I think to understand hate, one also has to understand love. The two are virtually one and the same, yet complete opposites by their nature. Think about it:
Love is an extremely powerful attachment,
Hate is also an extremely powerful attachment.
Love motivates the best actions possible in us,
Hate motivates the worst actions possible in us.
Love is loving another person despite all of their flaws,
Hate is hating another person because of all of their flaws.
and finally, hate is what happens when one spurns love away, it is the rejection of all of those good things that love brings. When you turn away love for no reason other than to turn it away, I believe it becomes a very wicked and corrupt sort of love*, one that isn't emotionally healthy at all. I.e.- hated.
*Similar to LULZ' corruption of L-O-L
Love is an extremely powerful attachment,
Hate is also an extremely powerful attachment.
Love motivates the best actions possible in us,
Hate motivates the worst actions possible in us.
Love is loving another person despite all of their flaws,
Hate is hating another person because of all of their flaws.
and finally, hate is what happens when one spurns love away, it is the rejection of all of those good things that love brings. When you turn away love for no reason other than to turn it away, I believe it becomes a very wicked and corrupt sort of love*, one that isn't emotionally healthy at all. I.e.- hated.
*Similar to LULZ' corruption of L-O-L
