Ahimsa: The Chord of Love

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Dear Friends of Our Loving Satsangha:

 

I wish to briefly address and then step back from the Jesus thread, if

I may. I have learned not to dwell here with that which takes on

America alone. With regard to what we should concede to a government

and that for which we should speak out in protest, for me the

cornerstone of a just government is nonviolence. Ahimsa-nonviolence

in thought, word and actions.

 

Dear Grady, to address what you say with regard to the teachings of

Christ, I completely agree. Give unto Caesar that which belongs to

Caesar. Give unto God that which belongs to God. However, taxation is

a simplistically easy distinction, if we view it in a vacuum. When it

comes to justice and crime and punishment, which was the original

post leading to this digression from yours, in the dispensation of

justice, governments everywhere in the world cannot help but tread

onto God's Holy Territory. For you, that is the Holy Bible. There

are many other Holy Words of God in print.

 

I will move away from specific references to America as I feel that

this begins to tread in political waters. We have been asked to stay

away from political agenda on this list. While it hurt me the first

time I heard it, I have now heard it enough times, not just here,

not to need to hear it again. I try to listen. I really do! I feel

privileged to have Harshasatangh as a place to rejoice in the company

of the Heart. I have strong feelings about some subjects which indict

America; that is only natural since this is the beautiful country

where I was born and which I hold very dear to my Heart. I only want

for us the best. And I know that this is what motivates most of us

when we speak out.

 

But, I will try to hold my tongue. I cannot touch the ground but I can

reach my mouth!!! So, if I do not respond in the future, do not take

it that I am uninterested or do not care. I have simply learned to

vent it elsewhere. Lady Joyce sometimes gets carried away, but I

will try not to use her as an excuse to justify my actions.

Truthfully, I did not even think about the political implications of

my joining into the dance until this morning. It is very easy to get

caught up.

 

Having said that, I would like to clarify what Lady Joyce was talking

about as she danced her chilidish dervish :-) Lex talonis be gone

from us means to me that an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth is

not justice grounded in corrective love and ahimsa. It is grounded

in retribution, which is grounded in anger. That is the basis for my

little mantra, one which I will repeat again and again, more than 108

times I am sure. But as we say so often here...it starts with us. The

need to practice Ahimsa is surely not limited to our formal system of

punishment, but to our everyday actions towards one another.

 

May All Beings Live in Peace and Harmony

OM, shaantiH, shaantiH, shaantiH

 

Much love to all,

Joyce