--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Isn't there a *better* word for what humanity > > can become than "invincible," ferchrissakes? > > > > The very definition of the word -- "incapable > > of being conquered, overcome, or subdued" -- > > implies a duality-based adversarial relation- > > ship with the universe. Or at least with other > > nations and other peoples on the planet. > > "Invincible" > > I'm certainly not one to enthusiastically cheer Maharishi's > 'Global Government' spiel, as it is, but I did find this > quote from the discourses of Guru Dev - and I find that I > can certainly learn from it. [Note the 2nd to last sentence]: > > "Who can be victorious over a devotee of God? > > From scorn comes no improvement; it is useless to make him > your enemy -- indeed it is folly to sow the seeds for having > thorns stuck in one's own feet.
Compare and contrast to "scorpion nation." > In the Shastras it is written that those who are abusive, > those who scorn are seizing wickedness. How much good is > this great folly then, if anybody does sin and we scorn > them, then we are collecting their wickedness. Quite in line with Buddha's line from the Dhammapada, "You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger." > In this [way] others are not corrected and we are injured, > why do you desire to do so? Why indeed? T'would seem that GD was not much into "affixing blame" and the like. *And* he was aware that doing so "corrected" no one.
