tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849718684038855288.post1507092570447572001..comments2019-06-27T23:18:01.072-07:00Comments on Compassion Junkie: Israel and Palestine, from a Buddhist PerspectiveLeah Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03993396298700954781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849718684038855288.post-30757234250787484972016-05-25T09:16:11.469-07:002016-05-25T09:16:11.469-07:00This reminds me of when I was in the process of mo...This reminds me of when I was in the process of moving back to my apartment at the end of a sub lease to a prominent landlord-tenant lawyer.<br /><br />I had to practically get his law license revoked, was almost arrested during a confrontation with him at a cafe after just having cataract surgery, and the Rabbi of a congregation I now seldom attend; though at the time I atteded it; was the mediator.<br /><br />I have found that an "impartial mediator" is non existent or can only asymptotically exist i.e. 49.999999 % one side and 50.00001 the other.<br /><br />As it turned out, the cafe went out of business, the lawyer no longer attends that synagogue and since that time I have found a much better place to attend services.<br /><br />When I got my apartment back, the first thing that confronted me was a beach ball the exact color of the balloon shown in the ruins of Gaza City after the summer, 2014 conflict.<br /><br />For the next two years, up until rather recently, I received some of his mail. I, against the advice of the Rabbi who told me to just put it in the mail box with "no longer at this address"; I spent oftentimes a voluminous amount of money to mail to him his mail items.<br /><br />When I encountered him in my neighborhood, maybe a year and a half ago, he apologized and thanked me for forwarding his mail and realized how much I wanted the apartment back.<br /><br />The unpacking is making a snail's pace look like a bullet train, this is both due to lack of energy, money issues and many other things.<br /><br />The on the surface political hypotheses of the Mid East Crisis do not even come close to what is actually happening in Shamayim. The creation of what is deemed an "artificial people" politically most likely has more beneath the surface in the spiritual realm.<br /><br />Before we solve these dilemas, it will be like what the BiG Book of <br />Alcoholic Anoymous says about alcoholism. Only a spiritual solution is the answer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748701088815307545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849718684038855288.post-23854547958269238252010-08-09T08:51:31.533-07:002010-08-09T08:51:31.533-07:00Dear Cathy,
I think my earlier comment did not g...Dear Cathy, <br /><br />I think my earlier comment did not get uploaded. I just wanted to thank you for your choices. I thank you for your effort to hold unity in the face of such projected division. May you be successful in enlightening every being you encounter.Holliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395223687970674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849718684038855288.post-75281586827419594252010-07-12T11:13:31.606-07:002010-07-12T11:13:31.606-07:00It is my understanding that when one takes the Bod...It is my understanding that when one takes the Bodhisattva Vow, one commits to not ending one's own investment in the cycle of rebirth until all sentient beings have also achieved enlightenment. Practicing "compassion for all sentient beings" is the means by which this end can be achieved. No small matter to eschew aggression, yes. Buddhists vow to do this; so do Quakers. The Ten Commandments tells Jews (and Christians, for that matter, and by extrapolation, Muslims) DO NOT KILL. <br /><br />Having possession of a moral compass is one thing. Heeding it, following its ever-quivering needle, is another.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097598037242434684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849718684038855288.post-66151705326394644682010-07-08T08:22:38.629-07:002010-07-08T08:22:38.629-07:00Dear Cathy,
You have the most incredible knack of ...Dear Cathy,<br />You have the most incredible knack of distilling the essence of this conflict here in Israel/Palestine. Thank you for this beautiful posting and for enriching us with your Buddhist perspective.<br />Love,<br />YaelYael Petrettihttp://www.cl-middleeast.orgnoreply@blogger.com