I think Obama’s election is great, and especially for minorities who have long felt like society viewed them as 2nd class citizens. However, the American government is so corrupted, changing presidents is like changing t-shirts on a dying cancer victim–the cancer remains but looks different on the outside. It will take several good presidents to really help change things–and an attentively involved public.

I believe many religious people miss the true meaning of their own religions–which is one reason I reject all religion–but I do believe in God and remain spiritual. Anger is part of life…very natural. We sometimes must get our anger out, though it’s not always accepted by the masses as “proper”.

Bobby Revell’s last blog post..Britney Spears Concert Killers

“this urge to redefine is part of evolution.” that sounds interesting. can you elaborate on that?

what does it mean to be “normal”? what does it mean to be angry?

12-step programs are a bit ambivalent about the topic of “normalcy”. on the one hand, there is the concept of “terminal uniqueness” – that feeling other-than-normal brings us isolation and grief. on the other hand, there is the idea that people with addictions are not “normies”.

and buddhism? same thing, maybe? on the one hand, there is the deep truth of us all being connected (so no-one is different, apart, not-normal) and on the other, buddhists are asked to forgo many mental, emotional and physical activities that “normal” people often engage in: mindlessness, for example, overindulgence, and, yes, anger.

suffering comes from attachment and ignorance, says the buddha. so when evan says bush lacks insight, perhaps it’s that bush is suffering from ignorance (in a much deeper than the very obvious sense), and this ignorance created bad karma for both himself and the world around him. instant karma for many of us.

on anger, perhaps i should just let thich nhat hanh speak. you can find his video here.

and perhaps it al doesn’t matter. feeling bad for someone who has created suffering for others is a good start. acknowledging that bush wants happiness is a good start. remembering that we have to start with ourselves is a good start. and maybe that’s all we can do – start over again every day, every moment. (which brings us back to the 12 steps: “one day at a time”).

Mark’s last blog post..Exiting the Rat Race

We all ordinary humans are escapist, we say we ought to do errors we it is HUMAN but who else in this universe greater that human? He is the finest creation created by creator and all we do is engage in sense pleasure, hypocrisy and accusing each other. there is no point accusing Bush, Obama, Osama and any godamn x y z. there is only one corner where we can bring improvement that is within ourselves.

Nice blog and thanks for your patience.

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I feel like I WANT to feel compassionate to W, but I don’t feel quite there yet. I am definitely less angry than a lot of the people I know. I do feel bad for him, being labeled by some as the worst President ever, but I’m not sure if I feel compassionate towards him.

Something to work towards in 2009 .

Sincerely,
Bryan

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It is possible to move through and beyond anger but it can be very valuable energy for initiation. I think there are two confusions, between anger and the attachment to anger, and between anger and violence. There are ways to express our anger that do not create suffering (it takes work of course).

Bush and Obama have the same Buddhanature and are very different. They may well have very different impacts on others too (the men, women and children being blown to pieces in Iraq spring to mind). This seems like a significant difference.

I have no trouble knowing that both Bush and Obama want happiness. The consequences of their lack of insight has consequences.

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