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Cynthia Cook's avatar

I think it comes from people not loving themselves.

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Jessica Rath's avatar

That sounds right...

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Cynthia Cook's avatar

Thanks for writing this, Jessica, for reminding us about love.

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Thank you, Cynthia -- hard to put into practice. I have no trouble with non-human animals, even the ones I don't particularly LOVE, such as mosquitoes, I'd never say I'd HATE them. They're not evil; a lion killing a zebra is not evil. WHERE does evil come from.

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rohn bayes's avatar

i'll go with the buddha guy / first to sustain my own equanimity but also to provide a better alternative to the current cultural malaise / that's how i see it happening / all this will be exposed as nasty brutish and painful and there must be a better way / those of us who are discovering our buddha nature will shine out as a definitely infinitely better way / find your heart and feel it stupid humans / way better / nicely done / balance between outrage and cool assessment of better options

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rohn bayes's avatar

and thanks for mentioning martin luther king jr. and gandhi / two people who had a big influence on my life

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Yes, I admire them too. And John Jewis, you should read his memoir, they PRACTICED nonviolence, definitely NOT easy!

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Yeah I hope you're right; sure, there's a better way, but so many humans don't see it. I'm not quite as equanimous (is this a word? Looks wrong).

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rohn bayes's avatar

equinanimous ??

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Yes. So missed.

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