2013 to 2022 is the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
Starshine,
when nations are angry at each other,
the reasons could be many things,
but it could never be because
they are nations.
They are angry
at the reasons they're angry
and this could indeed be many things
- true or untrue, right or wrong -
but it could never be because
they are nations.
Lest we forget,
lest we forget.
The craft of all nations is peace.
As a tree may only be destroyed from the roots,
a nation may only be undone by its willingness
to forget its own remembrances.
---<--@
A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked,
"Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?"
The disciples thought for a while, one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, we shout."
"But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner", asked the saint.
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples. Finally the saint explained,
"When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small..."
The saint continued, "When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other."
He looked at his disciples and said,
"So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return."
(from the Internet)
In a world as small as ours,
and getting smaller each day,
do we have to keep on
shouting at each other?
Indeed,
these distances
Starshine,
when nations are angry at each other,
the reasons could be many things,
but it could never be because
they are nations.
They are angry
at the reasons they're angry
and this could indeed be many things
- true or untrue, right or wrong -
but it could never be because
they are nations.
Lest we forget,
lest we forget.
The craft of all nations is peace.
As a tree may only be destroyed from the roots,
a nation may only be undone by its willingness
to forget its own remembrances.
---<--@
A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked,
"Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?"
The disciples thought for a while, one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, we shout."
"But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner", asked the saint.
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples. Finally the saint explained,
"When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small..."
The saint continued, "When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other."
He looked at his disciples and said,
"So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return."
(from the Internet)
In a world as small as ours,
and getting smaller each day,
do we have to keep on
shouting at each other?
Indeed,
these distances
can become quite near.
---<--@
Starshine,
if you understood the words of the saint,
you must now also realize - within your own self -
that this distance that prevents us
from seeing each other - as human beings -
is a spiritual reality.
For this unseeing is a form of darkness.
And this distance too is a form of darkness
the cause of which is our persistence
to choose true-blindness
over true-sight...
A darkness that (both) prevents
as well as seeks to prevent.
---<--@
Those who live for anger
know that the alienation of hatred
is permanent.
For theirs are those whose spirits move
from wilderness to wilderness
finding neither company
nor safe abode.
But those who live for love
know that, through one may become angry
and restless for a day,
one may always return to love
and find peace.
Excepted from Love that thou may live
---<--@
Starshine,
remember the impassable divide
between the rich man and Lazarus?
Truly, it is far easier for the soul of Man
to travel from one end of the universe to the other
than to bridge a spiritual distance as permanent
- as that which divides -
(the golden realms of) heaven
and (the bitter desolation of) hell.
Pray not to remain
a fugitive to thy own heart.
Release thy self (to love) and be free.
- selah -
In the end we are all wildflowers...
In the end we belong to each other...
In the end we belong to all nations...
In the end all nations belong to us...
Love is the perfection of nations.
---<--@
Remember:
When nations make war
because they are nations,
endless shall be our strife!
When history forgets and
its spirits live for no regret
the ruin of Man shall be rife!
Starshine,
if you understood the words of the saint,
you must now also realize - within your own self -
that this distance that prevents us
from seeing each other - as human beings -
is a spiritual reality.
For this unseeing is a form of darkness.
And this distance too is a form of darkness
the cause of which is our persistence
to choose true-blindness
over true-sight...
A darkness that (both) prevents
as well as seeks to prevent.
---<--@
Those who live for anger
know that the alienation of hatred
is permanent.
For theirs are those whose spirits move
from wilderness to wilderness
finding neither company
nor safe abode.
But those who live for love
know that, through one may become angry
and restless for a day,
one may always return to love
and find peace.
Excepted from Love that thou may live
---<--@
Starshine,
remember the impassable divide
between the rich man and Lazarus?
Truly, it is far easier for the soul of Man
to travel from one end of the universe to the other
than to bridge a spiritual distance as permanent
- as that which divides -
(the golden realms of) heaven
and (the bitter desolation of) hell.
Pray not to remain
a fugitive to thy own heart.
Release thy self (to love) and be free.
- selah -
In the end we are all wildflowers...
In the end we belong to each other...
In the end we belong to all nations...
In the end all nations belong to us...
Love is the perfection of nations.
---<--@
Remember:
When nations make war
because they are nations,
endless shall be our strife!
When history forgets and
its spirits live for no regret
the ruin of Man shall be rife!