Overcoming Hate and Violence
July 2nd, 2007
Use Knowledge to Overcome Violence…study the situation at hand and look for a peaceful solution. Violence stems from wanting to recover what a person believes was taken. Maybe this was valuables, property, pride, etc—violence is only a short term fix to try to recover these lost items and calm, enlightened methods to repair yourself give the best results.
Use Understanding to Overcome Anger…stop, listen and understand and comprehend what the anger is saying. Rage is frustration and when its not heeded it becomes more loud. Many times anger can be reduced drastically when given a calm audience. You dont have to agree with the thought of the argument to be supportive to the person behind it.
Use Love to Overcome Hate…hate is cancerous. Every person has qualities that are wonderful and some that are less than so. Demonstrating love slows down the chance you will get hate in return. Hating the hate breeds more hate, but answering hate with love weakens the hate..



