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From Walter Poe (February, 2006)
I just finished this book and I have been praying a lot on this one passage
this week, I thought I would share with all. Have a great weekend.........Walter.
Thought Into Action - --Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
Remember that your thoughts are transformed into speech and action in order to
bring the expected result. Thought translated into action is capable of
producing a tangible result. You should always speak and do things with
mindfulness of loving kindness.... For all practical purposes, if all of your
enemies are well, happy and peaceful, they would not be your enemies. If they
are free from problems, pain, suffering, affliction, neurosis, psychosis,
paranoia, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., they would not be your enemies.
Your
practical solution toward your enemies is to help them to overcome their
problems, so you can live in peace and happiness. In fact, if you can, you
should fill the minds of all your enemies with loving kindness and make all of
them realize the true meaning of peace, so you can live in peace and happiness.
The more they are in neurosis, psychosis, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., the more
trouble, pain, and suffering they can bring to the world. If you could convert a
vicious and wicked person into a holy and saintly individual you would perform a
miracle. Let us cultivate adequate wisdom and loving kindness within ourselves
to convert evil minds to saintly minds.
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