Is it unloving to observe and comment upon the unloving behaviors of others? Does love for the despot allow the despot’s behavior to continue unnoticed?
This is not a small question as the world slowly migrates to a new understanding of God and Life and Love, and the real reason that we are all here on the earth.
There are those who believe that it is not loving — and therefore not beneficial — to point out the less-than-loving behavior of another. Yet what if that “other” is in a leadership position? What if he or she is in a place where many people may be influenced by their words and actions?
In the past few days I have spoken of the words and actions of Rev. Mark Holick of the Spirit One Christian Church in Wichita, Kansas — words and actions that I believe to be less than loving. I do not need to go into all of that here (you may review those earlier entries if you wish to know what this is about). But right now I would like to look at a larger question. Is it loving for me to have done that? Should a spiritual messenger even be concerned with such things, or mention them to others?
Again, some people do not believe so. A person posting on this blog put it this way recently…

Dearest Neale,
How disheartening; that it brings cause for an ill stomach, to witness the worlds unforgiving perspectives towards religious interpretation.
How many times must one stand to softly speak words of love and truth?
All churches of the world hold an element of church, and all churches hold an element of error, that all may be equal in likeness. The highest most loving thought in each perspective, is the highest most loving form of love, God has created.
How many times must you ask for a different perspective of God, only to be given the same most loving answer repeatedly; only to be disregarded, over looked, thrown away, with same questioning still persisting?
Shift your perspective even in your writing, and you begin to shift the world.
Right now, the writings still continue with an element of ill repute that brings further cause to dissension, and continues that which you state you do not seek.
Please stop for the worlds sake. Redirect, if you will for the sake of peace. Speak peace and love, and peace and love will come.
love

Later on the same day, this Commenter followed up with a wonderful second entry…

To celebrate true understanding of the highest forms of love in all perspectives, would be a perfect day. To the Muslims, thank you for your enduring , unwavering and dedicated love for God. To Christians, thank you for believing in the power of one person with such love as to free the entire world, and Christ’s ability to bring us all home. To Hindus, thank you for your believe in the souls capability to become that of Gods, recognizing many as such through the path and process of ones own personal choice creating such, and the opportunity to always try again. To the Jewish, thank you for your example in conserving that which God has offered each of us, that we make wise choices with what we are given, and through the process of patient discernment we may come to understand how to endure in peace that truth may come with time. To the buddhists, thank you for teaching us to raise above that of the world that we may connect with the godhead and experience moments of perfect bliss. To atheists, thank you for teaching us that everyday counts and what we do with our day helps to create the happy life we experience. To the new age, thank you for your unyielding questioning, that we may begin speaking to each other in order to discover truth and truly see the love in each others eyes, thank you for your freedom that all may choose their own way…
And Thanks be to God for His order in All Things, by which natural order exists so that all may exist.
Just an example of praise, love and uplifting, instead of a blame game that tears down…
love

I agree, my friend, that this entry is a wonderful example of “praise, love and uplifting, instead of a blame game that tears down…” Thank you for posting it. Yet I must act you a question…
Are the words that follow an equally wonderful example of love…?
“You hyprocrites! You viper’s brood…”
Shall I go on with these words from the Bible, words that we are told came from the mouth of Jesus Christ?
Scriptures further tell us that Jesus used a scourge of knotted rope to drive money changers out of the temple. Wow. Hmmmm….
I surmise from these incidents that Jesus felt there was a rightful place in human discourse for calling someone to task. Is this playing “the blame game”? Is this an example of loving others?
Conversations with God asks essentially this question in Chapter 8 of Book 1 when it discusses how to deal with a person who is abusing oneself or others. It might be a good idea to read that portion of the chapter…
In the meantime, I will continue to put on display here the choices, actions, and decisions of others that feel to me to be less than loving. It would be less than loving not to do that. It is not very loving to allow a person who is exhibiting non-beneficial behaviors to exhibit those behaviors unnoticed.
To put this simply, using a very small and ordinary life example…if I had offensive breath, I would want someone to tell me. Indeed, there have been a few occasions in my life when someone has. I was very grateful to them, and considered it an act of caring and love.
It is not loving to the despot to allow his despotism to continue. It is not loving to the hater to allow his hatred to go unnoticed. And it is not wise to allow those who would lead us, to lead us to our drownings, like lemmings to the sea.
That is my view. What is yours?
Love, neale.