Delayed again. This time it’s trackwork between Sydney and Newcastle, where I’ll start the next ride. So now, God willing and trains running on time, departure will be on Monday.
Those who read Jeffery Robinson’s “Crimes against Humanity” might remember how he describes the Chilean secret police torturing children in front of their parents when the parents would not crack under torture themselves. Israel is applying the same strategy in Gaza: make life as painful as possible for the children of Gaza in the expectation that Palestinian parents will give in, pack up, and leave. The latest, given bombs, torture, starvation, and the blockade of life’s essentials, has not worked; Israel is banning aid agencies such as Doctors Without Borders. An organisation that is one of the most outstanding examples of human compassion and selflessness in coming to the aid of others. Israel bans it. Evil excludes love.
In Zen and other religions, it is known that when you negate your fellow human being, be it in thought, action, or speech, you throw the door wide open and roll out the red carpet for negation, call it evil if you prefer, to enter and take possession of yourself. That applies to nations as well, as history teaches us.