To subdue hatred
God
conquers darkness. The situation is that we usually fear darkness. Somehow, God
gives us light to show the way. In times of problems, we should approach God,
for it’s only Him that can conquer darkness and death as He gives us eternal
life. God can defeat death through resurrection. We even aim to enjoy eternal
life through the resurrection of Jesus, where we also are resurrected as we are
cleansed, new and purified.
Sin
is synonymous to death, and death is synonymous to darkness. Every time we
commit sins, we break the bond with Christ. We were once dead men in Christ,
but strengthening our faith in Him, though we are under bondage of sin and we
face death, we can still have hope in the miracle of resurrection if only we
would confess all our sins, of which being forgiven, we can conquer darkness in
our life. The question is: “Have we conquered death?”
We
fail to resurrect, because, we hide to ourselves and suppress our hatred, and
we bear grudges as our past soils us. If we only allow hatred to surface, it
will die down naturally. We cannot avoid being caught in this kind of emotion
and its consequences because that is part of the process. We need to undergo
the stage of unveiling the things that keeps us in bondage. It has to be freely
released for it to die down naturally. If we don’t want to be seen in public
with our emotions uprising, we can confess our heartaches to the priests. We
can couple it with fasting and entwine it with sacrifice such as abstinence,
humility and acceptance.
We
have to identify what were those that blocked our way and deal it accordingly
for us to regain our peace of mind. We need to pour out and abandon for us to
see the brighter side of life. We need to put to death our human nature
especially hypocrisy and pretensions, pride and ego. To deal out our problems
and release the bondage, it has to be unveiled surfaced so they will be crushed
to pieces in a natural way. Sometimes, we need to pass the period of recurrence
and regression so that the bondage will be broken the fastest possible means.
We
need to think in a healthy way and accept temperaments, especially holy anger.
Remember Jesus in the temple with the merchants and moneychangers, though
hating once. Afterwards it is our nature to correct ourselves and encourage
ourselves comforting our inmost souls. Our sins that piled up need
restructuring with us not leading to arrogance in ourselves, but just prudent
enough to face the truth regarding the process as we return to what we have
done in the past that soils our present life if we are determined to forget
everything that has to do with our past. Unless we face our past and accept it,
with the determination to forget it afterwards that we had dealt well the pain,
our memory of it will become monsters in our hearts horrifying our poor souls
even making us deranged.
After
the process, we need to be lifted up as we identify instances that hurt us most
conveying or sharing our experiences to others who to our desperation in our
frailty can only give temporary alleviation. We need to be sure that after the
process though it is a hard thing to do, we should be determined to destroy the
bondage through acceptance that things have already happened. All that we have
to do is to sail on till we reach tranquil waters convincing our very selves
that though unsettled, we through other means like generosity of mercy to
others and bareness of our thoughts from unforgettable memories, especially
occurrence of genuine healing, will have the heart to obtain the generosity to
forgive and forget. By releasing or being able to tell the truth about what
causes your heartaches and turmoil, we hop into the stage of tranquility. To be
triumphant in being a master of forgiveness, we need to know what were our
desires as we identify and accept our weaknesses.
In
the beautiful turn of events, we realize that we are not bounded by evils and
the Devil for we realize that these manifestations of bad karma are but a state
of mind of which we are not subject to them. We overcome death of our inmost
souls, as we are courageous to uncover what were our boundaries that
scandalized us long ago ruining our souls for a season, usually affecting our
relationship with the very important individuals whose monstrous roles in our
life story have created for us burdens that are heavy to bear. Likewise, we
fail to overcome our bondages because we baby-sit our hatred keeping it to
ourselves ungenerous or just plain arrogant as we hide our remorse. The result
is that we fail to forgive and forget because of the remaining frustration in
us as our emotions are locked hidden sending us to the streets unable to handle
ourselves in a light way, as we become troubled in our effort to hide the shame
of other people protecting it in our own desperate way. This stain in our
memory with us harboring grudges in a never-ending way will be the ones that
will destroy us mentally and spiritually.
We
fail to function as real Christians because we fail to accept the past and let
go of its occurrence to the point that we are led to hate ourselves, and unable
to forgive ourselves, making love for others a hypocrisy and is impossible with
us becoming more likely animals than humans. Furthermore, we lose our dignity
and composure as we are chained to our bitterness. If dealt accordingly, after
the release of experiences, mostly, those that are very much hurting, being
relieved, we begin to have peace of mind. In this way, we also begin to think
differently. Even in the event of desperation, if we are only submissive to
letting go, to our surprise as we move on, we even discover the funny side in
us. We become individuals having light spirits and are inclined to laugh at our
own mistakes.
To
avoid recurrence, we need to establish fruitful and fresh exchange of
communication and expression, relating to others our day to day thoughts till
our mind becomes void and empty, that we can refill it with beautiful and fresh
ideas making us citizens of heaven living on earth pursuing knowledge with the
light of the gospel. It is important to heal the wounds. In effect, we in the
long run would never hurt ourselves anymore and are recipient of peace of mind
and good health. Though it is wrong to be subject to anger, we also need to be
prudent choosing what’s best for our health. What is wrong is to keep the
hatred to ourselves and suffer afterwards enslaved by instances that may break
our head sending us to wander in the streets or count plastics and tear papers
even to the most horrifying reality of eating leftovers from wastebaskets.
Sometimes we need to be angry but not overcame by anger. Once and for all,
after the occurrence of healing, we allow the spirit of reconciliation to bear
fruit. Knowing well that we have hatred in our hearts, we need to confess these
to the priests, as we need to be healed of the repeatedly recurring thoughts in
our hearts.
-Jyotisman
Nearu Upendra
