Article December 3, 2001 Issue

Dealing with hatred—a letter

By J. Thomas Black

Dear friend,

Your letter says you're thinking about how to deal with someone else's hatred. And you're finding, as I have, that this is no incidental task. Especially when the animosity is from a friend, or when you know you've done nothing to deserve it.

Maybe you're finding that the source of the problem is not really what you thought it was: someone else's thoughts, words, or actions. These can be issues, of course. But isn't the root issue our own willingness to believe that hatred is real, in the cosmic sense of that word? Isn't it our willingness to be manipulated against our own best interests and against the true, holy sense of things?

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