01-20-2019, 12:35 PM
(01-20-2019, 10:17 AM)TheSeekersLighthouse Wrote: Honestly, I have seen positive changes birthing in amongst all the world negativity if you read between the lines. The press is designed to print negative news, but from my point of view, much positive change has been happening, I have seen people wake up who i never thought would wake up in this life!
Interesting Seeker, I see the same thing today.
I remember in 2003, my children and I went on a hiking trip which took us to Tibet, on the first day we met our guide who was Tibetan and had a shadow who was a young Chinese officer who never talked to us, just observed us, and definitely was taking us for low rated humans, but we must have passed mustard as he then disappeared. Our guide stayed with us the next day, and then we were on our own. At the time the repression was full blowing and Lhasa had on one side authentic Tibetan buildings of rare simple beauty, and on the other side plenty of square boxes covered with white tiles built by the Chinese, which were pretty awful and they were fast growing and erasing the older Tibetan buildings. You had to be very careful in not mentioning ever the dalai lama, or not having brought with you photos of him. We visited monasteries, some had only Tibetans, some had a few Chinese monks. But what was really interesting was that in Lhasa and another smaller city, older Chinese were behaving very openly as masters, similar to the attitude of the germans occupying france, but you could see some younger Chinese mingling with younger Tibetans in a very quiet way. After we left, about three months later, was a rebellious protest led by a mix of Tibetans and Maoist young Chinese which took place in Lhasa. You could really see this in a subtle way, and it was striking because of the very stark attitude of the other Chinese. It was intensely courageous when you know how meticulous about power and organized the Chinese are.