HATRED IS POISONOUS
Hatred is a very strong feeling of dislike for something or
somebody. To all intents and purposes it is poisonous.
Some synonyms of this
word are: ill-will, antipathy, hostility, enmity, animosity, grudge, repulsion
and rancour. Causes of hatred are: casteism, communalism, jealousy, wrong religious beliefs,
poverty, economic disparities, illiteracy, negative assumptions, baseless
fears, false propaganda, etc.
The
consequences of hatred include: Health issues like stress, unhappiness,
headache, depression, hypertension, insomnia, social divisions, disunity, disharmony,
hate crimes, violence, genocide, intolerance, non-co-operation, war,
destruction of property and institutions.
The strategies that can remove or
overcome hatred are: love, friendship, forgiveness,
empathy, understanding, unity, co-operation, expulsion of negative thoughts,
belief in inter-faith harmony , secularism, moral education and belief in the unity of
God.
The French novelist Honore de Balzac
(1799-!850) said: “Hatred is the vice of
narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext
of base tyrannies.”
People hate some persons because
they do not know them; and they will not know them because they hate them,
Greek philosopher and historian
Plutarch (about 46 AD-119 AD) said: “If you hate your enemies, you will contact
such a vicious habit of mind as by degrees will break out upon those who are
your friends, or those who are indifferent to you. “
Finally, this short quote : Hatred
does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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G.R.Kanwal
10th October 2024
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