Is it really possible to love an enemy? How? How can you love someone who hates you and wants to harm you? Christian Science lecturer, Evan Mehlenbacher, says you can do it with divine Love. Listen in to find out what divine Love is and how it can help you “love the hate right out of an enemy.”
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This is a wonderful presentation of the power of Love and help us to maintain the Christ is always present and will guide us to overcome any hateful thoughts, by first clearing all negative thoughts and the love will begin the healing process. Mary Baker Eddy’s experience in facing the man with the gun was new to me. Evan does so well in his expressing his thoughts about the power of love with the students questions. His personal examples were very comforting.
Through my many years in law enforcement I was protected by Christ’s Truth, during the time I had been away from the daily practice of Christian Science. It was nice to know that during these many years God’s, Truth and Love continued to protect myself and my family. I felt such a wonderful glow since taking class and returning to Christian Science.
You see, God’s Love never leaves us, but finds a way for us to return and acknowledge his presence and finding our Spiritual Self.
Thanks Evan, this is helpful.
What about the past? How can I let go of the past when someone has injured me in an act of hate years ago? I see what you are saying about separating the evil act from the good person, so I can forgive him for it. But it sure seems like I’ve suffered years for what he has done.
I know how you feel, #2. I went through a really messy divorce after an even messier marriage. I tried for YEARS to forgive my ex-husband, and I made progress, but I wasn’t fully free. And I realized that I even took some pleasure in seeing him as the bad guy. I didn’t want to let him off the hook for bad behavior. He’d done some things that were just plain wrong–and those things had messed up my life in huge ways!
But at one point I finally understood that by not forgiving, I was keeping myself on the hook. I was staying connected to all the things I wanted to be free of.
There was a big jump on the forgiveness scale, but I wasn’t quite there yet. On the morning of what would have been our wedding anniversary, I woke up barraged by bad memories. I thought, “It’s so unfair that I have to keep paying a price for the poor decisions he made years ago!”
But right on the heels of that, God spoke to me with this thought: “It seemed like Jesus paid a huge price—his life—for the poor decisions of others. But he didn’t.” I realized that Jesus had always been safe with God. His understanding of that fact sustained him through to his resurrection and ultimate ascension. Nothing could hold him back—not even his own death.
I knew in that moment that I could expect to be lifted up and out of the memory of something that was inharmonious and therefore not from God. And all the bad feelings left me. And you know what? I’m even on good terms with my ex now which is a good thing because we share a daughter.
Good answer Amy! Thanks for sharing your experience.
I agree. I don’t know any other way out of being treated unfairly then to lift one’s thought about oneself right out of the whole picture of injustice into spiritual reality. Just like Amy explained how Jesus’ found his freedom from the unfair persecution of his enemies. Jesus had to see himself from a spiritual point of view, out of the reach of the barbarous hate and attacks. His understanding of spiritual reality neutralized the evil effect on his human experience and enabled him to keep on walking, and he did. He did not allow his enemies to hold him back.
To anon, you can keep on walking too. If you see yourself as victim, that continues to be your sense of things. But see yourself as the fully provided for child of God. See yourself as the complete child of God you were before you even met that person that hated you. You are still that complete being!
The substance of your life is not material situations or things that come and go. The substance of your life is Love. And you still have the fullness of Love to enjoy no matter what that mean person did in the past. Accepting the fullness of that Love restores, often in new ways, what seems to have been lost in the past.
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Thanks, Evan, for yet another fantastic podcast! I am always struck by the fact that, it doesn\’t really matter what I expect, based on the titles of these podcasts. They always have \”something for everyone,\” and very substantial at that!
This is because they are stating universal Truths, foundational Truths. And the love for humanity of these dedicated metaphysicians really shines through!
I was particularly struck by the idea that \”we live in a community of thought.\” This and the subsequent comments (pouring Love into the community of thought…) is so practical and useful to me, in my role as a Reading Room attendant. Who would have thought, based on the title, that this podcast would bring such inspiration?
Also, that story which was attributed to Jack Canfield\’s book, was quite impressive, about the woman who helped the boy who took the life of her own son. Quite a story of humility and forgiveness, and how expressing these qualities can make a huge difference, in our own AND another\’s life!
Thank you for sharing all these wonderful, healing thoughts that are based on the Law of Love, the Truth of our being!