And Violence Kills
The saying "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword"
Translation "If you are violent in any way ongoing you likely will die violently."
How Does Kindness Heal
Now this is interesting:
In some ways each of us creates literally our own belief system by what we choose to believe.
But, there are some absolutes in the way human minds work.
And these absolutes are if we think and act kind thoughts others tend to think and act kind thoughts towards us too.
In the end everyone (mentally healthy) wants to be treated with kindness.
Since this is true if we show ourselves kindness we begin to feel worthy of this kindness no matter what we have done in our lives up until then or what was done to us.
So, showing oneself kindness is the beginning for many or most people.
For others showing others kindness is easier.
For example, I found showing kindness to others much easier than learning to be kind to myself. Why?
Because I was asked to be something impossible by my parents. However, they didn't realize what they were asking was impossible because of the religious dream that they lived in. So, I felt guilty and that I had failed them (UNTIL) I realized that their dream was completely impossible for any human being.
Once I realized this I could allow myself to be kind to myself.
However, I wasn't fully successful at this until my girlfriend got pregnant and I had to stop wanting to be dead simply because I couldn't be who my parents wanted me to be. So, in my girlfriend getting pregnant I gave up self destructing because I had to raise my son and financially cover somehow my wife and son.
Though my life was never easy (whose is?)
I had hope and dreams and I started to be kind to myself at this point.
This was when I was 26 when my son was born.
by age 30 I was so successful at being kind to myself and others that I actually began to feel happy most of the time (not all of the time but most of the time). Then by 32 I learned about non-duality and Tibetan Buddhism and started getting initiated by Tibetan Lamas. Once I started doing this and taking this seriously my whole life changed in extremely powerful and unbelievable ways.
However, kindness towards myself and all beings was the key moving me quickly towards enlightenment and freedom from suffering.
Like I said:
KINDNESS HEALS
And now I'm 77 years old and still going strong and am In a good marriage for at least the last 30 years of my life.
Life is Good!
Kindness Heals
By God's Grace
