Nonviolent to yourself
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- Nonviolence begins first with being nonviolent to yourself.
Résumé
What do we need to cultivate to be nonviolent?
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So I would say there are these
three attributes of nonviolence:
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first, to be nonviolent to yourself
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and that means just
look deeply within.
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Why do I feel so violent ?
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Why do I beat myself up
and put myself down ?
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Well, you've been trained to be violent.
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And we have to continue to,
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if you will, not cooperate
with our own inner violence
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and cultivate what I call
interior nonviolence
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or create a space of peace
within ourself.
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This of course is the classic
Buddhist tradition of mindful living,
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compassionate living,
concentrating on our breath.
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But all of us have to do that work
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especially if you're gonna be
out on the streets marching
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holding up a sign because the
cops are going to come along
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and somebody is going to have a gun
and it's going to push your buttons
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and trigger the violence within you
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that maybe was
something that happened
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when you were five years old.
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Or you can start fighting back
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just because of the violence
in your youth.
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You're not consciously
attentive to being nonviolent.
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So I would say there are these three attributes of nonviolence: first, to be nonviolent to yourself and that means just look deeply within. Why do I feel so violent ? Why do I beat myself up and put myself down ? Well, you've been trained to be violent. And we have to continue to, if you will, not cooperate with our own inner violence and cultivate what I call interior nonviolence or create a space of peace within ourself. This of course is the classic Buddhist tradition of mindful living, compassionate living, concentrating on our breath. But all of us have to do that work especially if you're gonna be out on the streets marching holding up a sign because the cops are going to come along and somebody is going to have a gun and it's going to push your buttons and trigger the violence within you that maybe was something that happened when you were five years old. Or you can start fighting back just because of the violence in your youth. You're not consciously attentive to being nonviolent.