Learning to Blog

Today, I read my first blog--the one by Fifth Nail, the man just accused and arrested for murder and more.I only read this because I'm with a friend who is teaching me how to blog and she had copied his site, just as it was being taken down from the Web. Why would I read this? Why would anyone? Because it is my work to understand the human mind--my own and others--and to transform consciousness.

What have I understood? That there are unconscious forces that can be much stronger than our conscious awareness; that often we have very little capacity to control them. If you think you don't, just remember the last time you tried to diet or exercize and were unable to. I feel lucky that my demons are simpler and more socially acceptable than a pedophile's.

We all have hatred and anger, whether conscious or unconscious. Sometimes it is turned toward others; but probably more often turned against ourselves as judgment or criticisim. If we aren't conscious of our own capacity to hate, and we only see ourselves as good, it is unlikely that we can feel compassion for those who act out their hatred. Om shanti, shanti, shanti. May all Beings Experience True Nature.