As a Buddhist I am oh so aware of the power the each of us have to influence our environment. This is something I believe we all know to some degree but until you actually study the Mystic Law of cause and effect and it’s simultanaety it’s real powers aren’t always apparent.
Part of our teaching is to at least plant the seeds of Buddhism where ever and when ever possible. When the time is correct that seed will germinate. Often times that seed is carried on in a karmic river without that carrier even being aware of it.
Ever since I’ve discovered the karaoke website SingSnap, I’ve been having a blast revisiting songs that I’ve enjoyed in my youth. Seeing and singing the lyrics to this RUSH song, one could surmise that somewhere along Geddy Lee may have had a seed planted, though by practice he is Jewish.
Hint: Press the button on the lower right of the video to reveal the on-screen lyrics.
First, I start seeing obscure reference so peas. One of the first is from my good friend Jason Jarrett of A Buddhist Podcast. I don’t think much of it at first, he’s a Brit after all and well… you know how their humor can be! You know, Monte Python, Benny Hill et. al.
Then see xpunkx from Geocaching Podcast and well.. he’s a geocacher… they take their veggies seriously and by this time I’m seeing peas in peoples avatars all over the place, so I had to investigate!
I was a little suprised to see that it did take a little bid of effort to unravel the whole store but alas…
In her own words…
When I discovered a very thick area in my breast I called the doctor. The next day I was in her office. A half hour after that I was in the diagnostic radiologist’s.
A full afternoon and multiple stab wounds later we had a variety of samples of malignant tentacles of tissue that were on their way to the lab.
I was in a little pain - it would increase as the local anesthetic wore off - but left his office with a soft cold pack in my bra.
Lately it seems we’re hearing about more incidents of racism then ever before. At one point I even shrugged off reports as just sensationalized news about an isolated incident, but apparently it’s very widespread and perhaps I’m the one that leads a life in isolation?
We are all human. We cannot become anything greater than human, but we can shine with humanity just as we are. We can bond deeply, helping and encouraging one another. In this process, our families will prosper and our communities will develop. This is the real picture of kosen-rufu that we pursue. - Daisaku and Kaneko Ikeda
I can understand our ignorance in the past, when slavery was common place. That was a time when many different cultures lived great distances from one another and didn’t have the opportunity to learn about each others similarities and enjoy the things unique to the other cultures. But today this is not the case.
We live side by side with each other. The other end of the world is a click of the mouse away. At any time of the day or night you can easily find a person from another culture to directly ask any question you’d like and get a direct answer and not one based on false information and stereotype.
We will always run into people we prefer to not be around, but let that reason be because you know them and don’t like they’re point of view, thoughts or attitude. Not because of their race, heritage, culture or any other similar factors.
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