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Dear Thay, I would not like it,
I'd find it very unhealthy

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to be in a place where
everybody thought the same.

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And yet I very often
cause myself inner conflict,

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suffering, and lack of freedom

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because of my anxiety
that I do not agree with everything,

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be that in a close relationship,

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a working relationship,
or a spiritual practice, including here.

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How can I free myself of this?

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When we look at something like a flower,

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although we are looking
at the same thing

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but the ways we see the flower
might be different.

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Everyone is looking at that one flower,

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but everyone has a different feeling,
a different sight.

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So, although we do the same thing,

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but we can do it differently already.

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I don't think we should try to have people
to think the same way we think.

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What we like is that the thinking
should be productive,

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the thinking should bring about


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more understanding
and more compassion.

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And there are
different ways of thinking.

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It is like sitting meditation.

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We should not want the other person
to do exactly what we do,

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because that is another body.

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The feelings in him or her are different.

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So with intelligence,
that person should manage

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and coordinate his body,
his feelings in such a way

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that the breathing and the sitting
can bring the best thing to him or to her.

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And the way that person does that
might be different from our way.

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So we should not expect
the other person

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to do exactly what we are doing.

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We should only expect that she be able
to arrive at more peace,

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more clarity, more compassion.

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But the way might be different.

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So we can be peaceful with that.

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Because every flower is a wonder,

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every person is a wonder.

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And we should not produce

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the kinds of thoughts and people
like we do with a machine.

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So I think what we can say is

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that what we really want is more peace,

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more brotherhood and sisterhood,

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more joy, more freedom.

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And the way to produce
these wonderful things might be different,

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and they should be
free enough, tolerant enough

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so the people will be able
to do it their own way.

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So they can combine the two:

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you have this
and you have also that,

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which is freedom.

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Is it okay?

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Thank you.

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