I listened to an OnBeing today, about the life of the Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hahn. It included interview excerpts with him. I just wanted to bring a little balance to the craziness in the world and on this forum.
He said, “You can’t remove wrong perception with bombs.” He wrote a Poem, “For Warmth”, about the village in Vietnam that was "bombed to save it. It’s about living with anger.
Krista Tippet pointed out that Mindfulness doesn’t take away the emotions.
He said, “You have to remain human in order to understand and become compassionate. You have the right to be angry, but you don’t have the right not to practice in order to transform your anger. You have the right to make mistakes, but you don’t have the right to continue making mistakes. You have to learn from your mistakes."