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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 2294754" data-attributes="member: 99586">Dear Chanaka_1987, Aim of my post was to highlight the way our thoughts changes.e.g. one may post something cool on social harmony/ Dhamma; later on he/she might come across an article on war/ terror and can give in to the feelings...I do not think that we should say 'people posting about Buddhism should not post war propaganda'. It's good what you wish happens <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> But I do not think it will ever... why? ... because of erratic ways our untamed minds work.. So there's no point of suggesting the impossible or getting disturbed by behavior of 'others like us'So we should use the very important observation you've made to realize that one's mind is like 'a monkey jumping from branch to branch in a forest' (See how appropriate this simile to explain our mind that jump on each input we get from senses; It was one used by Sammasambuddha Gautama). I think we should also make this an opportunity to see the need of taming that 'monkey'... We can only correct ourselves and hope that others will follow suit.. Thanks for highlighting the observation..Theruwan saranai!</blockquote>

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