Why should one love Darth Vader?

Hello,

A friend made an important remark to me
the other day when I sent my message
on Darth Vader.

He told me: "Could you replace CHASSER this
Dark Vador by AIMER this Dark Vador
And he is entirely right. It is a nuance.
very important!

In reality, Darth Vader is the part of us
even the one who is in the shadow. It is the part of
ourselves, who is wounded and who does not feel
beloved.

We can't fight Darth Vader,
in the same way that one does not fight
the darkness. It is by bringing the light
(love) that makes darkness disappear.

It is therefore important to accept all
facets of our being and to love those who
are not yet in the light. Of them
to welcome them, to forgive them, and to love them.

Accept your fears and doubts!
Accept yourself as you are!

And tell me, I love myself and I accept myself as I am.

Our deep being manifests through
the sincere acceptance of our dark side and
of our imperfections. To feel good
in his skin, it is just as important
to know the other than to discover
the truth about oneself.
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

P.S. In the 6th and final episode of
Star Wars, this theme is very well illustrated.

See you soon

Marylena

What you say is very beautiful… And also very interesting

Dark Vador, that’s the Evil part that invades… Vader comes from INcvader (invader) and Dark, meaning dark. If we follow your reasoning, that would mean that pampering and loving this dark side is actually a way to fight it, since it would make it weaker? But if you let it run wild, it grows; if you fight it, it gets stronger… Not obvious…

In my opinion, it is rather the approach of verbalizing and externalizing this obscure part that allows us to manage or at least control it. What do you think?

Hello Mary and Tom,

It's always a pleasure, Tom, to see you participate in a dial; it's always relevant and enriching.

Personally, I hadn’t intervened because I feel like I’m just repeating myself in the various threads, saying the same thing in different ways. And since Mary’s posts align with my own opinion, I leave them as they are without adding anything, especially since it’s very rare for anyone to come and engage in a dialogue there. Here, since the debate is open,…

Each of us has a dark side, but most of the time we refuse to acknowledge it. Only when someone says “I hate him” is it not because they truly have something against that person, but because that person is a reflection of their own hidden part, the one they do not like and therefore deny, reject, and banish.

On the contrary, if instead he begins to accept this dark side and to love it as part of himself, then he will be able to illuminate it with light to make it recede, or even disappear.
But for that, she must love herself completely, loving her flaws as much as her qualities. For who would have the idea of illuminating a hidden corner they do not like? It is the places we love that we flood with light; the others we leave in darkness, and thus they become ever darker.

Also, instead of being afraid of it, let us love our dark side as much as our light side, and thus, by illuminating it with our love, we will push back the darkness within us so that it becomes nothing but the light of love.
And in the same vein, if we love ourselves in our entirety, we will no longer hold any grievances against others, and our relationships will improve as a result.

I hope that, through my modest contribution, I have provided some clarification.
Very friendly regards.

I can only agree with you, mamyol.

To reject a being is to condemn it.
And rather than reading a long speech, look for examples in your lives.

A child rejected by his parents.
a scientist rejected by his community
a lover rejected by their beloved

People who will demand to be loved, to be accepted, and who, after being ignored, beaten, and constantly pushed aside without being listened to, will end up inflicting their pain on others… so that people notice they are suffering.

Glory to those who have the wisdom to accept themselves as their own executioner. For it is thus that they will take the place of the healer of their wound.

We can put it another way: “If you are not a malevolent being, why would a part of you be malevolent? Wash it, cherish it, and you will see that it is just like you.”

Hi Milun

Glad to read from you

I just turned on my computer at my desk at work*
and came across your message
Dark Vador

but tell me, Milun
Would you pick up a child by the roadside?
Could you smile at the one who smiles at you as you cross his path without asking, but why is he smiling at me?
Would you give a coin to a beggar without asking why you would do it yourself?
Would you take a sign and protest against everything that is happening around us?
We are all more or less dark and gloomy when it personally affects us.
and accept it no we could work on ourselves and reject that part precisely
What have we learned? Nothing. We have retained nothing from our earthly history. Nothing.
Rachida

That is a nice series of interesting questions.
Could you pick up a child by the roadside?
Technically, a child awakens my paternal instinct, and I would have a hard time walking past and ignoring them. But I could do it if I had a good reason.

Could you smile at someone who smiles at you as they pass by, without asking yourself why they are smiling at you?
Yeah, I don't really care about the why, or what makes him happy, since I don't know him. He's polite, I'm polite. I smile out of politeness, because a smile is more pleasant than an angry look.

