Outside of a school, Alex, a boy in his early teens, stood by the wall talking to his classmates. Another boy who had always been unfriendly to him walked by with some of his friends. He wanted to embarrass or humiliate Alex. Without warning, he threw a ball with tremendous force at Alex. The ball hit Alex's face hard causing his nose to breed and the back of his head to hit the wall. For a brief moment, Alex stood there in pain and shock. Meanwhile, the boy who threw the ball laughed out loud. Some students laughed too. They thought it was funny. Enraged, Alex lunged forward and knocked the other boy down. The two boys fought. Alex, in wrath, punched fiercely until the other boy broke down and could not fight back.
Now, let us roll back the time as if we were at the similar age as Alex.
What would you have done if you were Alex?Would you be enraged and hit the other boy as hard as Alex did?How would you feel if you were a bystander?Would you do nothing since it did not involve you, or you were afraid to get involved?Would you try to stop the fight or call for help?Would you laugh thinking it was funny as some students did? (I heard it was not that uncommon for young people to laugh at other's misfortune. For instance, some laughed when they saw someone tripped and fell hard in the hallway instead of reaching out with a helping hand.)
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Many of you might have heard a similar story told by an international known teacher and speaker. In fact, I wrote the above based on his story. I did not have a copy of his talk. I was not good in remembering the details. Therefore, I wrote a scenario using "Alex" as the boy's name.
Some years ago, our church invited this known speaker to come and speak during Sunday service. Our Sunday service liked most churches lasted for 1 1/2 hour. The speaker had about 20 to 30 minutes for his talk. The speaker had gone through a few near-death experiences. In his third near-death experience, he had a life review during which he went through all the events that happened in his life. With the limited time for his talk, he chose to share with us two personal incidents that stood out to him during his life review. He said, from the human point of view, those two incidents were very unimportant and could easily be forgotten. However, they turned out to be two significant life-changing lessons that transformed his life.
Many of you might have heard a similar story told by an international known teacher and speaker. In fact, I wrote the above based on his story. I did not have a copy of his talk. I was not good in remembering the details. Therefore, I wrote a scenario using "Alex" as the boy's name.
Some years ago, our church invited this known speaker to come and speak during Sunday service. Our Sunday service liked most churches lasted for 1 1/2 hour. The speaker had about 20 to 30 minutes for his talk. The speaker had gone through a few near-death experiences. In his third near-death experience, he had a life review during which he went through all the events that happened in his life. With the limited time for his talk, he chose to share with us two personal incidents that stood out to him during his life review. He said, from the human point of view, those two incidents were very unimportant and could easily be forgotten. However, they turned out to be two significant life-changing lessons that transformed his life.
The first incident he shared was similar to the fight I described above. As an adult, he thought he had forgotten about the fight that happened in his teens. In his life review, he saw the same scene and found himself back into his own body feeling the shock, pain, and rage. THEN, he was in the other boy's body feeling how that boy felt. Other than the physical pain, the other boy was surged with FEAR for he actually believed he was going to die! The speaker said it felt very terrible, and he would never do that to another human being again. (As he recalled this part of his life review, we could hear his voice cracking with emotions. Our hearts were touched.)
The speaker said he also experienced how each of the bystanders felt. He learned from his life review that though we were individuals in the physical sense, yet we were connected to each other on the other levels. In the truth of oneness, what we did unto others, we also did it to ourselves.
This speaker, our brother, shared with us one very profound life lesson that day. I was deeply touched by his talk. I felt fortunate that I was at church that Sunday.
Like most of you, I got through many emotions dealing with daily dramas. Sometimes I got upset. Sometimes I found myself filled with negative emotions. When this happened, I would remember the speaker's story. I would smile, and try to let it go.
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What if we are at the RECEIVING END of our own WRATH?
Let us keep our brother's story in our mind. As we remember that we are one, we may treat one another differently especially in challenging situations. His story has helped me, and I hope you find it helpful too.
I shall write about the second lesson he shared with us in my next post. I will tell you the name of the speaker. In fact, some of you may have attended his lectures or heard his stories.
With love and gratitude,
Q of D
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What if we are at the RECEIVING END of our own WRATH?
Let us keep our brother's story in our mind. As we remember that we are one, we may treat one another differently especially in challenging situations. His story has helped me, and I hope you find it helpful too.
I shall write about the second lesson he shared with us in my next post. I will tell you the name of the speaker. In fact, some of you may have attended his lectures or heard his stories.
With love and gratitude,
Q of D
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