The Enemy is the Necessary Condition for Practicing Patience

These words from His Holiness the Dalai Lama are quite powerful: “In fact, the enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience. Without an enemy’s action, there is no possibility for patience or tolerance to arise. Our friends do not ordinarily test us and provide the opportunity to cultivate patience; only our enemies do this. …

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How Much Do You Want To Keep Your Guns?

This ties in with my earlier post. This article is written by L. Neil Smith and can be found at http://www.lneilsmith.org/howmuchg.html Would you agree to permit adults to buy, sell, read, write, make, listen to, or watch whatever books, magazines, records, tapes, or movies they want, no matter how pornographic — if they agreed to …

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