Approaching our divine selves

Consider, when correcting someone who has offended or erred, sending a sincere, private, loving message instead of pointing out their mistakes publicly on social media. We are all so inadequate. Mistakes are after all, what make us human. How well we engage with each other about our mistakes is what makes us divine.

Before acting to correct each other we must think, what is our intention? Is it to truly change the actions or behavior of the person? Is it to show how much knowledge we have or how much better a person we are? Is it to shame them and lower their value in the eyes of others? If our intention is the first, then a simple private message would suffice. If it is either of the other two, then don’t send any messages at all. This is a test of our own ego and we must focus on winning that before engaging with someone else about their mistakes.

How many of us are walking around battered, bruised, and wounded by those who are supposed to be on the same side? How harsh have we been with those we want to enter the promised land with?