March 9, 2011Written by A. Gaffar Peang-Meth
PACIFIC DAILY NEWS
“You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb it himself.” – Andrew Carnegie
I write often that a thesis and antithesis come as a pair, they interact. Given time, a synthesis would result; this gives rise to a new thesis and new antitheses, similar to the two interdependent energies, the “yin” and the “yang,” energies that cannot exist without one another as their interactions cause everything to happen.
Buddhists believe when there’s life, there’s death; when there’s happiness, there’s suffering. Thus night follows day and day follows night; happiness follows suffering; after death, there is rebirth. The Samsara wheel of life turns and turns. What goes around comes around.
Thesis-antithesis, yin-yang interactions can bring tension and conflict. People have different opinions, perceptions, beliefs. Disagreement is natural.
Disputes can be avoided by giving some space to humility — consideration of others’ views and feelings which is the foundation of many virtues — and avoiding hotheaded, disagreeable reactions.
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