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Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others

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Realizing she wanted to take out the inherent goodness in her heart by forgiving the assailant of her mother five years after, Pie would also face a lot of hesitations. She kept asking God to take over the long and hard process. Omid Safi is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he specializes on Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought, and medieval Islamic history. He received his PhD from Duke University in 2000. Before coming to UNC, he was an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Before you climb a mountain, you need to be clear on where the summit actually is, so that you don’t climb the wrong mountain. Many people have misunderstood Jesus’ words here and thus have headed toward the wrong summit. For example, some have taken Jesus to be teaching pacifism, both on a personal and governmental level. Others have used Jesus’ words to advocate indiscriminately giving to anyone who makes a request. I read of a university student who gave everything he had to help several alcoholics who asked him for money. He went without food and went bankrupt because he thought he was obeying Jesus’ teaching here.

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Diyos…,” she later added, in between tears, as if explaining to the broken man how she managed to find solace in forgiveness. Thus the radical love Jesus calls us to requires that we respond to wrongs with positive ministry, not retaliation. It requires treating others as we wish to be treated. It exceeds the world’s standards of love. Finally,

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Like me, the author uses faith in Christ to filter the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of situations. Ironically, like many schooled in Christianity—including myself—there’s a struggle to see how forgiveness in personally traumatic situations fit reality. It’s a story I wish I had heard in my early 20’s. What it ended up being was a character study of a gay priest in 19th century London, who preaches the “radical” notion that love conquers all by day, and officiates “molly-house” weddings by night, including between cis men and trans women. I thoroughly enjoyed how unwavering in his sexuality and acceptance he was, despite what the religious and historical contexts imposed - in this sense, he certainly was a radical. A childhood and early adolescence void of love and nurturing leads him to chase it obsessively in his adult life, clinging to it oppressively and often with devastating consequences. Despite it all, I found myself rooting for him consistently: charisma wins every time. But if we are disciples of Jesus, we do not have the option of responding that way. This radical love is not just a special requirement for the super-committed. It is clearly God’s standard for all His children. If Jesus is our Savior and Lord, we must struggle to understand and apply His teaching here. While we may not reach the summit in this life, we should die trying. In setting forth the primary ethic of His kingdom, Jesus shows us that … Dewey-Hagborg’s portraits seek to uncover the dominant narratives surrounding who is considered eligible and worthy of representation, and who is deemed the author of their own image, while shaking off outdated notions of genetic essentialism. They also demonstrate how solidarity with the incarcerated can begin with a single strand of hair. Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea E. Manning, Probably Chelsea, 2017; Genetic materials, custom software, 3D prints; 30 portraits, each portrait 8 x 6 x 8 inches, overall dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artists and Fridman Gallery

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The new piece with the 30 portraits is just beginning to travel, so let’s see what kind of impact it has. It’s a little too early to say since we’ve only shown it once for the opening in New York. Now it’ll go to Berlin, and Frankfurt, and all over the place after that. So let’s see what kind of impact that has.I’ve been helping the prison volunteers, those who take care of our prisoners. When that happened, I stopped volunteering. I refused to give all kinds of support and communication,” Cherry Pie shared. I believe Jesus gives us the key to this radical, self-sacrificing love, described in Matthew 5:44, earlier in the very same chapter. Hatty Nestor: The constraints placed upon Chelsea Manning while she was in prison meant that she had little control over her identity or the distribution of her portrait. As an artist, what was your role in generating visibility for her through portraiture? In Matthew 5:11–12, he is again talking about being persecuted, just like he was when he said in Matthew 5:44, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” What is remarkable about these verses is that Jesus says that you are able not only to endure the mistreatment of the enemy, but rejoice in it. “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you. . . . Rejoice and be glad.”

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The irony wasn’t lost on Cherry Pie, an anti-death penalty advocate. For 13 years, she was active in the prison ministry. So, it hit her hard when it happened to her mother.

In reading mystical love poetry of this tradition, it is hard to determine whether a particular poem is meant for a tender young beloved, for the writer's husband or wife, for a spiritual teacher, for the Prophet Muhammad, or for God. The truth of the matter is that it is typically written for all of them, and all at once." I think the Radical Love book is strangely the ultimate mental health book. I had a pretty interesting experience while reading it that I would equate to a psychedelic experience. Obviously no hallucinations, but I could actually feel love pressing on me like it fills the empty spaces of my room. A fine collection of poetry from the Islamic tradition, including such authors as Rumi (of course!), the Qur'an, Hadith, Qudsi, Zol Nun, Hafez, and others. Much of the poetry and excerpts derive from the Sufi mystical tradition. As with any form of poetry, one must read, reflect, then re-read and reflect again. This was a great book and I highly recomend it. Levi tells of his journey from a breakdown in Austin to his current status in his personal mental health and happiness journey. The writing was well done and the thoughts were provoking. All needed for a good novel. I have just finished the book and intend to really consider a lot of his journey and his findings along the way. First, a lot of what he said really spoke to me. I also have a deep faith in God and the Christian faith and I have struggled with depression. I also have struggled with self-love and severe negative self talk. I however am an average joe out there in average land--so when a movie star shares these deeply personal difficulties and hurdles (which makes him exactly as one of the rest of us), I have to change my perspective about the lives of the "rich and famous". I applaud Levi for being so honest. If he wrote the book with the intention of helping other people, then he has succeeded. Towards the end of the book he started talking about his thinking that he would be able to fix and be done with his mental health issues--and I notated in my book that a "fix" was not possible. And then he continues on with that very same thought. That our personal mental health is a journey, a process. And I wholeheartedly agree with that.

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