that the student can teach her or himself once this sephira is mastered. Yoga also stresses that this is the most difficult chakra to open.
Jesus said to love your neighbor as yourself. The Ancestors teach that maybe we can take this even further and love
them as they would want to be loved.
Since we are all so different another may not want to be loved like we love ourselves.
We should at least have an unconditional positive regard for our fellow humans.
The Ancestors add that we are all one though not the same. All of us are animated by the breath of the Divine and are comprised of the same elements - "star" dust - dust to dust - ashes to ashes.
Moreover,
"... there is no-one who does not have his/her hour and there is nothing that does not have its place." Talmud
The Second Triangle is highlighted in Blue
On the right we have
the Expansion of Mercy
Love
Empathy
Forgiveness
On the left we have
the Restraint of Judgment
Fear,
Guilt/Shame
Cynicism
Projection
Of course the first step is self love and forgiveness.
Self-condemnation and guilt have no place in transformation as well as healing and curing of disease. If we feel we deserve to get sick and are not worthy of healing because of cultural and religious conditioning we will have serious challenges getting better. The Inner Healer is a magical part of the soul and responds the same way to the T.O.L. polarities as spiritual transformation. Neuroscience is proving this more and more. Forgiveness has been shown to boost the immune system and cynicism hampers it. Guilt and shame increase pro-inflammatory facts now known to cause atherosclerosis, certain cancers and auto-immune diseases.
If we can't love ourselves we should at least nurture "U.S.A."
Universal Self-Acceptance as a first step to self love.
Remorse and regret is how we feel about
what we have done.
Self condemnation or recrimination is closer to guilt and shame which mean we feel bad about
who we are which is more serious.
Neuroscience has shown that to a greater or lesser extent (much more with guilt and shame) these can put our brains in lock down mode, cutting us off from Spacious mind and the prefrontal lobe with its higher concepts. F.M.R.I. studies show that activity then gets focused in the middle more primitive brain while the prefrontal lobe is put on hold. In other words we are in Narrow Mind's survival mode which incorporates the
Four F's - fight, flight, as well as
"freezing or feigning death" which maybe more accurately describes this lock down.
Shame especially is a crippling emotional force that can lead to soul loss.
We should have ...
We should realize the misconception sometimes held that this fear based response does not make us perform better but worse. We should treat ourselves as we would treat a good friend and release ourselves from what we are not accountable.
God is not a test of love and God's love is not a test.
The Ancestors
God does not play favorites or micromanage. God loves all of Creation. Karma is built into the soul as a default and will take care of our unskillfulness. We will be accountable. The Creator desires that we all return to our true Selves which are made in the Divine image. We can achieve a level of spiritual worthiness where we do not have to reincarnate unless we wish to return to perform a service.
Moreover,
We still need to acknowledge the hurt or harm we may have caused and remedy it as best as possible even if we feel we have done nothing wrong. Everyone has their own reality and marches to the sound of a different drum. Her or his drum may differ from ours.
Its always fine to say you are sorry for hurting someone without accepting any blame.
The Ancestors stress the intention we should hold when considering forgiveness.
Focus forgiveness on the degree to which we are holding our anger. In other words ;
"Im gonna lay down my burden down by the riverside, aint gonna study war no more." African American spiritual song
That it is an internal process dependent on releasing our negative feelings.
Realize that we do not have to embrace or reconcile with someone who has done the despicable.
Below are the principles for Divine Repentance (Maimonides) relating to how we have harmed or hurt our fellow humans. If possible we should replace what was lost or attempt to make amends.
Forgiveness is more about ourselves than the other because it takes away the heaviness of carrying an albatross around the neck.
When we repent we "Return" to our Higher Selves.
The Ancestors
This is Jesus's parable of the Prodigal's son coming back to the Father/Mother who go out to great him and after which there is a great celebration.
Moreover, when we are considering judgment we should consider
Judgment is often just a reflection of our own shadow onto the another which make us feel better about ourselves. When we point fingers there are usually three fingers pointing back at ourselves.
When you no longer need to be right the perfection of your soul will shine through.
The Ancestors
Cordovero recommends among others ...
We cannot stop judging but
The Ancestors advise we sweeten our judgments and judge favorably.
Try and walk in the other persons shoes especially since we do not know what ails them.
Have compassion if not for their past troubles then for the karmic consequences of their actions.
Recognize that reality follows its description and hence it is ever changing and is perceived differently by different people.
Since we all march to the sound of a different drum. If the sound is intrusive or too loud we should simply move away without judgment. If we can do this we will notice a positive change ...
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