Clan/Digest Number 289

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I don't deny that these things are important to many. It is also true that

an injury to one is an injury to all. Yet this is the kali yuga, and such

things happen commonly. I cannot let them emotionally affect me. If my

own family were killed, perhaps I could not avoid a strong emotional hurt,

yet even if that happened, the grief must pass quickly, for there is much

to do and not many years of this lifetime to do it.

 

The situations all over the world *do* strike a chord. That's why I don't

concern myself with them. These are distractions from the real work -

ridding myself of ignorance. If I can do so, the whole world will be

benefitted. Worrying about the problems of others benefits nobody, and

hurts the person who is overly concerned. As I am sensitive to such

occurrences, I do not concern myself with them, but instead focus awareness

on Brahman. This is the only possible way to be of any aid to these

problems. I cannot take on the chinese government, like that man did at

Tianamen Square. The world applauded him, but what came of it?

 

So to sum it up, I am not in any way suggesting that these issues are

unimportant or meaningless - only that through avoiding focus on them and

focusing on who we are can they ultimately be solved.

 

Hari OM,

 

Tim

 

At 08:50 AM 7/26/99 -0700, you wrote:

>lgregory (The Clan)

>Perhaps the situation in China has been too close to me personally and

>that's why the government of China's action seems more personal...I had a

>brother in law who worked as an archivist who attended a conference in

>Beijing tell me that the Cultural Revolution didn't destroy archives, just

>worthless things.

>

> A lot of people in the US and elsewhere would like to sweep these things

>under the rug and let it be, but it seems we lose a bit of our humanity and

>identity with our brothers and sisters who are outlawed solely because they

>are meditating peacefully and have never raised a hand against the

>authorities. The example of the Falun Gong as well as the longer standing

>destruction of Tibetan Buddhism should strike a chord somewhere, but maybe

>we shouldn't care about it. The principle that an injury to one is an

>injury to all maybe too idealistic or just a slogan. What's the point?

>We'll just send them a copy of the best Non-dualist philosophy we have and

>maybe liberate the goose in the bottle. - Art

 

 

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