It can be a vicious circle. What you give out comes right back to you.
But it can also be a wonderful circle.
What you give out comes right back to you. The choice is ultimately ours.
What we choose to hand out to others,
whether it be a loving eye or a revengeful one,
is what we will receive in return.
If we seek inner peace as well as outer peace,
we must first "give" what we desire to receive.
If we desire love, we must give love.
If we desire prosperity, we must share prosperity.
If we desire freedom, we must allow freedom.
If we want a life full of joy and laughter, we must share joy and laughter.
If we want a life of peace, we must start within our own self,
and watch it come back a thousand-fold.
Thus perhaps "an eye for an eye" and
"love thy neighbor as thyself" are the same teaching.
They are actually based in what we have discovered in modern physics:
What goes around comes around.
Nothing is ever destroyed.
There is a cause for every effect.
Which cause will we choose?
Which effect do we desire?
These are questions that we must answer in every moment of our lives --
in every thought, every word, every action (or inaction) we take.

~ Quote: Marie T. Russell ~
Excerpted from: Is Revenge Spiritual?

Mustang,
That is all good and proper BUT unfortunately you DO NOT always get back what you give, ask Anne, Me personally, or even yourself. If only that was really the way the world worked how sweet it would be...

This is thought provoking. I don't think that revenge is spiritual. I don't get the connection between revenge, which is a fear based thought/action and spiritual, which is based on love.

Good luck Lola... I doubt I ever will. The saying goes 'that revenge is sweet' and unfortunately for those who mess with me or someone I love, I agree!

Hi Lola, maybe we should define "love." As far as loving a militant atheist, then what is love? Love is probably not condoning or forgiving of the activities. Maybe love is merely a nod to the soul. I don't know, of course, I am just thinking out loud.