Comments on: Thinking About the Negatives

By: youtube downloader

youtube downloader — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:25:00 +0000

What I’m about to say is not about words, which words we use – it is an invitation to look at the thoughts and feelings we are using those words to express.
In your post, when you say:

By: ed hardy

ed hardy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:19 +0000

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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:20:51 +0000

[...] item that got me contemplating about the world and kindness was a recent blog post about racism on Chris Brogan’s [...]

By: Terrascene

Terrascene — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:37:43 +0000

Chris -

What I’m about to say is not about words, which words we use – it is an invitation to look at the thoughts and feelings we are using those words to express.
In your post, when you say:

“Fight racism. Fight hatred. And be damned sure you’re looking for the scarier threats that trawl those waters.”

I invite us to STOP FIGHTING! fighting and racism and hatred all come from the same place – fear. (just exactly like those “scarier threats”)

Imagine: just imagine what would happen if we cleared up the fear just with ourselves, and then lived, uncompromisingly, in that space of being, peace.

That choice of being peace, then, addresses the concerns you go on to express:

“But how? And where? And what will be the way we see this all come to light? That I’m not so sure about, and further, when you think about how one might patrol for such, I think free speech (not hate speech, but the other stuff that will get sucked into the nets) might get caught up, too.”

I choose peace, you choose peace, and we choose not to interact with that which is not peace. Honestly – can you imagine? – it can change the world.

Too simplistic? What if we just gave it a try?

Thanks!

By: Terrascene

Terrascene — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:37:00 +0000

Chris -

What I’m about to say is not about words, which words we use – it is an invitation to look at the thoughts and feelings we are using those words to express.
In your post, when you say:

“Fight racism. Fight hatred. And be damned sure you’re looking for the scarier threats that trawl those waters.”

I invite us to STOP FIGHTING! fighting and racism and hatred all come from the same place – fear. (just exactly like those “scarier threats”)

Imagine: just imagine what would happen if we cleared up the fear just with ourselves, and then lived, uncompromisingly, in that space of being, peace.

That choice of being peace, then, addresses the concerns you go on to express:

I choose peace, you choose peace, and we choose not to interact with that which is not peace. Honestly – can you imagine? – it can change the world.

Too simplistic? What if we just gave it a try?

Thanks!

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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:04:37 +0000

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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:49:57 +0000

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By: Life Clerks » The No. 1 Lifehack You can Implement Today to Make the World a Better Place

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:03:00 +0000

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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:30:23 +0000

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