How to Deal with Hatred

by Matt Kahn

We don’t meet hatred with hate. 

Hatred already exists in its most defeated state, insisting on judging, attacking, and denigrating the innocence of others as a refusal to surrender. To respond to hatred with hate only fuels the refusal to surrender that empowers hatred to search for more victims to affect. This means trying to rationalize with irrational perspectives only feeds the hate of unconsciousness. Therefore, the question remains, how do we assist hatred in surrendering no matter how desperately it avoids such a crucial breaking point?

Only love can do that.

Not a love that can be earned, but a love that acts as blessings of remembrance that help hatred lose sight of its next victim and accept the defeat it is destined to endure. It is not a love we offer in response to good behavior or a reward we withhold through offerings of shame.

It is a love that infuses each individual with all they need to heal and transform; revealing the wholeness in every heart that always has the power to bring those lurking in the shadows out of hiding. 

Love is a rescue mission for both victim and predator. Only when love is offered to both sides may our world become a living reality of inclusivity versus injustice. This is the mission at hand. It is where unity is awakened on a collective level, as we each allow the power of love to have the final say. Welcome to the glory of love in action.