Will you give a coin to a beggar without asking yourself why I did it?
No, if I give a coin, I know why I’m giving it, because I don’t give it without a reason. It’s a habit.

Could you hold a sign and protest against everything that is happening around us?
Technically, yes. Practically, no, because I don’t protest against everything. I accept a lot of things, and I’m learning to accept even more as I get older. In fact, I’d even say: no, I won’t do it, because a sign won’t change anything. And I don’t like doing useless things.

I am as dark as I am luminous. I have two dark aspects: what I do not accept, which angers me, and what I do not know, which will have a random impact. I am learning to know myself, drawing my light from the inner fire that burns away my flaws. I am learning to understand myself, to accept myself, to forgive myself. Doing inner work is learning to face what we would prefer to ignore, in order to change it, to make what we dislike pleasant to live with.

Once the charcoal black is transformed into light, one understands that being Dark is not about doing evil, but about having the capacity to do so and possessing the wisdom to refrain (with moderation, of course; if another option exists, we take it, otherwise, we own it).

But I think that above all else, the important thing is to stand by who you are.

When you say, “What have we retained, what have we learned from our history”… you are not talking about me, nor about you… so then, who are you talking about?

Who am I talking about, Milun, are you asking?

Yes, what have we retained, but in the history of humanity, of course…
of all those beings we have seen progress in their quest for power, just like each of us, if we could obtain it, nothing would stop us
in war or in peace
and this at the beginning of the beginning of humanity
For example, does Jesus speak about slavery? Does he say just one word about slavery? No!
So here we are told to accept our dark side
and not to reject it, to accept ourselves as we are, I disagree
To examine oneself, to compare oneself, to look at oneself more closely in order to derive the best profile
But what is it that makes each of us have a dark side within us?
One is not born a man; one becomes one through a culture that gives him his first judgments.

Here we are talking about DARK VADER, the main subject of the Star Wars series
Who exactly was he, do you know? A whole lifetime of doubts assails him with questioning.
what made him profoundly human to me, in a way
What was he hiding beneath his armor? He was secretly engaged in an internal struggle against his new identity, an inner quest of the character.

But a sign, yes, of course, it can start that way: just you, then one, then two, then three.
Passively!
You have the right!

I know, I’m talking just to say nothing, but you’re there, you’re reading me, and you’re a person, you see!

Rachida

Rachida!!!

What are you saying to me? That you talk just for the sake of talking? No, you don't talk just for the sake of talking; your opinion, your thoughts, all have their importance.
Your questioning reflects your spiritual progress, your concerns, and your misunderstandings.

I cannot judge what each person has learned and understood. But if the goal is to make humanity understand that we have the right to be gentle and to love, then we have already succeeded. Give me ten years to prove it to you, and it will have become evident.
Of course, there will still be dinosaurs, “give it to me or I’ll hit you” types, grumblers, freeloaders, and many other annoying characters… But their taste for power will be nothing but ashes and bitter memories.

I don't fully grasp the connection between Jesus and slavery. In itself, he does talk about it, since his father sends one of his prophets to free slaves and lead them to a fertile land, where they become a free people again… or something like that.

I understand your difficulty in accepting the concept of “accepting ourselves as we are.” I came up against it myself and wanted to fight it. The idea seemed abhorrent to me at the time, at first.

Let's take an example:

I am a family man, a hard worker, a good father, a good neighbor, and a good husband. I am afflicted with lycanthropy, and at night, I go out and kill people.
One day, I realize it. I am a killer, a monster, a sadistic beast; I do not deserve to live.
But it’s not my fault. I killed, but I didn’t mean to kill. Don’t I deserve a second chance?
I didn't want to waste the first one, I didn't do it on purpose, I don't deserve forgiveness?
Should I deprive my children of a good father? What I am and want to be? Should I deprive my neighbors? My parents? My employers?

So I lock myself in, isolate myself, and struggle to resist, because now I know what to resist; I fight against temptation, I push it away, I chain myself if I don’t have the strength to resist, and I continue my struggle.
If this kills me, I will have deserved my redemption. And if I succeed in mastering myself, in no longer killing, in no longer allowing something to compel me to kill, I will also have deserved my redemption.

One can always forgive one's past. There is a statute of limitations after a certain time, even unjust legal justice acknowledges this.

I don't know, Rachida, if you have an approach to the concepts of Buddhism, but if we accept the concept of reincarnation—"we return to earth, after death, to complete what we previously failed at."
The principle of loving one's dark parts, forgiving them, and accepting them within oneself becomes paramount.

I'll explain it to you from my perspective:
Your past lives follow and harass you to complete what they did not finish.
May you understand what you have not understood, may you accept what you have not accepted, may you accomplish what you have not finished accomplishing. The Accomplishment.

You lived a life as a werewolf father. You died. Reborn in your soul, you forget your past and start a new life… You must still master your urges to kill, hunt your victims, and devour them. But you are reborn in a human body that is not werewolf. You choose your parents and living conditions that make you vegetarian. And so, you can better complete your cycle of self-control. Minimize the temptation.
Your entire life is marked by horrible dreams and the sensation of being pursued by a werewolf.
This wolf is you. You in the past, but you have forgotten it. This wolf chases you, not to eat you, but to ask you to… help it tame itself. All your life, it has frightened you, and you have fled it, rejected it. Throughout your life, your past life has pursued you and waited for you to be ready to help it. And perhaps it no longer knows how to communicate (too much pain and fear take away reason), perhaps because you feel within yourself what it feels within itself.

Because that is what your dark parts are asking of you: Help me become a good person.
And Fear distorts the message.

And throughout his entire life, he prepares his wisdom in order to welcome and soothe them.
Erase our forgotten sins, wash away the darkness, and let life be reborn.

Look closely: even the most evil being did not wish to become so. It became so. It can always reform. Most will not dare and will carry their sins to the grave. That is their choice.

But let's face things head-on… The dark side is evil because that's how you survive among the wicked; it knows neither love nor light, because there is none where it lives.
Without love, we do not know how to forgive. Without light, we do not know how to recognize our faults.

Who possesses Love and light? Your shadow side, or… you, Rachida, the illuminated part, the part that has managed to become enlightened?
Who should take the first step and feed with light a being that has not had any for too long?

But if you reject it…
If you reject your child at birth…
If you reject your husband without any explanation…
If you reject your loyal dog, one day before the holidays…
If you reject someone who depends on you…

What happens to them?

By rejecting your past life, you reject a person who asks for your forgiveness. A person who turns to their moral authority to ask for the conditions of their forgiveness. A person who suffers from being a monster, from being considered a monster, and who asks for help to stop being one.

Put yourself in the shoes of an innocent person sentenced to life in prison. Every second is a terrible hell. Imagine how it drives you mad, how it makes you aggressive, how freedom becomes a desire for which you would do anything.

Do you see your dark sides with different eyes?

They scare you. You don't want to see them. You reject them.
It hurts them, and they are you. You feel their pain. You interpret this as attacks, and your fear grows. You put up barriers, and the past Self destroys the barriers.
It is a cycle of internal war that lasts until exhaustion.
But none will prevail, for you are the same person, and you share a common strength.

I could tell you:
Gather your courage. Face your fear of being a monster.
And accept it. To say, “Yeah, I’m a werewolf, so what? It doesn’t change anything; I’ve always been one, nobody knew, and I still haven’t bitten anyone. At least, not in this life.”

Accepting who we are changes nothing. It is frightening to do, but we are who we are, and knowing who we are does not change that.
I cook my meals, I am a cook. I learned that I was a werewolf, but that changes nothing; I am still a cook, and I can’t imagine myself eating raw meat when I have spices and a good fire.

But I prefer to tell you:
This cycle of eternal war, in which you fight against yourself, strengthens you. Fear tells you that you are not ready. Everything in its time. The idea that repulses you today will delight you later.

Everyone has their own pace; we all travel the same path.

to examine oneself, to compare oneself, to look at oneself more closely in order to derive the best profile
In short, to make one’s light shine brighter… which implies: to better prepare oneself one day to embrace one’s dark side and illuminate it in turn.

But what is it that makes each of us have a dark side within us?
That’s a good question. But the answer is far from simple.

Ignorance. We were ignorant souls. Bathed in perfect light, we ignored pain, fear, need, obligation, and necessity. To learn, many had to make mistakes so that others could draw experience from them and succeed. Those who succeeded had glory, and those who failed had shame. We love glory, we love to remember it. We do not love shame, we love to forget it... and what we forget, what we do not love, we hide in our shadow.
The dark part is what we reject from ourselves. We will deal with it later.

