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Eye on the world: A response to bullying
In “ ‘Happiness Hackathon’ tackles cyberbullying through innovation,” The Christian Science Monitor reports on a recent event in which teenagers worked together to come up with online tools to stop cyberbullying. The article notes that “most of the [event’s] finalists had personal experience dealing with bullying, and that, while more than 70 percent of kids and teens see online bullying ‘frequently,’ most don’t feel comfortable speaking up about it.”
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” (Matthew 5:44 )
“Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.” (I John 5:4 )
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
“Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear / No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain.” (Poems, p. 4 )
Speaking of Christ Jesus: “He proved Life to be deathless and Love to be the master of hate.” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 44 )
Related articles from the Christian Science Sentinel:
In “The Christ is not bullied”: “Jesus’ dominion came from his unwavering consciousness of the absolute supremacy of God and of his relationship as the Son of God. He not only maintained his composure when faced with evil; he turned expectantly to God to nullify evil, knowing the Father gave him authority.” And “In our prayers we need to gain the clarity of spiritual insight that identifies man as the holy child of God…. Christly serenity is the natural result of realizing our spiritual stature as the sons of God…. What is required is that we stand erect in our consciousness of Love’s commanding presence…. Never intimidated, the Christ presence maintains full control.”
In “No bullies, no victims”: “I understood ‘Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought’ [Science and Health, p. 495 ] in a whole new way. It suggested to me looking outward—thinking of others as God’s likeness. And that likeness could not be a bully. Since God is Love, His likeness, male and female, must be loving, generous, and cooperative…. we are all equal in value and prestige…. Instead of going along with the idea that my client was a bully, when I looked at him I could instead see only God’s likeness—the image of good, the expression of Love. The dread of confrontation with the “corporate bully” soon melted away…. My client no longer acted like a ‘bully’....”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.