Spiritual Thinking is the ultimate path to resolving conflicts.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient; love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.
James 1:19-20
This, you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not achieve the righteousness of God.
1 Peter 3:8-11
To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit, not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.”
Ephesians 4:31-32
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:13
13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, you must also forgive.
Why and how do human conflicts happen? They happen because each of us may have a vested interest in any issue, and we are afraid those interests would be discarded if not protected. In other words, it comes from selfishness and a fear of losing something. Does that represent an image of God that He had created us with? When God, Divine Mind, Brahman created us, He created us in His image and likeness. If we had preserved that image, we would be thinking differently. However, as we grow, we are constantly bombarded with hatred, jealousy, envy, pride, human ego, and a sense of competitiveness. We are pushed as children to excel and be first in everything from studies, sports, looks, etc., and we develop an understanding of either superiority or inferiority. The purpose of power is to create an aggressive character like racism, bullying behaviors, taunting others, etc. The inferiority makes us defensive, with low self-esteem, a feeling of worthlessness, depression, etc. Both these characteristics are bound to lead to conflicts because we develop an intolerance to disagreements and other opinions different from ours. How do we overcome all these human thinking-based tendencies?
We can do that by going back to basics and looking at how God created us and kept us mainly going without any input from us: like breathing, for instance. Do we think about how we live, or what is the power that keeps the engine of life going? Are we plugged into an electrical outlet to keep all organs working. Do we even think about threats of energy that keep us breathing from birth to death without any aid? Are we even grateful for this miraculous Power? When we start thinking of these things and God’s beautiful creations around us, we, start reforming our character.
The Power that drives the engine of life in all living beings is Spirit, God, Divine Mind, Brahman, Christ, and many other names, but they all refer to one God, the creator and the cause of every event happening in this universe. He is present as a whole in each one of us , and this is explained in a very early post: The Power of almighty OM or Aum and Infinity:
Now that we know that this Power, OM, God, Divine Mind is present to guide us all the time, how do we recognize and use this Power? That is what spiritual thinking is. We get all insights when we constantly acknowledge this Omnipotent Power and synchronize our human thinking with this Divine Mind. That is what Spiritual Thinking is. This is attained by a process described in early post- Affirmations and prayer for Divine Mind Synchronization:
By spiritual thinking, we see others as not adversaries but as god created human beings just like us, and the same God is present in each of us. We then learn that we can disagree because God created each one as different individuals with different fingerprints, DNAs, and look,s but the same God is inside. We develop ways to disagree with other views but love them instead. This will create a tolerance to other pictures but respect them. All conflicts are resolved because God provides common goals and objectives that make everyone happy. This will always result in progress, prosperity, and happiness. The whole idea of democracy is based on this kind of Spiritual Thinking. That is the reason Spiritual Thinking is the ultimate path to resolving conflicts.
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