Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.

[IndyOp]

As my rage starts to overwhelm me; when I am convinced that the world is full of victims and victimizers and that the victimizers are winning; when I break down seeing and hearing the voices of my sisters and brothers in New Orleans and Mississipi, I reach for this wisdom:

Hatred never ceases by hatred
But by love alone is healed.
This is an ancient and eternal law.

Our rage is appropriate and we must act forcefully to save lives.

IMHO the situation is so dire that we cannot allow ourselves to become mired in hatred for anyone.

Peace.

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From "Places that Scare You" by Buddhist nun Pema Chodron:

All beings have the capacity to feel -- to experience heartbreak, pain, and uncertainty... The insight meditation teacher Jack Kornfield tells of witnessing this in Cambodia during the time of the Khmer Rouge. Fifty thousand people had become communists at gun point, threatened with death if they continued their Buddhist practices. In spite of the danger, a temple was established in a refugee camp, and 20,000 people attended the opening ceremony. There were no lectures or prayers but simply continuous chanting of one of the central teachings of the Buddha:

Hatred never ceases by hatred
But by love alone is healed.
This is an ancient and eternal law.

Thousands of people chanted and wept, knowing that the truth of these words was even greater than their suffering.

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[patrice]

1. Most of the People identify with the People of NO, not Bush.

I'd be willing to bet!