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If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. *Question : A lot of people say this, but few really live by it. * *Did you always feel this way, or did you have to learn it? * *Answer: *It is developed from inner practice. From a broader perspective, there will always be suffering. On one level, you are bound to meet with the effects of the unfavorable actions you yourself have previously committed in body, speech or mind. Then also, your very own nature is that of suffering. There's not just one factor figuring into my attitude, but many different ones. >From the point of view of the actual entity producing the suffering, as I have said, if it is fixable, then there is no need to worry. If not, there is no benefit to worrying. >From the point of view of the cause, suffering is based on past unfavorable actions accumulated by oneself and no other. These karmas are not wasted. They will bear their fruit. One will not meet with the effects of actions that one has not done oneself. Finally, from the viewpoint of the nature of suffering itself, the aggregates of the mind and body have as their actual nature, suffering. M On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Merle Lester <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > *NATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL: Hitler, the Holocaust and War > By Richard A. Koenigsberg > > * > *COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS may receive a free copy of this important book, > which changes forever our understand of the Holocaust—and of warfare. > Simply respond to this email indicating you will request that your library > order a copy.* > *[image: Developmental Time, Cultural Space]* *Pages: *136 > pages* > Publisher: > *Library of Social > Science<http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=28C9D2A&e=3218C3&c=4BF35&t=0&l=4E9ADE8&email=ixXm0ij%2BbPTN6%2BIQ4YtZ3gUPiXYo5miE> > * > Author: * > * *Richard A. 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We will send you a free > electronic copy of the entire book (identical to the physical copy, > including the front & back cover).* > “Dr. Koenigsberg’s is a message that anyone with an interest in changing > the course of human history should internalize and reflect upon. Can human > beings transcend war? If so, *Nations Have the Right to Kill* will be one > of our most important guides. Its striking lucidity will be a catalyst for > our collective evolution.” > —Lee Hall, JD > > “Koenigsberg’s ideas cut through conventional notions about culture, the > nation, and war, enabling us to see human institutions in utterly new > ways.” > —Ruth Stein, New York University, author of *For Love of the Father* > “If a case can be made that nationalism is a religion, few books rival > Koenigsberg’s *Nations Have the Right to Kill.* The author confronts the > taken-for-granted world of nationalism and political realism, and makes > them seem utterly peculiar and bizarre.” > — *Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion* > “Insightful and unsettling.” > —E. Sam Cox, University of Central Missouri > “A psychological inquiry of great depth and tragic urgency. A deep > humanity informs this book, which is full of original and provocative > insights.” > —Walter A. Davis, Ohio State University > *“Nations have the Right to Kill* is a passionate monograph that presents > a searing criticism of the sacrificial ideology that mobilizes people for > war.” —Michael Roberts, University of Adelaide > “Despite the vast body of research devoted to the Holocaust, *Nations > Have the Right to Kill* marks a seminal contribution.” > —Brian A. Victoria, Antioch University, author of *Zen at War* > ------------------------------ > *Richard Koenigsberg *received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from > the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research and formerly > taught at the New School. For the past 40 years, Dr. Koenigsberg has been > writing and lecturing on the psychological sources of war and genocide. He > is the author of four books, numerous papers and articles, and has lectured > extensively throughout the United States. > *Why Did Hitler Kill?* > * > As the Final Solution began, Hitler professed to be undisturbed by the > extermination of men, women and children: “If I don’t mind sending the pick > of the German people into the hell of war without regret for the shedding > of precious German blood, then naturally I have the right to destroy > millions of men of inferior races who increase like vermin.”* > > *Hitler reflected that if he—as commander in chief of a great nation—was > not faulted when he sent his own soldiers to die in massive numbers—why > could he not also require Jews to die in massive numbers?* > > *The Holocaust was generated based on the logic of warfare: As Hitler > asked his German soldiers to be obedient unto death, so did he ask the same > of the Jews.