Prejudice

At the very heart of prejudice is fear...fear of some aspect of the human nature of a person (that we are prejudicial to) that we intimately know from within. Fear blocks love from naturally flowing onward from our spirit unto others.

It could take an enormous amount to energy to overcome this fear completely. But if we can somehow manage to look past the physical and mental side of each person and focus our minds on attempting to sense and connect with their spiritual side, then perhaps we may succeed in connecting with the mind of that person whom we fear and allow love to slowly trickle into the relationship (however brief or momentary it may be).

It may be helpful to our efforts if we can develop a mindfulness of the truth that all souls are connected...our soul is connected with the soul of each and every human being. We CAN bring our minds to make sensing this connection with others second nature to us. We do NOT need to wait for others to get to that state of mind before we do so.

If you find this end point to be simply impossible to achieve then I invite you to reflect on a spiritual truth that Jesus taught his disciples - "With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible" (Mark 10:27).

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