Reply #61: "And the Light shines on in the Darkness -- and the Darkness has never understood it"

[struggle4progress]

I am not sure that I understand what you really intend to ask with your question, What if you're wrong?

When I make my best effort to see the world and myself accurately, what I see is not always very inspiring. The recent history of the world includes (say) global war, military interventions, and "low-intensity conflicts."

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http://www.gallerym.com.nyud.net:8090/images/work/big/pulitzer_nick_ut_vietnam_napalm_kim_phuc_6872_L.jpg
http://math.dartmouth.edu.nyud.net:8090/~lamperti/photos/Mozote

These are examples (though not the only examples) of a darkness in my brothers and sisters, and in myself, that has been known as long as we have records. In some sense, we know what this darkness is: it is our self-centeredness -- our lust, our pride, our greed, our gluttony, our sloth, our anger, our envy -- our love of ourselves without our love of our neighbors. It is a constant source of suffering

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One hopes

The people walking in darkness will see a great Light
The Light will shine on them living in a dark land

You want to believe that I could be wrong in this matter, but I think you are mistaken: it may be a struggle that one could win or lose -- but win or lose, there is still no question about what is right