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Hi..

Wise men said that 'Our faults we learn from our enemies who hate us..

Should we consider the fact that we should only be really honest of why we are being attacked cruelly by the enemy. What made them hate us?

One enemy is too much for a man in great post, and a hundred friends are too few..(Please do not take this literally but analyze it well its real meaning)..

All answers so far sound good & are correct. Yet, if I am just starting my Spiritual journey the most basic of all reasons to work on loving my enemies would be that all that hate, all that anger, & all that venom comes thru me first. I would get most of it & as I release it thinking it will "attack" my supposed enemy, it is killing me. It effects me first physically before enviroment or my "enemy". I know this is not a "selfless" answer, but again I am not sure there is one in the beginning. Hopefully, by attempting to not harm myself with poison thoughts to the one I consider my enemy, thru selfish reasons I will also learn something about my nature & perhaps the nature of the enemy, then as I change, my motives will change. Interesting Q. Blessings!

Long ago, God gave a very wise worshiper(guru as some say) of his a cloud as a symbol from him to praise and honor his faithful servant. The cloud would give the wise man fresh air,water on hot days and escorts him all his life as a great blessing. One day the man lost his cloud because of a lack in worship. He cried and prayed for God to give him back his cloud. God said to him, to Go to a king who ruled a rich coutry some place some where and he should ask the king to pray for him to get back his cloud. and that what the wise worshiper did. He reached the king's palace and saw the king with his great power,servants, jewels . the mystic asked himself How can a man of great power and wealth love god and has such a high class in worship to pray 4 me?! At last when the king finished his work answering the needs of his kingdom,He called the worshiper by his name and welcomed him to his palace.

the worshiper accompanied the king down a dark narrow hall untill they reached a small room.Their the king took off his nice clothes and jewels and dressed a modest galabia(garment) made from animal wool and called his wife to welcome their visitor.{the king was a mystic too}The king and his wife welcomed their guest 2 their modest dinner which was some olive and cheese. the king and his wife ruled the kingdom in the morning, prayed, worshiped and cried 4 their God all the night. they lived a mystic life and because of their prayers , the cloud of the wise worshiper was returned to him, he was happy again and he thanked God for his blessing.

We should not condemn what we see, appearances cheat us most of the time. I know that in the story there is not ur enemy, but consider that sometimes The not knowing is our enemy.One can say I could have been that enemy, i could have been that thief if i were in his place! and i thank God that i am not cause my enemy revealed the weaknesses that i could have had if i were in his place. The weakness and the strength r in me. As the things that i love sometimes weaken my strength,ALSO THE things i hate, my enemies might strengthen my weakness. and may the strength of peace be with us all.

Loving your enemies doesn't have anything to do with showing anyone anything. It isn't something you do, it's something you understand.

Everything outside of you is the truth. So is everything inside of you. You either accept it or you reject and seek to change it to benefit yourself.

There's no such thing as a causeless effect. All conflict is conflict with truth. People who respect the truth don't get punched in the face. Truth doesn't punch itself in the face or blow itself up or drop bombs on itself. It simply gives such things a place to be. It gives us the space to fight with it but it doesn't fight back. It just is.

If you believe in a God, you can look at it like this:

The wrath of a loving God is that unconditional love encompasses everyone, not just you.

If a person punches, kicks or drops a bomb one can still love him.....

I don't want to brand him my enemy just 'coz he did these, and if my enemy does or wants to do all these things, i'll see that i'll be away from him, in such a way where he can't trouble me or i won't even get any thoughts about him......

And yar he can punch or hit or anything but can't drop a bomb...

There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth.

Something underlying started the hate. That is where you begin to show your enemy love, by pointing out what you did wrong. After several attempts at making things right or offering peace have failed, you have only to defend yourself or to give in to your opposition. Again, man can not control all aspects of hate and are not expected to after several attempts to reconcile or make peace have failed. You can love a human from afar, but you don't have to cater to them, agree with them, fight with them or even acknowledge them if it isn't in their heart to do the same for you. It works both ways.

I must be honest, it's a nice ideal but if someone kicks me when down or blows up my city I hope to love him from a distance, while he is in jail. Love has nothing to do with it & citizens have a right to be safe. I would love him enough to let him learn that there are consequences for that kind of behavior.

There are actually THREE sides to every story, according to my mother: His side, her side, and the truth. She also always said to never side with either person if they were a married couple because when they made back up, you'd be the one on the outs with them for having taken sides!!!

I do not love my enemy, but I do keep them near me so that I can watch them and know what they are up to!

I show love to my enemy by returning the favor. Whatever he/she does to me I demonstrate right back

Guru....sometimes you just can't love your enemy.

I wonder....do the people who preach it actually do it?

I'm basically a forgiving person...but I've found there are times in my life that there has been no forgiveness in me. I have found ways to move past, and certainly found ways to overlook, but not forgive.