Wed 7 Jan 2009
A Buddhist in Israel Writes of War and Peace
Posted by Michael McAlister under Interfaith, Writing
1 Comment
From elephant journal, we get a fascinating letter from a Buddhist in Israel:
Interestingly, having come back to live in Israel less than two years ago, I find it much easier to stay open-minded about the situation while living here, rather than glued to the monitor back in New York City. Here I actually meet people, breath that same air as all the people I’d like to categorize as— red/green/white/whatever. It’s actually easier to not fall into the traps of over-attachment to one’s identity as red/green/etc, and self-righteousness. Things are just too real (so to speak) to patch up a water-tight story about them. It’s actually a relief.
May all beings uncover their True Nature and live consciously from this realization.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Thanks for this pointing out.
It is a terrible situation that is unfolding.
I find some small seed of encouragement in the final part of his letter:
“Finally, I just wanted to mention that we don’t hear about it in the news, but there are numerous Palestinian/Israeli groups working, meeting, engaging in peace activities as we speak, and as this tremendous suffering is happening. That is also part of daily reality here. It’s important to know.”