Just another brick in the wall

[stu]

@Aminah

you just can’t control, or force how it goes all that much.

Agreed. That’s Dhamma! But you can put in place underlying causes and conditions that help the process to go in a particular direction at greater speed, right? In fact, doing that is part of the process.

@Aminah

… and each of the encouragements (to new conversations, new attitudes, and new behaviours) need to be made;

Yep, that’s what I am asking Mat about. He is very experienced in this area I think. If we can psychologically nudge people in the right (i.e. non-bullying) direction then that is to the benefit of all - the bullied and the bullies alike I think. I know how to do this with little kids to some effect, but I am less certain how this would work with grown adult Buddhist monastics.

@Aminah

I do, however, feel that at one point or other it is simply an inevitability that we’ll end up somewhere we don’t even need to be thinking about ‘phases’ with respect to this issue and it will just be an unfortunate, but inspiring historical detail

That will be the last phase

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or blobby masses of suffering

@Aminah

… keep enough faith and put in enough effort for a better situation to manifest.

Sadhu!