Lee, Pat is the Sadhu who makes the Sangat a Satsang ! Constant hearing and contemplation of the quotes he reminds us of are purifying indeed. So, I find.
On Aug 21, 5:10 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 Aug, 12:57, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 21 Aug, 12:41, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 21 Aug, 12:05, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On the way to work this moring I was pondering over a thing with the > > > > intent of bringing it up here. Then of course I got into work and > > > > promptly forgot all about it. > > > > > However when Pat said this: > > > > > 'The history of our world is littered with good 'bad examples', yet we > > > > never see them as such and, so, are doomed to repeat them until we > > > > sort out our perspectives.' > > > > > In the 'What is fair?' thread, it brought it all back to me, so first > > > > off, cheers for that Pat. > > > > No worries. Synchronicity is a speciality of mine. ;-) > > > > > Our history is rich with examples of one culture or one religoin > > > > invadeing the terriotory of another country in order to bring their > > > > own form of 'order' to that place. Think British Empire, think > > > > crusades, think Tibet. > > > > > So is this ethicaly sound, and is there then any differance between > > > > these examples and our troops in Afganistan? > > > > The main difference is time. The TRUTH is that we're all in this > > > (world) together and it would behoove us (all!) if we 'grew up' and > > > realised that. Some people view their desires as more important than > > > those of others. So, rather than trying to seek out a way for all > > > parties' desires to be striven for, those with a technological > > > advantage, step on those without it and force their desires on the > > > others without consideration (might makes right). This is done by > > > selfish/self-important, callous individuals who MAY also have a form > > > of occult low self esteem veiled by an outward projection of arrogance > > > (usually seen by others as false or baseless arrogance). A good dose > > > of empathy is the cure, but, unfortunately, it doesn't come in a > > > tablet, capsule or injectible form. Rather, it requires humility, > > > which to the individual with an occult low self esteem, appears to be > > > too big of a price to pay, as it requires themselves to humble > > > themselves when they would rather be seen as 'on high'. It was to > > > this way of thinking that Jesus appealed to us by saying, "...those > > > who would be last will be first and the first last". Thus the true > > > servant of God is a servant to all humanity, rather than attempting to > > > be the Lord of all humanity. It is for this reason that Islam > > > endeavours to instruct its adherents to be 'slaves of Allah', i.e., > > > servants of God. The term 'slave of Allah' is intended to be a great > > > compliment, but many non-Muslims don't understand it and take offense > > > at the term 'slave', not realising its intention as 'willing servant'. > > > We are told a similar thing in Sikhi Pat. We should endevour to hand > > our heads to Guru ji. > > In fact, The Guru Granth Sahib put it very metaphorically in the > phrase: > > "Purify what is impure, and let the Lord's Presence be your religious > tradition. Let your total awareness be the turban on your head." > (Ang 1084) > > If we really HAD total awareness, I have a sneaking suspicion that > many people would find the rush of humility too much to bear. > Purifying that which is impure MUST NEEDS begin with the Self. Thus > the indication to "remove the beam from our own eye before pointing > out the mote in (another's)." > > > > >- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
