" People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies, When we believe that ours is the only faith that contains the truth, violence and suffering will surely be the result. When you act with compassion and non-violence, when you act on the basis of nonduality, you have to be very strong. To no longer act out of anger, you don't punish or blame. Compassion grows constantly inside of you and you can succeed in your fight against injustice, Other human beings are not our enemies. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and the other person.
When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade , to dominate , and to exploit.
To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but love. And when you love,you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.
Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but only one."
- Bhuddist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh
We are currently living in tumultuous times, because of this, there is a tremendous amount of suffering going on, that is releasing and generating endless amounts of fear,anger and hatred, that is breaking many a heart in two.
Our real enemy is not man, or other human beings, it lies in our ignorance and discrimination that drives our fears. It is not wrong to feel anger, but many of us have simply forgotten to take care of it, and arm ourselves with the energy of compassion or understanding, that has the enormous capacity to heal the world,
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