Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Instead of Revenge:

I was wondering whether there are people who cause suffering for us?
S.N. Goenka (renown Vipassana Teacher): Nobody causes suffering for you. You cause the suffering for yourself by generating tension in the mind. If you know how not to do that, it becomes easy to remain peaceful and happy in every situation.


Terry Orr mentioned you in a comment.

"Ron. I suppose one of the main reasons to overcome feeling the need for revenge, is when we have those feelings, we are the first person to be harmed. The person we seek revenge against, may never even be aware of the flames we are burning ourselves with."

What about when someone else is doing wrong to us?
You must not allow people to do wrong to you. Whenever someone does something wrong, (s)he harms others and at the same time harms him(her) self. If you allow her to do wrong, you are encouraging him (her) to do wrong. You must use all your strength to stop her, but with only good will, compassion, and sympathy for that person. If you act with with hatred or anger, then you aggravate the situation. But you cannot have good will for such a person unless your mind is calm and peaceful. So practice to develop peace within yourself, and they you can solve the problem.

(If you want world peace, you ought to learn how to be peaceful yourself. Only then can you bring peace to the world.)

Valerie Stiehl PROFOUND WORDS OF WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. HATRED, ANGER, JUDGEMENT ONLY BEGET THE SAME AND YOU BECOME A RECEPTICLE OF TOXIC WASTE, IF YOU ENGAGE IN THE SAME WAY. REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION. THANK YOU , RON. BLESSINGS.

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