26/11 was by far the worst terrorist attack on Indian soil, more so because it successfully traumatised an entire nation. It's yet to be seen whether the attack was under the direct command of the Pakistani Army and the dreaded ISI. The Pakistani handlers of the attack were definitely consumed by hatred.
Headley spoke in a Chicago court yesterday about how he hated India for the country's role in formation of Bangladesh in 1971. Others arrested in Pakistan are similarly rabidly hateful of Indians and a lot of it has to do with the education system in the country, but that system alone isn't enough for the entire educated population of Pakistan to hate India and Indians. I have to wonder though, what is it that drives people like Sajid Mir and Headley to such hatred that they would like to massacre so many people?
Like Charlie Chaplin said in The Great Dictator, "only the unloved hate...the unloved and the unnatural." This brings me to the point that there just aren't enough mental health practitioners in the world. We all dislike someone or the other in this world for some reason or the other, but what is it that stops us from wanting to kill the person? Sanity! When people are consumed with hatred, sanity takes a back-seat. In our quest to rid the world of physical ailments, we leave aide mental ailments, something that can far more damage to far more people.
There will never be peace in the outer world if there is no peace in the inner world. I remember sitting for a fascinating session at the Tibetan Cultural Centre in Domlur in Bangalore, where the monks spoke about spreading inner peace from person to person like from candle to candle. These meditation techniques transcend religious barriers and may actually be a good way of promoting mental health.
Headley spoke in a Chicago court yesterday about how he hated India for the country's role in formation of Bangladesh in 1971. Others arrested in Pakistan are similarly rabidly hateful of Indians and a lot of it has to do with the education system in the country, but that system alone isn't enough for the entire educated population of Pakistan to hate India and Indians. I have to wonder though, what is it that drives people like Sajid Mir and Headley to such hatred that they would like to massacre so many people?
Like Charlie Chaplin said in The Great Dictator, "only the unloved hate...the unloved and the unnatural." This brings me to the point that there just aren't enough mental health practitioners in the world. We all dislike someone or the other in this world for some reason or the other, but what is it that stops us from wanting to kill the person? Sanity! When people are consumed with hatred, sanity takes a back-seat. In our quest to rid the world of physical ailments, we leave aide mental ailments, something that can far more damage to far more people.
There will never be peace in the outer world if there is no peace in the inner world. I remember sitting for a fascinating session at the Tibetan Cultural Centre in Domlur in Bangalore, where the monks spoke about spreading inner peace from person to person like from candle to candle. These meditation techniques transcend religious barriers and may actually be a good way of promoting mental health.
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