* > *The Soldier’s Body Gives Rise to the Reality of the Nation* > So pervasive and all-encompassing is the ideology of nationalism that we > must remind ourselves—when we utter words such as France, Germany or > America—that these terms refer to ideas or concepts (created by human > beings) rather than to entities that exist substantially. When people say, > “The individual must die so that the nation might live,” the implication is > that the nation is a being with a life of its own. For some people, the > preservation or continued existence of this entity—one’s nation—is deemed > more significant than the preservation of actual human lives. > In war, nations come alive. Killing and dying substantiate the existence > of the nation-state. The sound and fury of battle lends credence to the > idea that nations are real. Warfare and battle—the production of dead and > wounded soldiers—anchors belief in material reality. Human beings are > sacrificed in the name of perpetuating a magical entity—the body politic. > During the First World War, soldiers’ bodies were fed into the jaws of > battle under the assumption that the “lives” of nations were more > significant than those of young men. > British political leader David Lloyd George stated that every nation was > “profligate of its manpower” and conducted its war activities as if there > were no limit to the number of young men who were fit to be “thrown into > the furnace to feed the flames of war.” He described the First World War as > a perpetual, driving force that “shoveled warm human hearts and bodies by > the millions into the furnace.” > Just as the Aztecs believed that the hearts and blood of sacrificial > victims were required to keep the sun god alive, so during the First World > War millions of hearts and bodies were sacrificed to preserve the lives of > nations. The First World War was a monumental potlatch—ostentatious > destruction or conspicuous waste—whose purpose was to confer prestige, with > each nation striving to demonstrate its greatness by throwing away the most > men and materiel. > *“If I can ask German soldiers to > be obedient unto death, why can’t > I ask the same of Jews?”* > The Final Solution or Holocaust—the systematic extermination of the Jewish > people—began well before the construction of death camps and gas chambers. > As the German army moved east into the Soviet Union in late 1941 and early > 1942, they were followed by the * Einsatzgruppen, *or mobile killing > units. Approximately 1.5 million Jews were shot and killed, many of them > buried in gorges mass graves that bear a striking resemblance to the > trenches of the First World War. > Hitler professed to be undisturbed by the extermination of men, women and > children, providing the following rationale: “If I don’t mind sending the > pick of the German people into the hell of war without regret for the > shedding of valuable German blood, then I have naturally the right to > destroy millions of men of inferior races who increase like vermin.” This > statement reveals the “logic” of the Holocaust. > *We want as many people as possible to read this important book, which > changes forever our understanding of the Holocaust—and of warfare. > Therefore, we are offering a free copy to college instructors if you will > simply ask your library to order a copy. Please respond to this > email—write to [email protected]—providing your name > and the name of your college or university. We will send you a free > electronic copy of the entire book (identical to the physical copy, > including the front & back cover).* > Hitler understood that as commander-in-chief of a great nation, he would > not be faulted if he sent his soldiers into battle—where they would die in > massive numbers. Hitler knew that—as Germany’s leader—he had the “right” to > sacrifice his own young men. > Then he reflected: “Why are the best my nation has to offer—the ‘pick of > the German people’—being sent to die, while the worst people, Jews, are > destined to survive the war?” Writing in *Mein Kampf* about the First > World War—and his belief that while German soldiers had willingly > sacrificed their lives, Jews had shirked their duty—Hitler declared: “If > the best men were dying at the front, the least we could do was to wipe out > the vermin.” > Hitler vowed that the Second World War would be different. Jews would not > escape scot-free: they would not be exempt from the obligation to suffer > and to die. They too would be required to become “obedient unto death.” > For Hitler, the logic of genocide derived from the logic of warfare. War, > Hitler believed, was the occasion when a nation asks its people to die for > their country. However, if a nation has the right to sacrifice its own > soldiers, why should it not have the right to sacrifice others as well? In > the Holocaust, Jews would join German soldiers and participate in the > sacrificial ritual. Jews too would die when Germany commanded them to. > *We want as many people as possible to read this important book, which > changes forever our understanding of the Holocaust—and of warfare. > Therefore, we are offering a free copy to college instructors if you will > simply ask your library to order a copy. Please respond to this > email—write to [email protected]—providing your name > and the name of your college or university. We will send you a free > electronic copy of the entire book (identical to the physical copy, > including the front & back cover).* > *The Holocaust Victim as a Symbol of the German Soldier* > Although German soldiers are usually portrayed as aggressive warriors, the > reality of their experience during the Second World War—as they waged war > on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union—was pathetic. The following > passages are excerpts from letters written home by German soldiers (see > Stephen > G. > Fritz,<http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=28C9D2C&e=3218C3&c=4BF35&t=0&l=4E9ADE8&email=ixXm0ij%2BbPTN6%2BIQ4YtZ3gUPiXYo5miE>1997)—starving, > freezing, wounded and dying in places like Stalingrad: > > “Food was our most difficult problem. Our eyes gleamed, like the eyes of > famished wolves. Our stomachs were empty and the horizon was devoid of any > hope.” > “We stood in interminable lines, to receive a cup of hot water infused > with a minute portion of tea. We had too much food in order to die, but too > little in order to live.” > “The inability to bathe led to incredibly filthy conditions, which > inevitably resulted in a plague of lice. We felt like livestock rather than > human