That Thing Which You Fight You Become If I am angry and you meet me with anger what is the result ? More anger . You have become that which I am . If I am evil and you fight me with evil means then you also become evil , however righteous you may feel . If I am brutal and you use brutal methods to overcome me , then you become brutal like me . And this we have done for thousands of years . Surely there is a different approach than to meet hate by hate ? If I use violent methods to quell anger in myself then I am using wrong means for a right end , and thereby the right end ceases to be . In this there is no understanding , there is no transcending anger . Anger is to be studied tolerantly and understood ; it is not to be overcome through violent means . Anger may be the result of many causes , and without comprehending them there is no escape from anger . We have created the enemy , the bandit , and becoming ourselves the enemy in no way brings about an end to enmity . We have to understand the cause of enmity and cease to feed it by our thought , feeling , and action . This is an arduous task demanding constant self-awareness and intelligent pliability , for what we are the society , the state , is . The enemy and the friend are the outcome of our thought and action . We are responsible for creating enmity and so it is more important to be aware of our own thought and action than to be concerned with the foe and the friend , for right thinking put an end to division . Love transcends the friend and the enemy
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:38:40 +0000
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