^Chastise ~chastisement~

Figure

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

Annotate

  1. ^Give an ^Honest ^Show of (dis-)~respect~ with ^Brevity to an ~evil~ ^Act in ~show~ of ^Respect towards ^How we and others ^Feel about it. 
  2. ^Give an ^Honest and unshakable ^Act (gesture or compliment) to ^Grant ^Respect to each ^Mind in ~relation~ to it. 
  3. ^Think about it afterwards. 
  4. ^Fail it ^When anyone receives a ~loss~ of ^Respect from it. 

Subject

^Chastise is a mode of ^Agency that acts as a means to assert disapproval yet ^Maintain ~love~ for the bad actor.  We cannot ~properly~ deliver ~chastisement~ to someone we do not ^Know ^How to ^Love.  We cannot ^Chastise ourselves unless we ^Know ^How to ^Love ourselves.  We cannot ^Chastise others unless we ^Know ^How to ^Love them.  Those distortions dissipate and ^Remove most rapidly in those ^Who have the ~strength~ to endure ~chastisement~ and in ~need~ to ^Give or ^Receive it. 

To deliver ~chastisement~ in ~full~ form ^Results in a ~loss~ of ^Respect ^When we ^Give or ^Receive it in only one ~direction~ or in hostility or, ^When we are in ~anticipation~ that it will ^Become as such.  So we may ^Refuse it.  And ^When in ~doubt~, it is just as ~simple~ to ^Refuse the ~cruel~ ~first~ ^Step of it. 

^Take it as a ^Chance to ^Grow (even ^When it does not ^Offend). 

Target

Anytime something acts to ^Magnify ~evil~ or ~weakness~ ^Between ourselves and others, such as by the (un-)~happy~ combination of distortions in ourselves, in others or in our world.  ^Receive it anytime we ^Want to ^Improve regardless of ^Respect to the appropriateness of it as ~gift~. 

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