beings.” > “There is only anxiety, fear, and terror, a life without return along with > terror without an end. The heart is overwhelmed at the unbearable thought > that the smell of dead bodies is the beginning and end and ultimate sense > and purpose of our being.” > “We were crowded together like sardines in the cattle car. There were > moans, groans, and whimpers in that car; the smell of pus, urine, and it > was cold. We lay on straw. The train waited for hours.” > > Primo Levi > observes<http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=28C9D2D&e=3218C3&c=4BF35&t=0&l=4E9ADE8&email=ixXm0ij%2BbPTN6%2BIQ4YtZ3gUPiXYo5miE>(1986) > that in many of its painful and absurd aspects the concentration > world was “only a version, an adaptation of German military procedure,” the > army of prisoners an “inglorious copy of the army proper or, more > accurately, its caricature.” Leon > Poliakov<http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=28C9D2E&e=3218C3&c=4BF35&t=0&l=4E9ADE8&email=ixXm0ij%2BbPTN6%2BIQ4YtZ3gUPiXYo5miE>(1979) > notes that Jewish victims in the camps were required to behave like > soldiers, performing standard military rituals: “Dressed in rags, the > slaves had to march at parade step and with a martial air when going off to > work; while other slaves played military marches. Crippled by disease, > their feet running with sores, the prisoners were forced to make their beds > with geometric precision.” > The Nazis glorified their willingness to surrender absolutely to Hitler > and Germany. Sacrificial submission was conceived as honor, loyalty and > faithfulness. Upon the death of a German soldier in the Second World War, > newspaper obituaries announced the name of the soldier, stating that he had > died “For the Fuehrer, the German people, and the fatherland.” > German soldiers had given over their bodies entirely to the nation-state. > Jews also were required to do so. However, no one would say that the death > of a Jew was honorable and noble. The Holocaust depicted submission to a > nation—suffering and death—without sugar coating. The Holocaust enacts the > abject fate of a body that has been given over to—taken over by—the > nation-state. > German soldiers in the First and Second World Wars entered battle at the > behest of Germany, often dying a brutal, ugly death. However, in spite of > bodily mutilation and death, soldiers’ actions were described as noble and > beautiful. The Holocaust enacted a perverse version of “dying for the > country”—depicting the horrific consequences of submission to the > nation-state. > *We want as many people as possible to read this important book, which > changes forever our understanding of the Holocaust—and of warfare. > Therefore, we are offering a free copy to college instructors if you will > simply ask your library to order a copy. Please respond to this > email—write to [email protected]—providing your name > and the name of your college or university. We will send you a free > electronic copy of the entire book (identical to the physical copy, > including the front & back cover).* > * Nations Have the Right to Kill: Hitler, the Holocaust and War** > > Table of Contents* > *Introduction*<http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=28C9D2F&e=3218C3&c=4BF35&t=0&l=4E9ADE8&email=ixXm0ij%2BbPTN6%2BIQ4YtZ3gUPiXYo5miE> > PART ONE: THE HOLOCAUST > *Chapter I: The Logic of the Holocaust* > > Introduction > Jewish Disease within the German Body Politic > Devotion to Germany > Jewish Individualism as Negation of the German Community > Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? > Jews Too Shall Die > > *Chapter II: The Sacrificial Meaning of the Holocaust* > > Introduction > Worshipping Germany > Jewish Destructiveness > War as a Sacrificial Ritual > The Duty to Lay Down One's Life > Soldiers as Sacrificial Victims > The Right to Destroy Millions of Men > Die for Germany-or be Killed > > PART TWO: WAR > *Chapter III: As the Soldier Dies, So the Nation Comes Alive* > > Introduction > Obfuscation in the Depiction of Warfare > The Magnitude of Destruction and Futility of the First World War > What Was Going On? > Reification of the Nation-State > Willingness to Die as Declaration of Devotion > As the Soldier Dies, so The Nation Comes Alive > > *Chapter IV: Virility and Slaughter* > > Introduction > The First World War as Perpetual Slaughter > Doctrine of the “Offensive at All Costs” > The Battle of the Somme > Virility-The Battle of Verdun > The Sacred Ideal > Virility and Slaughter > > *Chapter V: Aztec Warfare, Western Warfare* > > Aztec Warfare > The First World War > Why the Perpetual Slaughter? > The Body and Blood of the Soldier Gives Rise to the Reality of the Nation > War as Potlatch > Warfare as Truth > The Nation-State Kills Its Own Soldiers > > PART THREE: THE LOGIC OF WAR AND GENOCIDE > *Chapter VI: Dying for the Country* > > Introduction > Why Did Hitler Wage War? > Identity of Self and Nation > Aryan Willingness for Self-Sacrifice > Hitler's Experience of the First World War > Willingness to Die for One's Country > Why do the Best Human Beings Die in War While the Worst Survive? > Jewish “Shirkers” > As German Soldiers Die, So Must Jews > Sacrificial Death Stripped of Honor > > *Chapter VII: The Logic of Mass Murder* > > Introduction > The First World War > Hitler and the First World War > The Euthanasia Program > Obedience (Unto Death) > Hitler Goes to War > The Explanation > Conclusion > > Bibliography > *We want as many people as possible to read this important book, which > changes forever our understanding of the Holocaust—and of warfare. > Therefore, we are offering a free copy to college instructors if you will > simply ask your library to order a copy. 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