ZEN MASTER THICH WHAT HANK IS A MEDITATION PRACTITIONER WHO HAS BEEN PRACTICING MEDITATION AND IS KNOWN TO BUDDHISTS AS BODHISA TIVA, OR HIGH LEVEL OF BEING IN ORDER TO HELP OTHERS. THIS 86 YEAR OLD ZEN MONK COMMITS HIS LIFE TO RECONCILING CONFLICT AND IN 1967 MARTIN LUTHER KING NOMINATED HIM FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. OTHERS SAY HIS IDEAS FOR PEACE, IF APPLIED WOULD BUILD A MONUMENT TO HUMANITY.
IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS TURNED HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS NOT ONLY HEALING PEOPLES RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ALSO HEALING THE PLANET ON WHICH OUR LIVES DEPEND. HE SEES A LACK OF MEANING AND CONNECTION IN OUR LIVES AS OUR CAUSE OF ADDICTION TO CONSUMERISM. WE NEED TO RESPOND TO STRESS WE ARE PUTTING ON THE EARTH. HE SAYS TO SEE THE ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF OURSELVES. HE SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE A REAL COMMUNITY WITH THE EARTH AS OUR HIGHEST PRAYER.
FEAR SEPARATION, HATE AND ANGER COME FROM THE WRONG VIEW. YOU AND THE EARTH ARE SEPARATE . BREATHE IN AND BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE THE EARTH AS WELL AS YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.
PEOPLE WITH ANGER AND SUFFERING HAVE TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE SUFFERING SO THEY WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE TRY TO COVER UP THE THEIR SUFFERING BY BEING TOO BUSY. MANY PEOPLE GET ALIENATED FROM THE WORLD. THIS ENLIGHTENMENT IS VERY CRUCIAL TO AWAKENING TO LOVE THAT IS NOT AT THE HEART OF CHANGE. WE DO ANYTHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EARTH.
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