What's Love Got To Do With It?

This is an attempt to define what "Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword" means in the Wikipedia world... to me 8^)

Not sure if it will still be there tomorrow, for that is an open forum with all kinds of 'truths' juxtaposed to faith-based truths and some unknown truths... if you can believe that.

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To understand 'what' was said, one must understand 'who' said what, and see those words in their proper content.

Starting with Matthew 5:17, the author of those words explains the 'who' part as he describes how to react to life when life 'seems' to be out to devour you.

Arriving at verse 38, you find the verse / saying in context the phrase in question.

Continuing further until the end of the chapter, one who comprehends the approach the author has and his position, can qualify his expertise in describing what loving one another means; loving your neighbor AND your supposed / alleged 'enemy' just the same as you would your most trusted friend... at least the approach being from that position of love.

Believing in surrendering to the acknowledgment of solidarity and synergy throughout all existing living things and understanding your 'ethereal protection' from the 'non-loving' energy others may occasionally emit, the author describes reacting to life's seemingly unjust and hateful attacks on your person by continuing to believe love emits the greater frequency, thus absolving all others, and absoluting Love, and thus your 'protection' and 'safe' position.

I emphasize 'enemy' for the definition of enemy changes when considering the metaphysical world. Transcending one's thoughts into that paradigm, one can see the futility of any other approach to life not through love.

With this understanding of love's position and the author's teaching on it, when the author mentions using anything other than a loving approach to life and its situations, his stance is still unequivocally love, not the 'sense' of defending oneself nor combating anything from not love's approach and paradigm; not mirroring such lack of love from even your closest and cared-for friends and family may emit to you on occasion, and especially, as in this context, from those people whose position seems to be of hatred and death for you personally.

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