Lightkeeper
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Do you agree with this? Please no comments about looking like your dog, etc.
Can you think of examples of this? This can be taken physically, but I think he was talking spiritually.
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That Which We Love
- Thread starter Lightkeeper
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Can you think of examples of this? This can be taken physically, but I think he was talking spiritually.
That which we love, we come to resemble. St. Bernard Clairvaux (1091-1153)
I think there's a lot of truth to that because we are creaters of habit and we also immitate that which we know. I think it not only is true of 'that which we love' but also that which we hate if we're around hatred a long time.
SaraLee
I think there's a lot of truth to that because we are creaters of habit and we also immitate that which we know. I think it not only is true of 'that which we love' but also that which we hate if we're around hatred a long time.
SaraLee
The Voice of Reason
Doctor of Thinkology
After seeing Pah's picture on his Profile page, and digesting the gist of this thread, I think I'll stop reading any posts by Pah!!
TVOR
TVOR
Lightkeeper
Well-Known Member
How about if we love peace, we will be peaceful. If we love compassion, we will be compassionate.
martha
Active Member
When one is consumed with love for money, in most instances, all that is thought of is posessions, thus resembling greed. When one is consumed with love of self, all one thinks of is pleasing self, thus resembling selfishness. When one is consumed with unconditional love of others, it can only think of being useful for the good of others, thus resembling goodness. When one only knows and loves hatred, all one can think of is negative actions, thus resembling the persecutor. Yes we become what we love, or what we are taught. When a child is taught that it is stupid or that it will never amount to anything, then that is what the child believes until someone instills self confidence in the child. It is hard to believe that some people "love" to be a racist, but if that is all they are taught, then they believe it is right and love who they are, and thus resemble that which they love.