Love and Forgiveness Are Key to Positive Change

[div style="text-align:justify;"]Thank you for sharing. Great lessons from an credible speaker on how to listen and be heard in an era of divided politics.

Jesus taught that the cycle of violence and revenge could be broken through the process of love and forgiveness. Both Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi studied scripture and had understood the radical message of selfless love Jesus had taught centuries before. Though they were vilified, all three men showed us how a greater and deeper selfless love could benefit all.

To develop such selfless love, each thought, word, and deed must be motivated by the welfare and well-being of others, and not for one's own gratification; and not just for those whom we care. MLK and Gandhi became powerful leaders and political figures because they empowered everyone around them. They understood the power of engaging others with respect, dignity, love, and forgiveness.

Both men had understood the radical message of love that Jesus taught centuries before. Jesus' teachings were as radical for his time as they are today. Through his words and actions Jesus led the way. Through the use of positive nonviolence any one can be that positive catalyst for change as this speaker so eloquently explains.

Principles of Love and Forgiveness (as taught by Jesus)
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• For all have sinned
• None is righteous, no, not one
• Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be blotted out
• Forgive others as we have been forgiven
• Love one another as I have loved you
• Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
• Judge not lest ye be judged
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