Dear Friends,
It seems to me, hate of the kind that seems to ebb and flow around the “Jewish question,” can only be of demonic origin. How could I say such a thing? There are people in Gaza with real complaints against the existence of Israel. How could their hate be demonic? Because all hate is demonic. Anger at injustice can be turned to hate by dark societal forces as a means to manipulate. That hate becomes a pseudo drug, numbing the brain to input. Another thing hate does is it corrodes the soul by forcing out love, compassion, and empathy. For those same reasons, hate lowers one’s income, diminishes health, and destroys the quality of life. Even with all these negative costs, the hated aren’t harmed one iota, unless crime pays. All that energy, health and future is wasted on nothing. How demonic is that!
Hate is an addicting emotion. People who allow it into their hearts become enamored with the thrill of it. Deep and abiding hate generates adrenaline. Which is like natural cocaine. Like cocaine, it takes more and more to get you high, until finally you need to maintain a constant level of hate just to feel normal. So while hate is not a drug like Fentanyl, it is an addictive mental emotional state. Moreover, hate distracts us from real problems. Instead of trying to solve actual problems in our lives, we dwell on that which we hate. It’s like dropping out of life from drugs or becoming a couch potato… instead of finding a career, spouse, and having a life. Because as most of us have seen, addiction is not a path to success, whether it be Cocaine, Fentanyl, or hate.
When our hearts are filled with hate there’s no room for love, compassion, or heaven forbid… empathy! Hate is too all-encompassing to allow room for any of those redeeming emotions. Without love a heart withers like a plant without water. The human psyche is social, so even the most ardent introvert like me must have love. Maybe psychopaths don’t need love, I don’t know. I would say that sociopaths do need love though. Even if it’s a pathological and narcissistic love… like Dr. No with his fat white cat. Hate is the exact opposite of love, and like matter and anti matter, they can’t coexist in the same space. Then there’s compassion… hate excludes compassion, because one cannot hate those he or she has compassion for. Empathy is another emotion or state that cannot exist in the heart that hates.
Hate lowers life outcome in every possible way. Have you ever seen a hate-filled person who was successful, healthy… and with a bright outlook on life? Do the hate-filled make great fathers, mothers, or siblings? I submit people who become the avatars of hate become poor, suffer ill health, and often cultivate mental illness as a hobby. I think these are terrible prices to pay for the momentary adrenaline rush of hatred. Especially when that hatred only harms the hater and not the hated, unless acted upon. Acting on hate adds criminal consequences. That’s what’s so ironic about hate. The hater suffers horribly… while the hated doesn’t suffer at all, suffering no ill health, are surrounded by loved ones, and have a great quality of life. Hate then is a lose lose situation… which makes hate demonic in nature.
Whether you believe in angels, demons, God, or the Devil, or even if they actually exist… they do exist in our species’ collective unconscious. In there they have form, purpose, and agency. We could say that dark forces within our collective unconscious are the ones that lead us to destruction. Otherwise why call them dark forces? If we agree then that dark forces exist, demons if you will… then we also have to agree that self destructive mindsets define demonic. Even if those impulses only originate from the dark elements of our collective unconscious… they still motivate us. However, if God, the Devil, angels, and demons really do exist, then we can be all the more certain that hate is demonic. It’s their resonant frequency. Hate bequeaths the same benefit to us as it does to them… Hell.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
On Hate
Dear Friends,
It seems to me, hate of the kind that seems to ebb and flow around the “Jewish question,” can only be of demonic origin. How could I say such a thing? There are people in Gaza with real complaints against the existence of Israel. How could their hate be demonic? Because all hate is demonic. Anger at injustice can be turned to hate by dark societal forces as a means to manipulate. That hate becomes a pseudo drug, numbing the brain to input. Another thing hate does is it corrodes the soul by forcing out love, compassion, and empathy. For those same reasons, hate lowers one’s income, diminishes health, and destroys the quality of life. Even with all these negative costs, the hated aren’t harmed one iota, unless crime pays. All that energy, health and future is wasted on nothing. How demonic is that!
Hate is an addicting emotion. People who allow it into their hearts become enamored with the thrill of it. Deep and abiding hate generates adrenaline. Which is like natural cocaine. Like cocaine, it takes more and more to get you high, until finally you need to maintain a constant level of hate just to feel normal. So while hate is not a drug like Fentanyl, it is an addictive mental emotional state. Moreover, hate distracts us from real problems. Instead of trying to solve actual problems in our lives, we dwell on that which we hate. It’s like dropping out of life from drugs or becoming a couch potato… instead of finding a career, spouse, and having a life. Because as most of us have seen, addiction is not a path to success, whether it be Cocaine, Fentanyl, or hate.
When our hearts are filled with hate there’s no room for love, compassion, or heaven forbid… empathy! Hate is too all-encompassing to allow room for any of those redeeming emotions. Without love a heart withers like a plant without water. The human psyche is social, so even the most ardent introvert like me must have love. Maybe psychopaths don’t need love, I don’t know. I would say that sociopaths do need love though. Even if it’s a pathological and narcissistic love… like Dr. No with his fat white cat. Hate is the exact opposite of love, and like matter and anti matter, they can’t coexist in the same space. Then there’s compassion… hate excludes compassion, because one cannot hate those he or she has compassion for. Empathy is another emotion or state that cannot exist in the heart that hates.
Hate lowers life outcome in every possible way. Have you ever seen a hate-filled person who was successful, healthy… and with a bright outlook on life? Do the hate-filled make great fathers, mothers, or siblings? I submit people who become the avatars of hate become poor, suffer ill health, and often cultivate mental illness as a hobby. I think these are terrible prices to pay for the momentary adrenaline rush of hatred. Especially when that hatred only harms the hater and not the hated, unless acted upon. Acting on hate adds criminal consequences. That’s what’s so ironic about hate. The hater suffers horribly… while the hated doesn’t suffer at all, suffering no ill health, are surrounded by loved ones, and have a great quality of life. Hate then is a lose lose situation… which makes hate demonic in nature.
Whether you believe in angels, demons, God, or the Devil, or even if they actually exist… they do exist in our species’ collective unconscious. In there they have form, purpose, and agency. We could say that dark forces within our collective unconscious are the ones that lead us to destruction. Otherwise why call them dark forces? If we agree then that dark forces exist, demons if you will… then we also have to agree that self destructive mindsets define demonic. Even if those impulses only originate from the dark elements of our collective unconscious… they still motivate us. However, if God, the Devil, angels, and demons really do exist, then we can be all the more certain that hate is demonic. It’s their resonant frequency. Hate bequeaths the same benefit to us as it does to them… Hell.
Sincerely,
John Pepin