^Chastise ~chastisement~

Figure

A black whip with a coiling brown handle, poised to strike.

Annotate

  1. In ~brevity~, ^Give an ^Honest ~show~ of (dis-)~respect~ toward an ^Evil ~act~ so that we may ^Show ~respect~ toward ^How we and others ^Feel about it. 
  2. ^Give an ^Honest and unshakable ~act~ (gesture or compliment) to ^Respect each ~mind~ in ~relation~ to it. 
  3. ^Think about it afterward. 
  4. ^Fail it ^When anyone might ^Receive a ~loss~ of ~respect~ from it. 

Subject

^Chastise is a mode of ^Agency that may ^Act to ^Assert disapproval yet ^Maintain ~love~ for the bad actor.  Distortions dissipate most ^Quickly ~as~ we ^Remove them in ~compassion~. 

We can't ^Give ~chastisement~ ^Properly to someone that we don't ^Know ^How to ^Love.  We can't ^Chastise ourselves unless we ^Know ^How to ^Love ourselves.  We can't ^Chastise others unless we ^Know ^How to ^Love those others. 

For those ^Who are ~STRONG~ ~sufficient~ to ^Endure it and ^Who also are ~SICK~ ~sufficient~ to ^Give or ^Receive it. 

To ^Give ~chastisement~ in ^Full ~form~ ~results~ in a ~loss~ of ~respect~ ^When we ^Give or ^Receive it in ^One ~direction~ only, ^When it is in ~hostility~ or ^When we ^Anticipate it to ^Become ~as~ ~such~.  So we may ^Refuse it.  And ^When in ~doubt~, it is ~simple~ to ^Refuse the ^First ~step~ that may ^Harm us. 

We may ^Take a ~chance~ to ^Grow from it although it may ^Offend except ^Consider ~adjustments~ to ^How to ^Direct our ~return~. 

Target

Anytime something may ^Act to ^Magnify ~evil~ or ~weakness~ ^Between ourselves and others. 

For ~example~, an (un-)^Happy ~combination~ of distortions in ourselves, others or our world may ^Cause us to ^Seek ~opportunities~ to ^Learn from it. 

^When we ^Want to ^Improve, we may ^Receive it ^Irrespective of ^Who may ^Give it, even though its ~gift~ may not ^Regard or ^Respect us.  We may ^Take it and ^Make it a ^Proper ~gift~ or else we may ^Refuse to ^Consent ^When we ^Suspect its ~motivation~. 

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