ChessMaster wrote:@tycho - How would you love someone who is trying to enslave you?
I have been grappling with this question today. Notice, the question is not whether we should love the oppressor, but how, we are to put our love into action.
Let it not be lost to us that love is a force that not only creates, but also a force that heals.
Oppression is a spiritual and political ailment that begins when the individual seeks to protect and defend his/her ego. And for this defense to be complete he must seek to dominate.
One thing that people feel justified to defend is their freedom, and that is how they lose it.
But freedom can only be enjoyed when one gets rid of the urge to defend it, and instead embrace the oppressor with the force of love.
This is the art of spiritual warfare: spiritual healing.
Apropos, do you think Egypt's president, Morsi, will truly protect the revolution by having all the powers in the kingdom? Definitely not! We are about to see an upsurge in protests and dissatisfaction.