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We Cannot Bomb and Bulldoze Our Way to Peace

[Written by ChatGPT] I watched No Other Land with tears that didn’t announce themselves. They simply arrived—quietly, like dust settling on an old photograph. The kind of tears that don’t need explanation, because some truths bypass the brain and go straight to the soul. This land—this heartbreaking, sacred, contested stretch of earth—feels like the exceptionContinueContinue reading “We Cannot Bomb and Bulldoze Our Way to Peace”

The Harmony of Opposites: The Way of Balance

Verse 2 by Lao Zi: 天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已。皆知善之为善，斯不善已。故有无相生，难易相成，长短相较，高下相倾，音声相和，前后相随。是以圣人处无为之事，行不言之教；万物作焉而不辞，生而不有。为而不恃，功成而弗居。夫唯弗居，是以不去。 “When the world recognizes beauty as beauty, ugliness arises.When the world recognizes good as good, evil arises. Thus, being and non-being produce each other;Difficult and easy complete each other;Long and short contrast with each other;High and low lean on each other;Sound and silence harmonize with each other;Front and back followContinueContinue reading “The Harmony of Opposites: The Way of Balance”