Guest we're not as different as you think we are. Thankyou for working for peace in your own way, and for giving me the opportunity to practice love and forgiveness no matter what happens. I think I slipped up and insulted you back on the War betting thread yesterday, and I'm sorry for that. If we can't keep peace even on Mudcat threads, with other people who WANT peace too, how the h*** will we ever achieve it in the world around us?
There's another story from the Dalai Lama that I'd like to share here. I lent the magazine it was in to a friend, so I can't quote it exactly, but I must have written it "on the stone of the memory of my heart" because I've never forgotten it. Here goes ...
The Dalai Lama was speaking with some students when he was asked why he had never encouraged the Tibetan people to make war or seek revenge on the Chinese for the horrific slaughter and destruction visited upon them after WW11.
The Dalai Lama gave a little smile, and said "Well, war is obsolete you know!"
The students kept pressing him with "But aren't there justifiable REASONS to seek revenge on those who destroyed your country?"
And he replied "The mind will always come up with reasons to justify war and hatred. But the heart - now, the heart will NEVER understand."