Sunday, 24 October 2021

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Yorkville, Toronto

Violence is Ignorance

 

In the wake of a darkness regarding oppression of minorities in Bangladesh, I was compelled to write the following:

 

VIOLENCE IS NOT GOLDEN

 

Violence is not golden

But action with intelligence stolen

The insecurities that a person may feel

Arise from that which is not real

A mistaken notion that the body is me

When I am its engine, a soul identity

If someone has a belief of a different view

Does it mean then that they are askew?

No!  Me and my group are not the center of all

That is the beginning of a major downfall

A failure in human thought and behaviour

Morphing into an obnoxious disfavour

The greatest flaw is misinterpretation

A gross misread fueling discrimination

So, before we pass any needless judgement

Reason should call for some adjustment

Ignorance is the vacuum of wisdom

A pull to an ugly fearsome asylum

It must be smashed by common sense

Dismantling a poor ineffective fence

We all stand to profit from peaceful aggression

And avoid then a flood of blood obsession

 

-Composed by Bhaktimarga Swami, The Walking Monk©

 

May the Source be with you!

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