Sara

From my Buddhist Wisdom Inspiration Cards:





Never be
for this and
against that.
The argument between
for and against
is the mind's
worst enemy.

I sometimes think you forget who you're talking to, Buddha Box. I am practically the definition of Libra when it comes to balance. I want balance in all things, which is why I have such a hard time making decisions and why I say, "I don't care" or "Whatever you want" so often when asked what I want to do or where I want to go or what I want to eat. At the same time, though, there are certainly things that I am for and against. There are big things that I am against like organized religion and there are smaller things I am against like vampires who sparkle in the sunlight. I cannot be with you in this, Buddha Box. I cannot give up the extremes of emotion. I will not forsake love, though I believe that everyone should forsake hate. For people at least. Perhaps not for ideas or regimes or actions but certainly there should be no out and out hate for people. It never does us good to hate those who are connected to us anyway. The collective unconscious connects us all, runs like a river through the universe of our blood and behind our thoughts. Somewhere my mind mingles with yours in a way that neither of us are even cognizant of and probably will never know.

There will also be things that I am against, though. There will always be political and religious ideas that do not sit right with me and that seem unfair. My nature is to be against inequality. I cannot help that. I am not sure I want to relinquish that no matter how much pain and torment it might bring me as a result. This is a short entry. It cannot really be anything else. You and I will likely always disagree on this particular teaching.