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The [[relationship]] of [[anger]] to attack is obvious, but the [[relationship]] of anger to [[fear]] is not always so apparent. Anger always involves [[projection]] of [[separation]], which must ultimately be [[accepted]] as one's own [[responsibility]], rather than being [[blamed]] on others. Anger cannot occur unless you [[believe]] that you have been attacked, that your attack is [[justified]] in return, and that you are in no way responsible for it. Given these three wholly irrational [[premises]], the equally irrational conclusion that a brother is [[worthy]] of attack rather than of love must follow. What can be [[expected]] from insane premises except an insane [[conclusion]]? The way to undo an insane conclusion is to consider the [[sanity]] of the premises on which it [[rests]]. You cannot be attacked, attack has no [[justification]], and you are [[responsible]] for what you believe.
You have been asked to take me as your [[model]] for [[learning]], since an [[extreme]] example is a particularly helpful learning device. Everyone [[teaches]], and teaches all the [[time]]. This is a [[responsibility]] you inevitably assume the moment you accept any premise at all, and no one can [[organize]] his [[life]] without some [[thought]] system. Once you have developed a thought system of any kind, you live by it and teach it. Your capacity for [[allegiance]] to a thought system may be misplaced, but it is still a form of [[faith]] and can be redirected.
[[Category: Chapter 6 - The Lessons of Love]]
The [[relationship]] of [[anger]] to attack is obvious, but the [[relationship]] of anger to [[fear]] is not always so apparent. Anger always involves [[projection]] of [[separation]], which must ultimately be [[accepted]] as one's own [[responsibility]], rather than being [[blamed]] on others. Anger cannot occur unless you [[believe]] that you have been attacked, that your attack is [[justified]] in return, and that you are in no way responsible for it. Given these three wholly irrational [[premises]], the equally irrational conclusion that a brother is [[worthy]] of attack rather than of love must follow. What can be [[expected]] from insane premises except an insane [[conclusion]]? The way to undo an insane conclusion is to consider the [[sanity]] of the premises on which it [[rests]]. You cannot be attacked, attack has no [[justification]], and you are [[responsible]] for what you believe.
You have been asked to take me as your [[model]] for [[learning]], since an [[extreme]] example is a particularly helpful learning device. Everyone [[teaches]], and teaches all the [[time]]. This is a [[responsibility]] you inevitably assume the moment you accept any premise at all, and no one can [[organize]] his [[life]] without some [[thought]] system. Once you have developed a thought system of any kind, you live by it and teach it. Your capacity for [[allegiance]] to a thought system may be misplaced, but it is still a form of [[faith]] and can be redirected.
[[Category: Chapter 6 - The Lessons of Love]]