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End Of Violence

4/25/2025

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I have always admired reading J. Krishnamurti's talks and writings. He asks us not to close our mind and heart when it comes to reading or listening to something beyond right or wrong by keeping our mind and heart open. Sadly we get caught up in either-or mindset. Like it, then get it, accept it. If we do not like it, throw it away, reject it. We tend to divide the world into right or wrong, either or mindset. However, there is a Middle Path called Madhyama Marga by the Compassionate Gautama Buddha. We have been experiencing divisiveness in the world on the ground of races, genders, religions, beliefs, cultures and ideologies, forgetting that we all are children of God. God treats us equally without any distinctions. Sadly lots of fights and wars have been created by such divisiveness. When we go beyond such harmful divisiveness we experience Oneness in all. If we keep our mind and heart open we experience Divine Oneness in all.
Anger is one of the most difficult emotions to regulate. Anger breaks up relationships. It is compared to poison. It breaks up relationships and destroys our potential to sustain and blossom our human relationships within ourselves intrapersonally, extrapersonally and universally. What sad news! There is a way to cross the bridge of our life amicably, compassionately and lovingly. It is in our hands. I do not believe in creating walls of misunderstandings and relating to oneself and others with these walls. This way we create the Divine Union. May we all sincerely and steadily work on the path of Divinity. How do I relate to this divisiveness and overcome the walls of divisiveness and build the bridge of uni on? I find practicing Mindfulness Meditation regularly very helpful in building and sustaining the bridge of uniting. It is not that easy when the bridge of relationships has become weak or sadly broken. I learned from my parents and other spiritual teachers to work on my mind and heart to build and enrich bridges of relationships. I believe we can do it as I have done it in my life by practicing Mindfulness Meditation daily.
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Namaste. 
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Elaine noonan
4/26/2025 10:07:21 am

Happy Saturday

Today is world tai chi day a day to bring one mind one consciousness, one heart together

as you mentioned, remaining as one heart removes any division and removes any anger because everyone is reaching for the same cause in the same way. We look for what is in common and that iin what is different.

Everyone wins because everyone is reaching for the same cause and the same good benefits. The premise of ego involvement is no longer an issue when the good for everyone is the prime focus.

it goes back to Dr. DAVE’’s teachings of mindfulness combined with Thich Nhat Hanh present moment awareness… the beauty perfection and harmonic peace in our hearts for understanding and compassion .

These are life’s peaceful treasures❤️❤️

Namaste

Elaine

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Elaine
4/26/2025 11:07:22 am

Good and wise reflections. Please come to our class and share your comments in person.

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Therese M. Griffin link
4/26/2025 03:54:53 pm

End Violence, this comes in many forms physically, verbally, and emotionally. Last week our group shared about the term caste in their family system. I certainly have heard the word caste in the educational world. I never connected to my family history. My mother side: grandmother was born in Germany and married a man that was 1/2 Scottish and 1/2 British. My Dad (grandparents) Irish and Scottish.

After my mother passed away when I was nine, I only her family refer to my Dad as the Hillbilly or Dumb Farmer. It was like a Civil War at the age of 18, I started to include my Dad's family into my life. My mother's two sisters and mother were very verbally abusive. In fact they blamed me for Mom's death later in life. They were cruel.

While my brother and sister were 11 and 13 years older than me they were out of the house. This past summer, I visited my 1st cousin and two of my 2 cousins on my mother's side. They were aware of the dysfunctions in our family system. I'm 5 years older, the other two were 3 years younger than me. Karen and Ricky are very angry with our family system, they asked for my assistance. I brought family photos.

As we were talking Karen and Ricky kept saying that they remember playing with my sisters kids. They would ask when can we play with them again. Their mother (my 1st cousin) told them, "You're not playing with the Ritter Hillbillies." I was d speechless. The Ritter was my brother-in-law name and both of his parents were born in Germany. How did "they" become Hillbillies? Oh no, they were putting my sister down the Ritters were Hillbillies because our Dad is from Tennessee. When I was younger they told me I wasn't part of the family anymore because my mother died. How did I lose my title of niece from the family.

The Southern would ask is your boyfriend a Hilly-Billy? I don't know! Naturally, is he Catholic, etc. My grandmother and two aunts claimed to be religious women. My one Aunt stated saw and talked to Jesus. Then she would make snarl remarks.

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