My enemy is myself:
a part of me,
part of the whole
of which I am part.
With their evil
I am complicit.
Of their wound
I myself need healing.
They deserve my wholeness.
Even the cruel I will oppose
with love,
knowing I live in them.
An enemy vanquished
is not as powerful a victory
as a heart transformed,
for the first enemy is within.
(Oh, so much has to die
for me to come into love!)
Only love will overcome
their lack of love.
Because they live in me,
my healing transforms them.
Their fearful hate is weakened
when mine is.
O Love, when I receive your love
I multiply the love
of the whole,
and there is a new Creation.
“Love your enemy as yourself,
as I have loved you.“
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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