Transforming oppression
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- I want to be able to transform oppression rather than cut it out like a cancer.
Résumé
Contemplation helps me transform how I view oppression.
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The contemplative has
expanded my awareness
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and thus it expanded
the empathy that I have.
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Five years ago,
if I had been able to round up
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all the oppressors on the planet
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and all the perpetrators
of violence on the planet
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and put them on an island
and dropped a nuclear bomb
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and eradicated all of
them, I would have thought
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that would be a good
thing for humanity.
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And the contemplative has given
me a heart even for the oppressor.
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I want to be able to transform
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oppression rather than
cut it out like a cancer.
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I want that even the perpetrators of violence
and oppression be transformed
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because they are a part of
the wholeness of all humanity.
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The contemplative has expanded my awareness and thus it expanded the empathy that I have. Five years ago, if I had been able to round up all the oppressors on the planet and all the perpetrators of violence on the planet and put them on an island and dropped a nuclear bomb and eradicated all of them, I would have thought that would be a good thing for humanity. And the contemplative has given me a heart even for the oppressor. I want to be able to transform oppression rather than cut it out like a cancer. I want that even the perpetrators of violence and oppression be transformed because they are a part of the wholeness of all humanity.