Heather, The struggle for freedom in Myanmar today comes at the expense of the lives of Buddhist monks who have ameliorated the sufferings and oppression from the generals. Do the monks see their self-sacrifice as a necessary means? Perhaps they sense that the time of the generals are coming to an end. And maybe most of the world too.
Lets see how events unfold in the next few weeks. Khoo Hock Aun On 9/28/07, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Khoo Hock Aun, thank you for posting this. > I've been watching the news, searching > specifically for the details of this horrible event. > I'm not seeing much coming through the visual waves of > the TV on exactly what's been happening, and what lead > up to this horrible event. I did hear that this > country, I believe, has had a military dictator for 40 > years now. I find this event to be mesmerizing due to > its' expressed clarity for all to see where the roots > of conflict find such basic expression where no hazy > middle seems to exist. The lines have been drawn > clearly. It is as if the earth has cracked larger > than any valley, and many may fall in to a dark, > endless middle that has been discarded and vacated. > As if heaven opened up the clouds to roar west and > east, and not even the vacuum of space and the events > of time hold together anymore as the fabric begins to > tear apart. The winds of compassion are seemingly the > last rope holding this together where without such a > true nothingness would prevail. These are the moments > where the most basic human expressions see the light > of day and the lines of history, geography, and > culture cannot even hide anymore. > This reminds me of an event of what happened > yesterday where I work. During a therapy group called > 'Circle Group', for the past few weeks the topic has > been about 'problems on the residential unit'. The > discussions would last over an hour. People had much > to say. Last night the topic was 'positive events > that have been happening on the unit'. The air was > full of quiet much of the time. I kept coming up with > more questions, and at one point the group seemed to > be finished. I looked at the clock, and the group was > only 15 minutes long up to that point. I felt, even > for myself, the difficulty in pointing out one > positive aspect of a person in the circle that has > happened recently. I thought of many kind 'things', > but the difficulty was opening up something kind about > another person that is not that very close and is > sitting right in front of you. It was a little scary. > We were able to stretch the group out for another 15 > minutes, and some commented on how they felt much > better after this group than the groups in the past. > Being kind doesn't always have the shock effect and > high people are looking for in life - the instance > jolt of something happening -, but looking back we can > see a moment when we were all trying to help and > support somebody directly, right in their face. Will > we be afraid, reject it, or open up to this love and > peace we yearn? > Thank you again for posting this. My computer > mouse was broken by my son pulling on it a couple days > ago... hahahah :-)..., but now that we have a new one > I've been wanting to go on-line and fine out more > detail about what's been happening in Myanmar. These > kind of events on the 'kind ones' goes directly to the > heart of the madness of this human population. > > > woods, > SA > > > [Khoo Hock Aun] > > It takes a certain kind of vile to shoot at buddhist > > monks > > They only offered you their loving kindness > > > > In 1988 this certain kind of vile claimed 3 thousand > > In 1978 this corrupting kind of vile killed one > > million > > In 1945 this disgusting kind of vile had killed 6 > > million > > > > In 2007 they were prepared to assail the saffron > > clad > > They only offered you their loving kindness > > > > I tell you when they took up the 227 rules of the > > Patimokkha > > and offered their lives in blameless action > > they sought no harm on others > > > > It takes a certain kind of vile for the generals > > to be willing to beat up, torture and kill the > > buddhist monks > > They only offered you their loving kindness. > > > > It takes the worst kind of vile there is > > to beat up, maim and kill the buddhist monks > > > > It is like ripping out your own heart > > angry and hating it to be part of you > > full of derision for the blood it feeds you > > full of contempt for the life it gives you > > > > And yet the still beating bloodied heart > > these buddhist monks, of the Burmese nation > > tells you the Generals and the Soldiers > > We will pray for you and offer you our loving > > kindness. > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6016-301 4079 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
