Looking back on this topic, I am also reminded of these quotes from my book, In It Together:
In It Together (page 99) wrote:It takes two to tango, and for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. When you fight the primitive flesh, it fights back.
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In It Together (page 120) wrote:Spiritual imprisonment or spiritual slavery is a self-fulfilling illusion. Fighting a needless fight is a self-fulfilling illusion. As you needlessly fight the world with resentment and nonacceptance, the world fights back. If you believe you have to eat just because you are hungry, you will eat when you are hungry. If you believe you have to obey fear, you will.
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In It Together (page 134) wrote:This dreamy world may be but a mirror. If you look in it with hateful eyes, hateful eyes will hate you back.
I am not a Christian, nor religious at all, but I am inspired deeply by Jesus's words as recorded in the Christian Bible. it is interesting--and not really a coincidence--that there are parallels between the above concepts and this quote of Jesus:
"Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
(Matthew 7:1)
These ideas are also explored in my forum topic,
To have hate in your heart at all is to be in hell.