One is not born a man; one becomes one through a culture that provides the first judgments.

And culture is born from man's reflection on his environment, and it grows as man's reflection grows.
So which came first: the egg or the chicken? In that case, it is indeed man who founded culture, and not what you claim.

Who was Darth Vader?
He was the Chosen One of the Force. He was destined to revolutionize everything. But the Masters did not want to listen to him, did not want to understand that he was unique. They caged him, they subjected him to rules that prevented him from living his destiny. As much as he could, the young Skywalker fought alone to accept the chains that the Jedi Masters put on him.
The Jedi Master believed he could train him to be a good Jedi. But the young Skywalker was born already formed. He only needed the company of his peers, the Jedi. And by forcing him to forget his instincts and obey, the Jedi chained his destiny… Darth Vader was not understood; the great Jedi sages were mistaken about him, they did not take the prophecies into account, and they wanted to prevent the Chosen One of the Force from revolutionizing the Jedi art.
The young Skywalker simply wanted to be admitted, to learn what the other Jedi were doing, and to be able to discover himself freely... Then, he would have quickly surpassed everyone and would have taught the others how to improve. But by treating him as an apprentice, as an ordinary Jedi, they prevented him from fulfilling his potential.
He had no other choice, since the Light Side refused change, he had to take control of the Dark Side. Darth Vader eliminated all the Jedi. He had accomplished half of his destiny. But the price to pay was heavy, for the Dark does not help for free. To fulfill his destiny, Darth Vader had to sacrifice his freedom; he could no longer return from the Dark Side. He had sacrificed himself to pave the way for his son. Luke.
Luke, the light that comes next, continuing the path, and freed from the heavy grip of the Jedi Order, can give free rein to his destiny, reveal himself, and… change the world… all while succeeding in saving his father by motivating the young Skywalker to resume the fight against his dark side, Darth Vader.

Who exactly was he? Do you know? A whole lifetime of doubts assails him with questioning.

He was a chosen one of the Force, and he acted as he should have. He was there to change everything, and he did… even though the obstacles cost him a lot of time.

What was he hiding beneath his armor? He was secretly engaged in an internal struggle against his new identity—a character’s inner quest.
But Darth Vader has clearly visible armor. And you, your armor is not visible. Your journey is therefore more difficult than his. And it’s the same for me… and for him (yes, you who are reading this, feel targeted, it’s about you that I’m speaking) and for him (the one hiding behind his keyboard, over there, at the back of the screen) And for all humans… even if many make enormous efforts so that nothing shows.

But you didn't answer my question… who were you talking about?

Us? I don't feel it applies to me. I have power; I don't seek it, I don't chase after it. I chase after my wisdom, because without wisdom, my powers are of no use to me.
For my part, if I had everything I desired, I would stay there to enjoy myself and slack off. I love doing nothing while knowing that everything is already taken care of.
And war, peace, it all depends on the other. It is not I who will create one or the other. I have everything, so I live peacefully, I enjoy it, and I have fun.
I will have my island, I will have my castle on my island. In the sun. And plenty of free time to do lots of interesting things. More interesting than going to war and facing the string of problems that comes with it. And just because you don't want anything since you have everything, that doesn't stop you from going out to meet others.

You see, I drew her wisdom from our racial past… you won’t be able to make me believe that I will be the only one.

----------------------------------------------Signs... signs...------------------------------------------

Thousands of people are walking down the streets holding signs that read “We are hungry. Government, please feed us”… and the government doesn’t care… it eats well, safe behind a bulletproof window.

Protests, appeals to conscience, voting, peaceful demonstrations of all kinds… the government ignores them. There are riot police, little soldiers. Cops on the payroll. Tasked with terrorizing the people who dare to raise their voices. There are laws that condemn the common man who protests too much. There are offices of professional “image-makers” who are paid more than a worker will earn in his entire life to create and erase scandals, divert attention, and invent new ways of saying “we’re not going to tell you anything, na-na-na.”

Do you really think that going out into the street to say “I’m not happy” will change things that professionals and truly motivated people haven’t yet managed to change?

My path lies elsewhere; I know it.

This method of making ourselves heard no longer works. I could say “we need to find another one,” but that would be futile. The government no longer listens, because it already knows one thing it wants to hide from us until the very last second: Capitalism is collapsing. The entire society is collapsing. No country can stand on its own anymore. They are all staggering old men. If the government dared to admit it, the people would find out, and they would be held accountable… They would be lynched for having lamentably failed.

They are afraid too… Afraid of being blamed, afraid of losing their status, their wealth, the country house with a pool. Afraid of a future in which they have no place.

I don't know whether it's useful for me to make the revolution… it's enough to wait for the first old man to stumble and the others will follow in a farandole.

P.S.: Here’s some reading to keep you busy on a long winter day.

Great debate, and I spent half an hour reading. Thank you, friends.
Best regards

Milun
I think you're not reading me correctly.

I am saying that one is not born a man, one becomes one, you know.
We become men through the culture we are taught, which amounts to the same sentence you noted.
education instruction
Man arrives in this world in a state of savagery; he needs the help of others, hence culture and education.
Here is an Indian example: if you plant a tree at the very beginning, you let it grow without fear; then, to make it grow straight, you put a stake in it; and in a third stage, when the tree has grown and is firmly rooted in the ground, you remove the stake.

Man must forbid himself stagnation
If you were just a sheep, you wouldn’t have that rebellious streak, or you would never have had it.
That's why I was writing to you, sign
If I understand you correctly, voice is useless to you, or it only serves to indicate joy and sorrow.
Discourse serves to express what is useful and what is harmful.
I am talking about the man here and his revolts; I agree with you that it is destructive, but it contributed to the evolution of humanity and in history.
Today you are free to eat whatever you like and to practice the religion that suits you best.
Free to think, that is what uprisings are for, and we will continue as long as there are men who are willing to contribute to this humanity.

Glory or shame, it's the same.
The shame of having failed, and so, have you ever had to feel ashamed, and why?
You have to know how to lose.
You killed, but the intention was not there, you say.
Man is sometimes impulsive, which may be advantageous at times and negative at others.
Man in a state of nature, man returns to moral barbarism

Rachida

I don't want to get into the debate about who's misreading the other, but I think we're not on the same wavelength.

At the risk of repeating myself. One is born human, one does not become human with a diploma. One becomes an adult with age. One becomes this and that by studying it. Or else you are not clear with the words you use.

And why not accept that the tree knows how to grow on its own and has no need for the stake you force upon it?

Man needs culture (that is, the experience of previous men) to grow. But it is he who will grow.
Just as a tree needs water, it is you who waters it, or the sky, but it is the tree that grows. Staking it is to deform what it will become, forcing it to align with your will.

Actually, I think you only speak for yourself, not for the whole world.
Because a man does not have to forbid himself stagnation. Nevertheless, I agree with you, especially in this time of chaos, where everyone should move in sync with others so that we can remain stable. But it is up to each person to forbid it to themselves, if they deem it appropriate.

The Way… not the Voice… my Way is not yours. You advise me to go waving signs, but in fact, you should be the one waving signs, and I should be doing something else, the thing I am already doing, the thing I do most effectively. It is you who are misreading me.

And you underestimate the sheep… they are just as capable of rebellion… try kicking a sheep in the ass, it will butt you. But again, I understand you. You would like the sheep to move on their own… It would save you from having to wave signs.

You're talking to me about things I know very well, as if I were unaware of them… But you're straying very far from Darth Vader; in fact, you're not even talking about him… Yet it was you who reminded me that we were just supposed to be talking about him.

Glory and shame are very different, and if you cannot understand them in their proper measure, you cannot understand what I have written to you.

Personally, I have never failed. I have often taken a long time to win. But since I never stop, I always win. That does not prevent shame, given that it serves to realize one's mistakes.
But there, again, you didn't understand what I wrote.

I cannot agree with your judgments. They are incomplete and pejorative.
To claim that man is this and that, you judge the entire race, as if all men were the same. You will have to dig much deeper to convince me.

Man is as reflective as he is impulsive, for all kinds of men exist; he can be negative or positive in being reflective or impulsive.
In a wild state, man does not necessarily revert to barbarism. He will adopt a different culture, based on his environment. Look at the Aborigines of Australia. They live in loincloths with giant toothbrushes. Apart from that, they do not eat their children; they love them. They do not overconsume; they ask forgiveness from their prey. They do not murder travelers, and they take in the injured and those lost in the desert… would you call that moral barbarism?

Look more closely for the reason behind barbarism. It is not culture that protects us from it.
For example: in courts, until 1990, the raped woman was considered responsible. One always heard, “She provoked it.” Being beautiful and desirable was an excuse for rape.
Civilization is morally barbaric. I could cite dozens of cases to you.

