
If forgiving someone who has done you wrong is difficult, how is it possible to forgive those who have killed your loved ones?
Marina Cantacuzino investigates
When
Anthony Walker's mother spoke of forgiving the two racists who killed her son,
or the entire Amish community in Pennsylvania forgave the man who shot so many
of their young daughters dead, or the Rev Julie Nicholson stepped down from the
pulpit because she couldn't forgive the suicide bomber who killed her daughter
in the 7/7 bombings - it sparked a
debate and got everyone talking.
The 14th
Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. Since 1959 he
has been living in Dharamsala, in northern India, the seat of the Tibetan
government in exile.
Brute
force can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom. The thousands of
people who marched in the cities of Eastern Europe in recent decades, the
unwavering determination of the people in my homeland of Tibet and the recent
demonstrations in Burma are powerful reminders of this truth.
There is a better way of doing things, explains 'new economics' guru Hazel Henderson.
Out of the ordinary, great opportunities can emerge. But will we see them when they do?
By Alex Canfor-Dumas
Procrastinators Anonymous
An occasional newsletter (when she gets round to it) from Sarah Litvinoff
OK, OK it's possible there are more than 13 things that don't make sense to you and me, says Michael Brooks.
But for scientists who believe that there is a rational explanation for pretty much everything, it's more than a little embarrasing to have to own up to this list. Of course science is really just a
collection of theories with some experimental data to back the ideas up
so it should come as no great surprise to that there are 13 things that
don't have a very good explanation. It would be 13, wouldn't it?