03-09-2012, 07:31 PM
(01-22-2012, 06:37 AM)yossarian Wrote: What's the difference between turning the other cheek and being a slave?
I agree with Diana and others who made the response to this question pivot on choice.
The entity who turns the cheek does so, ideally, from a place of their own power, and consciously chooses not to engage in reciprocity or seek justice.
Whereas the entity who is made a slave does not make the choice, at least on a conscious level. The recipient of slavery has in probably all cases been the subject of free-will violation.
The one who turns the cheek seeks to preserve the free will of the other, and perhaps redeem the other through love/acceptance.
(01-22-2012, 06:37 AM)yossarian Wrote: In addition, what's the difference between total service to others and being a slave?
What's their similarity? Why ask the question? I ask. : )
L/L, GLB
PS: Ankh, I think one can achieve a pure total-ness in service to others.
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi