To cast this letter as future instead of past means that most of our Earth is a hopeless cause. And if the Earth is a hopeless case, and our only hope for salvation from the apocalypse is a self-centered wish to be exempt from the world s suffering, there is no need for justice and compassion . Truth becomes the flaming death of everyone but the true believers. Blame and spewed rage have never changed a thing. Unfocused rage is only good for tearing at our souls, and finding blame in order to unload our anger has never healed a hurt and it has never made right a wrong.
Blame just creates more suffering and more hurt.
And, conversely, there is no good to come out of stifling our anger at injustice. Anger that is stuffed inside ourselves just makes us feel helpless and depressed. Anger and rage and depression are messages, explanations from the animal part of our brains that something s wrong. If we can find a way to do something about these messages, use our feelings to recognize our problems, we are using justice and compassion as measures of our lives. When emotional messages of anger and depression are used to beat us up, are portrayed as God scolding people with a wagging finger, no problem is solved, nothing in our lives is improved.