Such Power As We Have July 12, 2009
Posted by rickpa in Uncategorized.trackback
We do what we can to make our world better, yet whatever good we accomplish fades, and seems to lose it’s promise with every passing hour. No war has won a lasting peace, no good society has been able to end crime and violence, no movement has ended racism, no program has ended poverty forever, and no just revolution has eradicated tyranny.
The ONLY thing the force of aversion can grant us is more strife. So no matter how repugnant we find ideas and events, it’s only our aversion that is assured, but the causes of aversion are unabated. Even as we might beat, punish, fine, and imprison the repugnant folks behind our aversion. There is no end to this. Ever!
The only thing that’s truly within your power to change is your mind.
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What about Star Wars, didn’t that win a lasting peace….