...I can disagree with a political leader’s actions. I can legislate. I
can do civil disobedience if I think what they support is wrong. I can
disagree with actions that are not compassionate. But I want to keep my
heart open. If I don’t, I am part of the problem, not part of the
solution. And that’s just not interesting enough. That’s what the inner
work is—to become part of the solution.
So going around being angry at everything and everybody is a cheap pie.
It really is. You don’t have to act out of anger in order to oppose
something. You can act to oppose something because it creates suffering.
You can become an instrument of that which relieves suffering, but you
don’t have to get angry about it.
Social action does not have to be pumped up by righteous indignation or
anger. That’s working with the dark forces. That’s working with fear.
You can work with love. You can oppose somebody out of love. You can do
social action out of love. And that’s the way you win the whole war, not
just the battle...
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