At times like this, it’s hard for me to make sense out of the violence and suffering that occur in the world. I talk often about acceptance and awareness, and yet here I sit, a hypocrite, finding it near impossible to reconcile or make peace with what has happened this past week. But, I think what helps me avoid getting stuck in a glut of anger is realizing that acceptance doesn’t necessarily mean endorsement.
In 2012 there have been more than 50 mass shootings in the U.S., the most recent at a Connecticut school that left 27 people are dead, including 18 children. As I type the words, it’s hard for me to digest. I truly have no words.
Although I’ve never met him, one of my most beloved teachers is Eckhart Tolle. His words tranformed me when I was in a not-so-awesome place. I thought this video on dissolving suffering was poignant. It’s not about mass violence, but the message on transmuting suffering into peace is worth watching.
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Be well. Love and be loved. Namaste.
– Your Charmed Yogi
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Beautiful, Lisa.
As I understand it, psychologist say that often, a family’s culmulative dysfunction can be displayed through a single child’s behavior – even when there are multiple children in the family. I feel that we should examine our selves as a society and ask what we may be contributing to such events, not to take away the offenders responsibility. What holes exists in our framework that allow or produce such needless acts of violence?
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