go here<\/a>. The subtlety and complexity of its pointing makes this one of the abiding koan of my heart\u2026<\/p>\nWhich leads to the statement about being glad Osama bin Ladin was killed. <\/p>\n
This was an admission, not an exultation.<\/p>\n
It grieves me that my first reaction was being glad another person had died.<\/p>\n
And, I suspected that it could be of use to some of my friends who wish otherwise but had similar feelings to acknowledge this. Many expressed gratitude. Some did not. One commentator suggested that he does not allow such feelings. I\u2019m not sure if that is a good thing, or not, although I\u2019m suspicious. Personally I\u2019d rather experience what is and then deal with it.<\/p>\n
As the great Shunryu Suzuki observed, We\u2019re all perfect as we are. And we could use a little improvement\u2026<\/p>\n
Some more than others, no doubt\u2026<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all I have on those two points. <\/p>\n
So, what\u2019s the take away?<\/p>\n
Well, again, as I hoped to point to originally, these are examples of how we are all caught up in the great mess together. We are one body, you and I, in all our separateness. Both and. The mysterious manifestation of the real. For good and for ill we\u2019re tied up together, woven out of each other. Mr bin Laden is part of us, part of me, part of you. Even as each of us is responsible.<\/p>\n
And, all the feelings and thoughts we have, are part of the deal too\u2026<\/p>\n
If we hope to take any action that shifts the karma, it would be wise to start by looking into our own hearts and owning what it is we feel and think. That\u2019s just as much us, you and me, as will be the action taken\u2026<\/p>\n
As the late Kurt Vonnegut observed, so it goes\u2026<\/p>\n
Or, as Leonard Cohen observed about that crack in everything\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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