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Weakness, Wisdom, and those things we call "Good"

Written by: Sifu Najara Sa'Rithven, The Emerald Devi
Date: Monday, February 19th, 2007
Addressed to: Ulrike Dracrotalus, Nagarani


I am interested to hear how your way of suffering is "wise". I have long
searched out wisdom and never in all my studies have I come across
anything that illuminates Evil being the way to wisdom. Eliminate
weakness? Well, I suppose from a certain point of view that can be
considered wise, but come let us REASON with one another. Won't there
always be someone in your ranks who is stronger than you? What becomes
of YOU then? By your philosophy will you not then be eliminated? And
once you have eliminated everyone who is not part of your religious
movement what will be left for you to conquer but yourselves? Yes...that
sounds wise indeed.

Pardon the sarcasm.

There are moments to withhold compassion. At times the Benevolent thing
to do is to allow a fool to learn his lesson so that he may become
wiser. But it does not seem that your way is interested in ensuring that
sentient life grows but to simply eliminate those you find less than
stellar. This makes no sense. If a tree produces no fruit you COULD cut
it down, sure. But then you have one less tree so you are only hurting
yourself. OR you could prune it, remove the branches that are hindering
that tree and then it will produce fruit and you have lost nothing but
rather you have gained something.

Following this train of thought I can only conclude that you favour your
way because it is easier and quicker to simply cut down the tree.
Pruning takes work and committment. Likewise, valuing life takes work
and committment. It is easy to punish those who make us angry. It is
easy to strike down those who are low in our eyes. That is the natural
reaction to those who have wronged us. Compassion and Benevolence takes
strength of character. A strength that you obviously know nothing about.
I would be more than honoured to instruct you in the matter.

N.S.

Penned by my hand on the 3rd of Sarapin, in the year 444 AF.


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Public News Post #16879

Weakness, Wisdom, and those things we call "Good"

Written by: Sifu Najara Sa'Rithven, The Emerald Devi
Date: Monday, February 19th, 2007
Addressed to: Ulrike Dracrotalus, Nagarani


I am interested to hear how your way of suffering is "wise". I have long
searched out wisdom and never in all my studies have I come across
anything that illuminates Evil being the way to wisdom. Eliminate
weakness? Well, I suppose from a certain point of view that can be
considered wise, but come let us REASON with one another. Won't there
always be someone in your ranks who is stronger than you? What becomes
of YOU then? By your philosophy will you not then be eliminated? And
once you have eliminated everyone who is not part of your religious
movement what will be left for you to conquer but yourselves? Yes...that
sounds wise indeed.

Pardon the sarcasm.

There are moments to withhold compassion. At times the Benevolent thing
to do is to allow a fool to learn his lesson so that he may become
wiser. But it does not seem that your way is interested in ensuring that
sentient life grows but to simply eliminate those you find less than
stellar. This makes no sense. If a tree produces no fruit you COULD cut
it down, sure. But then you have one less tree so you are only hurting
yourself. OR you could prune it, remove the branches that are hindering
that tree and then it will produce fruit and you have lost nothing but
rather you have gained something.

Following this train of thought I can only conclude that you favour your
way because it is easier and quicker to simply cut down the tree.
Pruning takes work and committment. Likewise, valuing life takes work
and committment. It is easy to punish those who make us angry. It is
easy to strike down those who are low in our eyes. That is the natural
reaction to those who have wronged us. Compassion and Benevolence takes
strength of character. A strength that you obviously know nothing about.
I would be more than honoured to instruct you in the matter.

N.S.

Penned by my hand on the 3rd of Sarapin, in the year 444 AF.


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