It is Easy to pray for someone that you are in alignment with. It is easy to pray for someone whom you view as good. It is easy to pray for them to have good health, happiness, joy, prosperity, and peace. You genuinely want them to thrive.
It is Hard to pray for someone that has views that are the complete opposite of everything that you hold dear. It is hard to pray for someone that you consider to be bad or evil. It is hard to pray for them to have good health, happiness, joy, prosperity, and peace when that person's actions have taken away your good health or happiness or joy or prosperity or peace.
In order to grow. In order to cultivate kindness. In order to cultivate compassion. You must pray for those whom you hate. Pray for them in an unselfish way. Do not pray that they "wake up and see the light". Do not pray that they suddenly change who are they and become the person that you want them to be. Simply pray for them. Simply try to open your heart. Simply wish them to have good health, happiness, joy, prosperity, and peace because they are a human being and living on this planet with you.
It will be hard. It will hurt. It will make you angry. It will make you sad. But sit with that and ask yourself, "Why does this person have the power to make me hurt? Why does this person have the power to make me feel angry or sad?"
Ask yourself... If you hate someone because you feel that they are hateful doesn't your hate make you hateful as well? Hate is Hate. Do not become hate. Become unconditional love.
Do not be kind to someone simply because they are kind to you. Be kind to someone because the nature of your being is kindness.
Do not let people change your core. Be Love. Be Light. Be Kindness. Be Compassion.
I pray that BOTH of the men in this picture have good health, happiness, joy, prosperity and peace. I pray that BOTH of the men in this picture spend this evening sharing a delicious with meal with all of the people that they love most in this world. Namaste
“In this world
Hate never yet dispelled hate
Only love dispels hate
This is the law
Ancient and inexhaustible
You too shall pass away
Knowing this, how can you quarrel”
~Buddha~
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