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Poison for the Heart

 

 

Enlightenment • Transcript of a conversation with Buddhists   8 / 12

Q: I don't think you have the right to go around criticizing others.

A: On the contrary, it is my responsibility to do so.

Q: Shouldn't you let people live their own lives and make their own mistakes? Surely it is our own personal freedom that we can make our own mistakes.

A: I try to influence the minds of others because of what I call "the whim of God." Nature has given me the responsibility to show people the error of their ways. You say I should mind my own business, and that is precisely what I am doing. You see, I regard all people as my own self, and what they do, I do. It is my responsibility to correct myself, is it not? How can there be "personal freedom" when we are all interconnected, and when the actions of one person influence the actions of everyone else?

All is "I". A flower is I, the moon is I, my brother is I, even you are in fact myself.

God is the doer of all things. God alone is real and all else is illusory. You may not think you are myself, but this does not change the reality. Being One with all is what I call Love.

 

 

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