{"id":6138,"date":"2010-05-12T01:13:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2010-05-12T01:40:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T17:40:01","slug":"can-the-losers-really-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/can-the-losers-really-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Can &#8216;The Losers&#8217; Really Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/131.jpg?resize=101%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/131.jpg?w=101&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/131.jpg?resize=65%2C96&amp;ssl=1 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most enlightening part of &#8216;The Losers&#8217; was when the cornered Jensen uttered something &#8216;true to bluff&#8217; those pointing guns at him&#8230; (Yes, it&#8217;s paradoxical) &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> &#8216;In the words of Ancient Tibetan [Buddhist] masters, &#8220;Don&#8217;t start none&#8230; won&#8217;t be none.&#8221;&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Losers&#8217; felt compelled to exact vengeance as there were attempts on their lives. If there were no such attempts in the first place, there would be no urge for vengeance&#8230; though they could walk away too? Don&#8217;t start none, won&#8217;t be none. But who started the cycle of hate? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">At first glance, it is the key baddie in this life, though there might be negative karmic entanglements carried over from a previous life too?<\/span> (Or would you rather believe there is truly senseless random violence?) It&#8217;s tricky deciding who really started it first.<\/p>\n<p>You might think&#8230; isn&#8217;t it uber uncool to not punish the baddie? Well, there is a world of difference between seeking vengeance to kill and seeking justice without killing. Maybe it&#8217;s over-quoted, but it&#8217;s still true, what the Buddha taught &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8216;Hatred cannot be ceased by hatred. Hatred can only be ceased by love. This is an eternal law.&#8217; <\/span>If you reflect on this deeply, it&#8217;s uber cool!<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the movie, the baddie escapes, leaving room for a sequel. Hmmm&#8230; the perpetuation of more hate and damage? Both sides end up being &#8216;losers&#8217; in the long run&#8230; as long as there is the need to run from one another for their lives, and towards one another to take lives.<\/p>\n<p>In the real world, even if the baddie is taken down &#8216;for good&#8217;, guess what? He can spring back to life some day, in another life, reborn. This is the larger meaning of how hatred cannot be ceased by hatred! <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">There should be genuine repentance and\/or forgiveness on one or both sides at some point to break the meaningless cycle.<\/span> In the mean time, remember &#8211; What goes around comes around. Don&#8217;t start none of the hatred, and there will be none of the hatred!<\/p>\n<p>[ad#losers]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most enlightening part of &#8216;The Losers&#8217; was when the cornered Jensen uttered something &#8216;true to bluff&#8217; those pointing guns&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241,26],"tags":[21,24,139,200,106,64,22,104],"class_list":["post-6138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","category-movies","tag-forgiveness","tag-hatred","tag-karma","tag-loving-kindness","tag-rebirth","tag-repentance","tag-vengeance","tag-violence","wpcat-241-id","wpcat-26-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}