Live in harmony & Peace
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
I like the picture on the left.. =) It fulls of love and care, so peaceful. Can we all humans live like that? Live in harmony and peace… no more war and disputes? I believe, if people around the world are full of wisdom, and see this life deeply, there will be no more war. So.. why is it hard to live in peace and harmony? Why do we always have arguments over little things? I just read an article on Ajahn Brahm’s sermon. I LOVE it! It talked bout harmony in society. Actually the principle behind is not that complicated.. If we can let go OURSELF or our EGO, actually we can create harmony. The thing that usually makes us argue against each other is the view of RIGHT OR WRONG. When we think we are right, and the other person is wrong, then an argument surfaces. There is one question lied here, are we right? We might think that we are right, but is that important? Is it worth it to sacrifice our relationship with someone just becos we think we are right and the other person is wrong? Is it worth it to make other irritated due to this concept of right or wrong? I guess, by letting go our ego to maintain the peace and harmony is more important.
Anger… it can somehow blind us. When we are at the stage of anger with someone, we wont be able to see the things clearly. We wont be able to see the good side of the persons at the moment we are angry. And we do sometimes make ’silly mistakes’ due to this emotion, and somehow it may lead to a breakage of a relationship. Is it worth it? It is true to say that maintaining a relationship is harder than building it… Just simply by a small matter and argument, a long-time-relationship may over. So by overcoming anger, we also can create harmony. But, how? Well.. there is a very sweet poem written by Adolf Hitler (well, you might think he is a bastard, he is a cruel guy, but he does have a good side of him. The proof: the following poem! Read it..)
When your mother is old
When her hearing is weak
When she asks for your hands
Give it to her
Help her
is she asks
Always help if she asks again
Give it to her again
When she asked for your hand give it to her
Help her
If she asks for third time
Please help her with a generous heart
Because the time will come
The terrible time when her mouth will ask no more
When her hand will never be able to reach you again
The terrible time when your mother dies
So be kind
Be generous
Be forgiving to your mother
See, even a ‘cruel’ man like him can write such a sweet thing! So, I believe every person has their own sweet side. Just focus on it and contemplate it. By doing so, we can avoid anger with any body. May all of us live in harmony… (Sadhu. Sadhu, Sadhu)
