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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself?
Hatred often is the result of fear, imo. Something is different, unusual, atypical - it's easy to ride that all the way to suspicion, xenophobia, and outright hatred.
I honestly can't think of a single person I HATE, but there are certainly things I may not like about that person. No one is perfect. Maybe we notice things in others related to ourselves, in the form of jealousy or suspicion, but real, gut-wrenching hatred is pretty extreme. Granted, I've been blessed with a life relatively free of drama, so I may be talking out of my backside.
Also - I think we use "hate" very freely these days, without thinking about the emotional depth required. Same with "love."
Hate comes from ignorance in some cases. Ignorance is like a light that everything is scence in. I speak of dullness and depression where the heart energy is not in balance. Dullness is very hard to rise out of. It takes seeing some humor and wiggle room in the experience. Anger is energetic. Powerful. So if someone else has hate it might get you down and feeling the ignorance temporarily. For that person hating they might confuse what they are doing to get out of that dullness and depression or whatever is on their mind or sinew or soul however one conceptualizes.
For such a person without the heart energy they have to go into their experience. On the cushion and in their life. Start where they are. It is never too late. In all the countless eons Bodhisattvas willingly go into these states to learn what they are. Buddha was sliced into a number of pieces by king and he didn't blame the king. This was part of his awareness
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I honestly can't think of a single person I HATE, but there are certainly things I may not like about that person. No one is perfect. Maybe we notice things in others related to ourselves, in the form of jealousy or suspicion, but real, gut-wrenching hatred is pretty extreme. Granted, I've been blessed with a life relatively free of drama, so I may be talking out of my backside.
Also - I think we use "hate" very freely these days, without thinking about the emotional depth required. Same with "love."
For such a person without the heart energy they have to go into their experience. On the cushion and in their life. Start where they are. It is never too late. In all the countless eons Bodhisattvas willingly go into these states to learn what they are. Buddha was sliced into a number of pieces by king and he didn't blame the king. This was part of his awareness