When driven by justice, we judge, criticize, and condemn.
Within duality, justice changes its stance depending on the country and the person.
To some countries and people, it is justice.
To others, it is evil.
Seen from the opposite side, no matter how evil it may appear, it is all an act of justice.
And when that justice is violated, that anger instantly becomes a flame.
Anger gives rise to revenge.
You may eat the flesh of animals.
You may eat vegetables.
You may eat fish.
In this modern society, do we eat lives that are not to be taken for granted with gratitude, with reverence, and without arrogance?
The revenge of animals and plants may be manifesting as natural disasters and climate change.
What human beings can do
is not to condemn with the weapon called justice,
but to always stand on the side of all life,
and through our human sensitivity and wisdom,
ask ourselves, each in our own way,
how we should live and be on this Earth.
August 6
Hideka Tonomura
