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In Ramadhan Mood, A Reflective Moment
Tue, September 9, 2008 at 03:09PM "Of course you can raise your voice but first you have to check your motivation. Is it out of love (for others) and their needs or out of anger? If we're speaking out of negative emotions the result will only be worse.. On the other hand we don't have to be simpering"
- Tenzin Palmo
And Tenzin Palmo should know. In the back of book "Cave in The Snow" by Vicki MacKenzie, Tenzin Palmo is described as "an Englishwoman, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End, (who) has become a Buddhist legend and a champion for the rights of women to attain spiritual enlightenment". And as a woman, we all know that the business of pursuing woman emancipation is a world prone to anger and disappointment. So yes, Tenzin Palmo should know a lot about love and anger.
When I read the book I felt struck by Tenzin Palmo's quoted statement above; was definitely a slap on my face and it made me reflect a bit. As a blogger, as a worker, as a wife, or merely as just one insignificant soul... how many times have I acted, written, spoken just about anything at all in the name of seeking justice out of my idealism for others BUT without myself being aware of, it actually comes out of frustration, disappointment and other negative emotions that all rooted from anger?
Plenty of time, sadly... :(
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Reader Comments (2)
As a human we can't avoid to let the anger out of ourselves.
But the frustration which based on the fact for the sake of helping somebody or for better world, in my opinion, it is something that we should not regret.
Am not a moslem, am a Catholic, but fasting also part of my religion law and for me during fasting the difficult part is to hold our emotion, to hold our negative thinking.
I believe it is the same in Islam (as my husband is a Moslem).
Idealism is good otherwise we don't have the foundation, but as long as it is still within the understanding of accepting the difference, as long as it is still in the coridor of not being a fanatical, then it's acceptable.
The example of misleading the meaning of Ramadhan can be find in Jakarta, where the fanatical replace the understanding of accepting the difference.
That's 2 cents from me :-)
thank you tere, for the sweet words. :)
yeah, the infamous fanatics... *sigh*