Hate creates karmic bonds between people

Do you use the word 'hate'? I used to say the word often about people and things, until I suddenly understood the power behind it. Hate is the opposite of love, therefore it has energy to create karmic bonds between people - just as love does.

We don't agree with everyone's choices and values, however we are all equal in the eyes of God. Bad behavior is ignorance. If you find yourself hating someone, be aware that the karmic bond will have to be worked out one day. Better to do it now, on Earth.

Can you feel compassion for a rapist?

A friend asked yesterday: 'I know that consciousness just 'is' yet I feel judgment for people who have harmed myself or others. How can I not feel grief/anger when horrific acts like rape and murder are committed?' Here is my condensed answer to Rochelle's question...

Our personality reacts emotionally because we are attached to life; it hurts. Our soul does not react because it is detached from the world. Our Buddha-like self has compassion and forgiveness for the perpetrator's ignorance. Such is the constant test of living spiritually.