A WOMAN, obviously disturbed, once insisted to a friend in my presence, "But I don't hate." He smilingly rejoined, "I see; you merely dislike." From what followed, I was impressed with the trenchant truth that while dislike is often classified as a mild form of hate, the espousal of either can never be justified. Furthermore, the way to overcome both is made plain and practical in Christian Science.
The things we dislike need to be carefully analyzed. In fact, our likes and dislikes portray our character. How we long not to be deceived into liking and accepting iniquity, but to be so alert that we detect and destroy it! Then evil, which is never really likable, will be frustrated in its attempt to find lodgment in our consciousness.
Our aim should be to overcome undesirable dislikes. We do this through loving good and exalting our thought above a sense of evil as real. Through the understanding of Christian Science, it is possible to approximate the consciousness of Christ Jesus, of whom we read (Hebr. 1:9), "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."
