(10-12-2011, 06:09 PM)unity100 Wrote:unity, you are confusing love with passiveness. Believe me, as a new father, I can tell you that my love for my daughter does not register in the zone of passiveness but instead quite the opposite; smooth can turn to rigid real quick. Jesus was never The Dude from The Big Lebowski; he was a revolutionary and a counter-culture insurgent who taught others how to live. Demonstrative action was his work and trade.(10-12-2011, 08:40 AM)Namaste Wrote: Jesus was unconditional love. Acceptance abounded. His teachings were simple, not to tell people what not to do, or who was wrong, but rather, to follow his way of life.
then why did he kick down the stands of the moneychangers in the jewish temple ...
By turning over tables and whipping the money lenders in the temple, he was dancing within duality. It does not mean that his actions were not backed with a deep love.