"As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home."
-Jack Kornfield

31 August 2008

Chickens in a Cage


"We have built a system we cannot control. Most of us, in order to have a house, and car, a refrigerator, and so on, must sacrifice our time and our own lives in exchange. We are constantly under the pressure of time. We have created a society in which the rich become richer and the poor become poorer, and in which we are so caught up in our own immediate problems that we cannot afford to be aware of what is going on with the rest of the human family or our own planet Earth. In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over some grains of seed, unaware that in a few hours they will be killed."
-Thich Nhat Hanh