• How do we go deep with regards the question of violence and revenge? How do we get to the root of the theme? When did all this begin? What about nonviolence? Where does it come in -- in this critical moment in man's history?
• These are the questions that we hope to answer, not with answers but with more questions. Maybe, we can give some answers to the questions together.
• But, as they say, for one to get the right answer, one has to ask the right question.
• If human beings were not born violent nor vengeful, where and how did it all begun? Are violent actions and reactions to stimuli learned from our immediate environment, or are they intrinsic to our instinct of self-preservation? Or both?
• If the human being is finally free from want, if all his basic needs are met, will he cease from being violent? Will he finally stop from fighting for his survival?
• Although, all resources are now more than enough for each and every individual need to be met, it seems that man will not share unless he has finally evolved. So, which comes first? The external or the internal change? Or is it simultaneous?
• So, here then is the initial challenge – to come up with the right questions.
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A REFLECTION ON VENGEANCE, VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE & RECONCILIATION
