It is written to love your enemies, but it is not written to tolerate them. The best act of compassion for your enemies is to tell them of their sins and refuse to be tempted by them. To knowingly succumb to the devil is to choose a simple, stupid indulgence rather than the greatest joy of eternal life. Tolerance is complacency, and will lead your friends and enemies further into the grasp of evil. If you knowingly allow a friend to sin, you have sinned against them. So thus, whilst physical pacifism is necessary, spiritual warfare and demolition of devil is necessary. Whilst you should not slander a friend or enemy, slander the sin and the evil that has grasped their heart so violently. Slander the weakness that causes one to lose faith. The hatred of sin is the most important part of growth. Love makes the heart feel light and joyful, but if it becomes an indulgence and causes you to depend only on senses, you must relearn how to hate sin. You cannot truly love Christ if you do not despise the vileness of sin. Man often believes that whatever feels good or pleases the senses must be good, but often many healthy, holy, and righteous actions are unpleasing to the carnal, physical sensations of the body. Christ sacrificed Himself and was mutilated on a cross for the sake of the world. Why can you not stand a simple pain of refusing an indulgence?
"Do not long to have a sensory image of angels or powers or Christ, for this would be madness: it would be to take a wolf as your shepherd and to worship your enemies, the demons."
When you begin to deconstruct the self, you see that you are the only thing keeping yourself from God, and that you feel alone because you have little faith that He would even be there. To deconstruct the self, you have to come to the revelation that your body is a failing, and a new body, one that serves God’s will only, must be made. To forsake the self is to forsake the will, and with the will comes wants and desires. You have to not want nor desire nor crave anything, and you have to become a vessel of His Divine Will. You should have no worry, because that proves lack of faith in his consideration of His Beloved. It is written that the birds do not sow nor reap, yet are fed by God. If you do not recieve physical sustenance for survival, feed yourself with the Bread of Life and if you must, be martyred by poverty and the injustice of man. Reassure yourself if you invested greatly in God. .
"A man who worships in Spirit and Truth no longer honors the Creator because of His works, but praises Him because of Himself." ~ Evagrius Ponticus