Fear not, grief and joy
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Extraits marquants
- The journey of peace and nonviolence begins with grief and continues with joy.
Résumé
What does the path of nonviolence start with?
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Do not be afraid. Do not be
afraid. Do not be afraid.
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We all have to get that
through our heads.
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I mean, we can spend
our whole lives in fear
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and the culture of war
wants us to be afraid.
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Certainly, I think every government
tries to instill fear.
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"You've got to be afraid of them.
They're going to get you.
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You're gonna get killed."
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No. We practice fearlessness.
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So Gandhi professed
a vow of fearlessness.
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But the flipside of all of this, of Jesus,
the nonviolent Jesus saying
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don't cultivate anger or fear.
They won't help the life of nonviolence.
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Jesus advocated two emotions,
grief and joy.
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They're right there
in the sermon on the mount.
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Blessed are those who grieve.
Blessed are those who mourn.
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That's, the journey of peace and
nonviolence begins with grief.
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If we're all one with all
7.2 billion people on the planet
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then we're grieving because
millions have been killed,
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millions are dying from poverty
and the threat of war.
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So we're grieving and
that grief leads to
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widening our hearts into
greater compassion.
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And also he says blessed are you
when they persecute for working for justice
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and blessed are you when
they insult you and call you
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every name in the book.
Rejoice and be glad.
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Now you get to be like
Gandhi and Martin Luther King,
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like the prophets of old.
You get to practice nonviolence.
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But the word there is joy.
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But (Desmond) Tutu
when I was with him recently
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he said, "I've spent
my whole life weeping
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and my whole life laughing."
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That's the emotional life
of nonviolence.
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Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. We all have to get that through our heads. I mean, we can spend our whole lives in fear and the culture of war wants us to be afraid. Certainly, I think every government tries to instill fear. "You've got to be afraid of them. They're going to get you. You're gonna get killed." No. We practice fearlessness. So Gandhi professed a vow of fearlessness. But the flipside of all of this, of Jesus, the nonviolent Jesus saying don't cultivate anger or fear. They won't help the life of nonviolence. Jesus advocated two emotions, grief and joy. They're right there in the sermon on the mount. Blessed are those who grieve. Blessed are those who mourn. That's, the journey of peace and nonviolence begins with grief. If we're all one with all 7.2 billion people on the planet then we're grieving because millions have been killed, millions are dying from poverty and the threat of war. So we're grieving and that grief leads to widening our hearts into greater compassion. And also he says blessed are you when they persecute for working for justice and blessed are you when they insult you and call you every name in the book. Rejoice and be glad. Now you get to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King, like the prophets of old. You get to practice nonviolence. But the word there is joy. But (Desmond) Tutu when I was with him recently he said, "I've spent my whole life weeping and my whole life laughing." That's the emotional life of nonviolence.