HHDL Saw the Dalai Lama yesterday; there's a man with a terrible burden, can't imagine the pain he must bear to watch his country raped and brutalized. Trainloads of grist for his mill, and it has made him stronger in love. He spoke about inner disarmament - ain't it the truth! The base emotions of fear and threat, the addictive aphrodisiac of power, the hypnotic spell of selfish greed, and the rage of vengeance and retribution, put into endless motion man's inhumanity to man, making this place a brutal hell for many. As there is not 'separate' mind, we're all part of the psyhic cesspool, and the very least we can do is not contribute to the madness. Disengage your stream of being from the archetypal pools of suffering, through the force of pure Awareness, a lifestyle based on kindness and the commitment to freedom, not merely for oneself, but for all. Become a counter-active agent - embody maturity, freedom, equanimity and joy and all other attributes to help reduce the suffering in our family of conscious being. May 20, 2001 (1 of 3)