Reply #11: I think sometimes we can [View All]

[pacifictiger]

get too caught up in the preciseness of individual words like lawyers do in court rather than the essence behind the words as taken in the context of the whole thought.
I take it to mean that treating others as kindly as you would treat yourself if you were in their circumstance, is a must in life rather than an option. How each person chooses to act that out is left up to our own interpretation, but the manner of that action will tell more about how spiritually connected each person is more than any words that spout from their mouth. Jesus alluded to this when he said "by their fruits you shall know them." It is easy to spout that you know what should be done, much more difficult and challenging to actually do it. Mother Teresa is possibly the best modern example of really walking the talk. Most of the rest of us are not so linked to god in spite of what they say (Pat Robertson comes to mind as the antithises!)