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We are eight months into the horrible occasions within the Middle East—a human, cultural, and environmental disaster that has rocked us all, so seen, private, and palpable.
At IMS, we selected to not make an announcement in regards to the unfolding violence in Israel and Palestine. This was, partly, as a result of we may see the diploma of ache held on conflicting sides of this tragedy, and we didn’t need to alienate anybody from their place of apply. We additionally felt aware of so many different horrific conditions world wide that don’t obtain every day consideration, together with Sudan, Ukraine, and—given its significance within the lineage of choices at IMS—Burma. Our silence angered some in our group who felt IMS was shirking its duty as a serious Dharma heart in our custom. We’ve acquired emails and petitions asking—insisting—that we condemn what they noticed as genocide and apartheid. We’ve acquired emails asking us to sentence Hamas and its terrorism. Others have written asking us to please keep out of it.
What continues to be clear to us is that IMS’s main position is to carry a secure house for all who flip to the Dharma for solace, for insights, and for freedom. That precedence stays in instances of nice turmoil. Human beings are those who’re committing horrible ache on each other. Each of us has the capability to inflict hurt in these circumstances that give rise to it as a result of we’re every topic to the forces of greed, hatred, and delusion. We can see this in so many long-standing conflicts on Earth proper now, in addition to these prior to now. We know there shall be extra to come back. We imagine that apply is the pathway for every of us to domesticate discernment amid struggling in order that we will entry higher readability and fact.
We are impressed by the Dharma reflections of the Spirit Rock Guiding Teacher Council, and need to share them with you in case you discover the message supportive.
Wishing you ease in these difficult instances.
May all beings be free from struggling.
May all beings be at peace.
