But yes, we are human, and often other humans around us, through their behavior, demonstrate quite clearly that they are on a…hmmmm…different part of the larger path.

We are our actions.

The only way I have been able to come to terms with all of this is through Hinduism’s reincarnation (and the idea exists in Christianity as well — I mean, why else did no one recognize Christ when he rose? duh…). Reincarnation not only makes the ugly make sense to me, but it also makes the sublimely beautiful make sense. How does a Mozart happen, for example?

And how does an ignorant, hateful person happen? The same way. Reincarnation reminds me that the picture is too big for my mind to grasp and that people are truly on a journey that is infinite.

This does not mean they don’t anger me! But when I come down from my anger, this is the thought in which I rest.