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On Nov 17, 2011Catherine Todd wrote :
AtoZ wrote: "The utopian/fantastical ideas that offer yourself to the wild beasts to verify if they eat you OR Gandhi's suggestions to the jews to offer themselves to Hitler are non-sensical at worst and naive at best and have nothing to do with reality OR the moral laws of the universe in my opinion."
THANK YOU. These kinds of statements and this kind of thinking is what previously kept me away from the meditation / nonviolent movement. It's "utopian/fantastical" and ridiculous.
Where did a story get started about monks "offering themselves to wild beasts to be eaten out of compassion" get started? And that the hungry beasts refused to eat them? Even St. Francis did not go that far.
Whenever I think I can't take anymore, someone comes in with reason and intelligence, and excellent explanations, such as AtoZ has. THANK YOU. I can stay here a little longer and learn something in the process.
I like the idea of practicing nonviolence while using necessary force, only when required, and without anger or hatred in one's heart. That's the part I have to learn. Thank you for these reminders and for helping me with this.
On Nov 17, 2011 Catherine Todd wrote :
AtoZ wrote: "The utopian/fantastical ideas that offer yourself to the wild beasts to verify if they eat you OR Gandhi's suggestions to the jews to offer themselves to Hitler are non-sensical at worst and naive at best and have nothing to do with reality OR the moral laws of the universe in my opinion."
THANK YOU. These kinds of statements and this kind of thinking is what previously kept me away from the meditation / nonviolent movement. It's "utopian/fantastical" and ridiculous.
Where did a story get started about monks "offering themselves to wild beasts to be eaten out of compassion" get started? And that the hungry beasts refused to eat them? Even St. Francis did not go that far.
Whenever I think I can't take anymore, someone comes in with reason and intelligence, and excellent explanations, such as AtoZ has. THANK YOU. I can stay here a little longer and learn something in the process.
I like the idea of practicing nonviolence while using necessary force, only when required, and without anger or hatred in one's heart. That's the part I have to learn. Thank you for these reminders and for helping me with this.