Part 2- Hate cannot drive out hate, only LOVE can!!!!

My previous post "driving out the darkness and letting the light in has had 1000 views alone!!:-)Thank you everyone for reading!

So to follow on from the previous quote Martin Luther on of my many idols also stated hate cannot drive out hate only love can!

This has been one of the most surprising lessons to me, I mean it sounds pretty obvious when you say it out loud but I think like most people when I hear this i assume he's talking about things on a much larger scale as in a war or a family feud which of course he is but this is also reaching out to us on a personal level.

Going through life each and every one of us experiences people that we do not like for some reason or perhaps they do not like us, I'm sure everyone can relate to been bullied at some stage in there lives and as we grow into adults sometimes that hate towards those now grown up adults can continue. Maybe circumstance in recent times has caused you's to be on either side of a feud or maybe you felt hard done by this particular person, in general hate generally arises out of fear. Fear that someone is going to hurt you or take something away from you i.e. an oil resource, a job promotion, or even a person.

The point is that hate begins when people are afraid something will hurt them, so they hate the other person or group and do whatever they can to suppress but hate cannot drive out hate but in fact it fosters it!

It was really only in the last few years after attending life seminars etc, I realised how much of an impact this actually has on each one of us as individuals, some books actually name this hatred and unforgiveness towards others wether in our past or present as a main factor on our state of health and state that it can because sicknesses in our bodies.Ive come to this believe myself but thats a whole other post!;-)  On researching this subject i learned a few things and they are as followers

1. That sometimes if you actually think about this person that you supposedly dislike and think about what it is that annoys you about them being honest 9 times out of ten it will be something that your are similar in i.e. a personality trait - stubbornness or something that they have that you are jealous of - beauty or confidence and us women can be suckers for this.I had a conversation about this with my friend last week and basically we both agreed that you can never and should never want to change someones mind or attitude, we should merely adjust accept that specific person for who and what they are and change our attitude to them. Obviously in specific circumstances if that person is a negative influence in your life  the best possible solution would be simply to distant yourself from them because rejection only breeds rejection and in other words so what you resist will persist.But in most if you change your own attitude appreciate this person for there other amazing traits or what they have thought you by being who they are, you will show them love will change the whole situation.

2. If the reason that you have a disliking to someone is because they hurt you in any way at all, then you feel like you have a right to be angry at then am i right???? well you do! but at some stage you have to stop been angry otherwise if you keep holding that anger after the time has passed it becomes unhealthy. You need to make a conscious decision to forgive them, now by forgiving them i do not mean that you have to agree that was they did was right in any way shape or form more than likely if it hurt you it wasn't. However what i am saying is that if you hang on to this hatred for this other person it will affect you and believe me it will affect you a lot more than it will affect them more than likely it will show up as you immune system getting rundown or things going wrong in your life because you are projecting this negativity it will attract more to you.Now saying this you can still disagree with what they did but you will have forgiven and so it will not be on you or your soul anymore. Then think about the lessons they have thought you through their actions and how this has changed you for the better you can be grateful for this also which will mean you will send love there way and drive out the bad feelings

So in saying that darkness cannot drive out darkness, is spot on you cannot drive out a horrible thing such as jealously by been jealous you need to switch it up contract this feeling with a lighter nicer feeling of admiration. Ask yourself why you feel this way towards this person and change it.


A good exercise is to sit down and think of everyone that you dislike or dare i say it hate or have disked in the past one by one now ask yourself why you don't like them and forgive them. I am telling you will feel sooooooooooooooooooo much lighter and energised after doing this you won't be carrying round that weight on your shoulders or in your heart that is hate or un-forgiveness.

Hope you take something from this 

Love Annie xxx