August 12th, 2009
Working and learning form The Dalai Lama
As you might know I am making my re*creations while educating myself. Today I watched yesterday’s SF’s Club - a talk about The Dalai Lama.
He is one of my inspirational role models. Once more he showed me, how wise he is. I’ll tell you why:
It is said, that many Tibetians, especially the young ones, are angry. They don’t think the peaceful way is the best solution anymore. Now, what was remarkable is, that The Dalai Lama himself thought about how it would be if the Tibetians would take up weapons and fight! He even talks about how one could or could not import weapons into Tibet on TV (note that he never laughs while doing so and you might know how normally he likes to laugh). Wow, he examines mentally how it would be to fight and - despite fighting is not according to his belief at all - comes to the conclusion that the Tibetians would have no chance fighting against the Chinese anyway.
See, wise people can tink about things from different perspectives. And so does the Dalai Lama. And it seems like he knows how to address different peoples differently. He is lucky. He has (or takes) the time to contemplate. He is not only a holy reincarnation, he also has the media and therefore publicity and therefore power. He can speak up and educate wisely i.e. explain and suggest things. I think this is the better solution to most of our problems.
Furthermore I was thinking. If the young Tibetians want to do something, they should (if they may) go to China and live with the “enemies” in peace and show them, that we are all human. Of course, this is much more difficult than shooting someone death and would take more than one second till you see an effect. However, slow integration would be a sustainable and beneficial solution for both parties! Even - the Tibetians have the privilege to say: “Our leader is a wise man respected by many people from different backgrounds despite having not much money!” Tibetians can profit from his peaceful image that is (still) part of the Tibet culture of today. The Dalai Lama is powerful in his own way. Not to compare with the Chinese leaders…
I have been living in China. I know how the Chinese are influenced by their leaders (I almost want to say brain washed). I know how they treat the Japanese in their country. But I also have a lot of clever, young and curious Chinese friends who feel confident thinking different. They may be different - unlike their parents when they were young. I believe in the power of the internet. It makes one be able to think for yourself - you have to because there are too many statements for which you can find the exacte opposite statement. Yes, there is also much bad stuff in the Internet but I claim if you know how it is to be loved, no matter what happens, and to love someone back (and most single child Chinese youngsters know about love - they get it from parents and both grand parents) the bad things will seldom have a chance to overwrite the good things. Not even if your love (for the Tibetioans this is their land, their people) is taken and threatened. The ones who love are stronger than the ones who hate.
Just like the Dalai Lama I come to the conclusion that education (intellignece) and compassion (empathy - a potential more often found in the female gender) is the better, a very long lasting way for peace because it is based upon understanding and a pure heart. Not fear, ignorance, megalomania and a distracted heart. I believe in the survival of the smartest, kindest and most optimistic, shiny, happy people. That is - if people’s minds are free.