But I’ll stop here; the discussion is going off the rails and isn’t leading anywhere.

Hello everyone,

Well, I see that my writings have sparked quite a few debates, and I thank you for that.
everyone,
The Dark Vador [book] was a bit off-topic, but it’s interesting to read.
All your comments that are enriching and can be subject to much discussion,
For me, Darth Vader has a harsh, cruel personality, so we would want to eliminate him; but knowing that he is the one prophesied in the saga—a man who will one day come to restore the balance of the Force and bring peace to the galaxy—he is good.
to look at this man from a different perspective, he is making a sacrifice by becoming evil,
creating war all around him and cruelty… but this man who is on the dark side and in the shadow was once a being like the others, with his qualities and flaws, and it was within himself that the dark side hardened
So I was telling my friend, who had recommended that I love her, that he was right after all.
because Darth Vader devotes himself body and soul, so to speak, to restoring a balance after all
Who hasn’t, in their life, had that dark side deep within them and felt resentment toward others,
To make a sacrifice for the good, that is why it is important to love the other, despite their flaws and cruelty, because perhaps if we give, even just a little light, in any way—a smile, a compliment, a gift, or anything else—this may allow the person to regain a bit of that brightness that will shine and obstruct the dark side, through our wisdom, our love for one another
knowing how to use reassuring words, staying positive, and cultivating this wisdom so that each person feels at peace with themselves, and in doing so, they can make someone else happy and bring them out of their darkness
while knowing that we will not change the world, the little love and wisdom we give will bring inner peace and a clear conscience…

Marylena

Thank you for bringing this thread back to its original topic, which had been somewhat overlooked in the posts.

DARK VADER would therefore be a part of us, an element. To reject him is to reject oneself, a part of oneself. I will meditate on your new contribution, Marylena, thank you.

To any potential contributors: Please stay on topic, and if the topic in question does not warrant such a discussion, please open a new post.

To be honest, I don't think so, Tom.

The subject here is man and his dark side; it is vast, and I have tried to describe man facing his conscious and his subconscious, from which
Wasn't the mind critical?
And it’s not a generalization; it’s a specific trait of mine to have a Darth Vader side.
Now that we are aware of this part through thought, we can filter out the dark, obscure particles and reach a pure and clear state.
This dark part is of its own volition
Accepting it is equivalent to a mental disorder.
a loss of self-control
The dark side of an individual would stem from their history, their experiences, their unspoken desires, their fears, and their unfulfilled dreams.
We say that God is light
Satan is dark and gloomy; they have made their choice.
if we define men as being a spirit
a mind divided into a conscious self and an unconscious self
Does the unconscious govern us?
Isn't the mind critical, of course?
Accepting it means sooner or later surrendering to a duel between the self and the self.
To succeed in filtering out the dark part and bringing it to light through thoughts of light is to drive it away with clear thoughts

There's also the fact that I want what I think!

Rachida

Marylena, if I don't reply to you, it's because I completely agree with what you're saying.
Tom, there wasn't a single off-topic point, but several developments on the subject.
Rachida, you have only come halfway. You are purifying your light, but you have not yet learned to love your dark side; that will come later. Keep an open mind.

Hello everyone!

Well, I see that there are some disagreements.
Personally, I don’t know this series, so what I was able to write was about our dark side that we love in order to be able to illuminate it.

Each of us has a dark side, more or less, that’s true, but it’s part of the balance.
To achieve this balance, one needs a plus and a minus, a masculine and a feminine. It is the principle of Yin and Yang; one must balance the two and love them equally.
It’s a bit like the story of the tree whose branch bearing the poisonous fruit is cut off, leaving only the good ones to prevent anyone from being poisoned. By wanting to keep only the good and rejecting the bad, by refusing to accept it, we killed the tree and completely deprived ourselves of food.
We must not cultivate our dark side, but accept and love it just as much as the light side, for denying it would be denying a part of ourselves and not loving ourselves. For we cannot truly love ourselves if we love only one part and reject the other. We must love both equally to find serenity and our balance.
What would be the point of ordering a strawberry tart if you only eat the strawberries and throw away the pastry? The tart is the combination of both.
If in our past we have committed an act of which we are not proud, let us not blame others, governments, or generations, or even all of humanity; let us simply accept it, love it as part of who we are, for this is what will enable us to act differently in the future.
We cannot erase what has been done, only accept it; however, we can use this experience to do better in the present.

Best regards