WITHHOLDING LOVE AND COMMUNICATION

I believe that some of the most destructive ways to treat others are to:

WITHHOLD LOVE AND COMMUNICATION because of: either feeling offended – or - being super critical towards other people.

Some people get so upset over something that “somebody said or did to them”.

Others are so super critical of others and will “make up false stories about them - out of spite – with the purpose to destroy their name.

Unfortunately, when first false information has been passed on about another person” it is extremely difficult to ever expel such falsehood and in today’s world of internet communication many people believe anything they read without fact checking the information.

To a certain degree I give some slack towards those who “profess” they do not believe in a higher power - which for me would be God - since apparently, they have no clue of “the law of charity”, so I can say to myself: Well, they don’t know better.

But, I must admit,  that I am having a difficult time understanding people who “profess” to believe in a God and believe that they actually live their lives according to the scriptures, go to church regularly and at the same time claim their rights to “withhold love and communication” from others.

Is there not some hypocrisy here?

Christian believers learn from the New Testament, that Peter ask Christ (Matthew 21 verse) “How often shall my brother sin against me?  Is it seven times?

And Christ answers Peter in verse 22:  I am not saying seven times.  I am saying 70 times seven.

Now I am not very good at math, but in my “math pea brain” that is 490 times that Christians are asked to forgive others.

In the Buddha’s scriptures, it says: “Holding on To Anger Is Like Drinking Poison and Expect the Other Person to Die.”

I believe we need to forgive others their wrong doings and not hold grudges for years and I am a firm believer in that we should not try to injure others with – in many instances – lying and spiteful behavior towards them.

How seriously sad it is that some people feel they have the right to express to others that “they have charity in their hearts” and at the same time take pride in withholding love and communication towards other people or spitefully try to hurt and destroy their name.

Especially if those people are family members and friends.

Vibeke Lindhardt

Toquerville

25 May 2017

visdom37@gmail.com