alright, but what was jesus actually hoping to achieve wandering moralising parabolising, whipping them up into an excitement of either love or hate. an idealist! did he really hope by saying to the people, "be nice to each other for a change," that they would change? who may change whom? and what of miracles? the first and quintessential mysterymiracle is the beating heart.
people are people are people. who may say the ways of the people? the people walk in mysterious ways. a given person may arrive at a sound moral stance through their own moral reasoning: "if someone treads on my toes, i do not like it, therefore i will not tread on other's toes, for they are just like me," or they may not
i listen to myself and am reminded of dostoievsky's ivan from the brothers karamazov, denouncing the iniquities of the inquisition, so critical, so confident that his own intellectual inquiring will tell him what's what. i instinctively liked alosha, and the simplicity of his unquestioning faithful soul.
i met a young woman named mary bel recently and one night she surprised me by her passion when talking about the futuilty of trying to change people. (i don't remember her exact words but the feeling they gave me:) "take a look at the people on the street. you have young people, old people, rich people, poor people, lonely people, rebels, immigrants, bankers, tourists, students . . . and each one inhabits their own world with their own set of values and dreams and assumptions and hopes and worries. nothing you can say or do will influence anybody - that is unless they themselves are willing to change" - - this introduction to explain the why of her passion - - "i was married to a man with violent tendencies for eight years. for eight years i tried to change him before i realised there was nothing i could do. the only person that can change theirself is theirself. many people will not change. it is the minority of people who are concientious and self-examining and open for self-change". she spoke as if she had to convince me of this, but as i studiously listened to her, i had to agree with every word. the people will be as the people will be as the people will be.
"sto pensando ancora in quel uomo chi ci a sparato," disse fabri piu tarde quella notte. "ti giuro se avevo un fucile anch'io gli avro sparato subito."
"ma, perché motivo? capisco che puoi voler vendicarti il male che lui ti a fatto, ma alla lunga il rispondere al suo male con ancore piu male solo servirà per rinforzare quel male originale."
what is the use of trying to fight fire with fire? who can tell what led up to that guy firing his gun at us? maybe his wife had left him that morning. maybe he received no love as a child, or maybe we happened upon the local mafia headman who expects always to have his way.
in any case, i pray for his soul.
tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner
even if it does not change a jot, i pray for his soul.
Thank God for the HeartShine!
i listen to myself and am reminded of dostoievsky's ivan from the brothers karamazov, denouncing the iniquities of the inquisition, so critical, so confident that his own intellectual inquiring will tell him what's what. i instinctively liked alosha, and the simplicity of his unquestioning faithful soul.
i met a young woman named mary bel recently and one night she surprised me by her passion when talking about the futuilty of trying to change people. (i don't remember her exact words but the feeling they gave me:) "take a look at the people on the street. you have young people, old people, rich people, poor people, lonely people, rebels, immigrants, bankers, tourists, students . . . and each one inhabits their own world with their own set of values and dreams and assumptions and hopes and worries. nothing you can say or do will influence anybody - that is unless they themselves are willing to change" - - this introduction to explain the why of her passion - - "i was married to a man with violent tendencies for eight years. for eight years i tried to change him before i realised there was nothing i could do. the only person that can change theirself is theirself. many people will not change. it is the minority of people who are concientious and self-examining and open for self-change". she spoke as if she had to convince me of this, but as i studiously listened to her, i had to agree with every word. the people will be as the people will be as the people will be.
"sto pensando ancora in quel uomo chi ci a sparato," disse fabri piu tarde quella notte. "ti giuro se avevo un fucile anch'io gli avro sparato subito."
"ma, perché motivo? capisco che puoi voler vendicarti il male che lui ti a fatto, ma alla lunga il rispondere al suo male con ancore piu male solo servirà per rinforzare quel male originale."
what is the use of trying to fight fire with fire? who can tell what led up to that guy firing his gun at us? maybe his wife had left him that morning. maybe he received no love as a child, or maybe we happened upon the local mafia headman who expects always to have his way.
in any case, i pray for his soul.
tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner
even if it does not change a jot, i pray for his soul.
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