Lifting Others Out of Unlovely States

Step by step

1. Observe someone in an 'unlovely state'.
2. Mentally distinguish between the person (occupant) and the state.
3. Recognize that any negative feeling is directed at the state, not the person.
4. Imagine the person being 'pulled out' of that state.
5. Place them imaginatively into a desirable, lovely state.

Related ideas

Blake On Religion

To help someone in an undesirable 'unlovely state,' distinguish between the person (the occupant) and the state itself. Recognize that your dislike is for the state, not the individual. Then, use your imaginal power to 'pull' them out of that state and place them into a more desirable one, thereby changing your perception and potentially their experience.

But were you in the opposite state, or some friend of yours, or some total stranger in the opposite state, he begs you, he begs all of us, to always bear in mind the distinction between the occupant of the state and the state, and lift everyone out of the state if it is an unlovely state. If I could only remember every moment of time when I see someone I dislike, that he is only in a state. That is why I dislike him – I dislike the state. I identify him with the state I dislike, but I think it is the occupant. It is not the occupant. He could come out at any moment in time, or I could get him out if I pulled him out and put him into another state, and I wouldn’t dislike him. If I bear this in mind, knowing my power to pull him out of the state I could save him, at least temporarily, until he is actually redeemed by this “Divine Mercy that steps beyond and Redeems Man in the Body of Jesus.”

This technique is rooted in the understanding that individuals are not their states. By consciously shifting one's perception and imagining another in a better state, one can influence their reality and foster forgiveness, aligning with the principle of divine mercy.

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