Turn the other cheek,
In the Bible, this can be taken as allowing oneself to be physically slapped,
and not responding to aggression.
However,sometimes an aggressive response is critical, as in the Second World War,
It more accurately means, when you see a truth about yourself, your weaknesses,
your deviations, your lying to yourself and others, mistreatment, do not flinch.
The psychological "slap" of the truth, may be best utilized by accepting the truth,
and "turning the other cheek", it hurts, but "tell me more" about myself.
Alcoholics Anonymous has a twelve step program to rebuild one's life after you have
hit rock bottom. Something like this happens on the journey to consciousness.
You have to go to the core, Mr. Gurdjieff said "Man is a great swine".
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free".
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