We may engage in argument defending our point of view. We may think that in contradicting others we preserve the purity of the Teaching, but if we behave in this way we only cultivate a distorted view. To remain silent is my advice from the Heart. ~Aro Community
Dolphins Help Save Dog From Drowning & Shark
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
~Epictetus
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/turn-to-yourself.html
Don’t listen to anybody except your own consciousness. When you are
angry, you lose consciousness, you become unconscious. Anger covers you
like a black cloud. You can commit murder, you can destroy life. But
when you are loving, bells of joy start ringing in your heart. You start
feeling your consciousness rising. And if in love also you lose
consciousness, become unconscious, then remember: you are calling lust,
love. And this kind of love is not the right thing, because it is not
going to help you to grow, to expand, to attain the fulfillment of your
potential. ~Osho
Forgive somebody. You’d be amazed at the ripple effect an ounce of forgiveness can have in your life and in the lives of others. Unburden yourself of the past and think kind thoughts again about that person.
Cheer up the lonely. Lonely people are everywhere, in all walks of life, of all ages. Helping lonely people to feel wanted is a hugely rewarding random act of kindness. ~wikiHow
Understanding transforms, it does not sublimate.
If you understand, anger disappears and the same
energy becomes compassion. Not that you sublimate:
anger simply disappears, and the energy that was involved,
invested in anger, is released and becomes compassion.
When you understand hate, hate disappears and the same
energy becomes love. Love is not against hate —
it is absence of hate. ~Osho
Can We Understand the Suffering of our Enemy?
When someone has done us, our loved ones, or our people, a great wrong, this is the very last thing in the world we want to do. We hate and loathe our enemies, and may well have very good reason for this antipathy. Look at Ireland. Look at India and Pakistan. Look at Israel and Palestine. There are enough grievances and hatred in these areas to perpetuate violence and mayhem endlessly, every act of retribution leading to retaliation, ad infinitum.
It takes tremendous courage and insight to break this self-perpetuating cycle, but it is possible. And Buddhism offers unique insights into how we can break down the barriers that separate us and find a path to peace. And one skillful way to do this is through meditation in which we empathetically become one with our enemy and his suffering. Again, this is not easy to do, but in understanding another’s suffering, however much we may think they deserve it or have brought it upon themselves, we find common ground. We all suffer. Being human, we all know what suffering is. We know what it is to lose a love one, to be abused, to be victimized. In our common suffering, and our compassionate response to suffering, we have a basis for finding and seeing our common humanity.
~Thich Nhat Hanh | Source: Metta Refuge
We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts… We can never be too generous or too kind. ― Marc Bekoff
Forgive somebody. You'd be amazed at the ripple effect an ounce of forgiveness can have in your life and in the lives of others. Unburden yourself of the past and think kind thoughts again about that person.
Cheer up the lonely. Lonely people are everywhere, in all walks of life, of all ages. Helping lonely people to feel wanted is a hugely rewarding random act of kindness. ~wikiHow
http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-ripple-effect.html
This is an old video, in case some of you have not seen it. The way a dog and a crow communicate and play together is amazing.
