The teacher spoke
about “pushing forward”
“pulling inward”
After thinking about it for a while
this thought came to mind
I thought that
“pushing forward” means
not trying to hurt yourself
“pulling inward” means
not trying to hurt others
However, I thought that
it is necessary to avoid hurting
both yourself and others
We can't do both
at the same time
You can't open a door
while closing it
You can't close a door
while opening it
So what should we do?
Remove the door
Eliminate the criteria for judgment
the criteria for hurt
This is also impossible
The next best option is to make
judgment necessary for yourself
not for the other person
I thought that judging others
based on their criteria
rather than your own
This is the same as removing the door
Thank you
But I found hope
To close is to open up
Not hurting yourself
means not hurting others
Not hurting others
means not hurting yourself
We can't do both
but we can do one or the other
There is no need to get rid of the door.

Ed ostrom - Wonderfully written with imagery and feeling. A good read, Thank yiu for posting.