In Hamlet, Act 3:
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles.
"To suffer here means to endure. Yes, it is nobler in the mind to endure the negative opinions of others rather than react and attack those who point their fingers at us without justification.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
Teachers were being human beings first.
Then to be engaged in practise.
Next for some to be human beings/teachers/practitioners
Ultimately, there is awakening not to be, not to hold to such an identity.
Wisdom, love and freedom then expresses effortlessly."
~ Christopher Titmuss, Concerns around teachers and ethics
http://www.christophertitmuss.net/poems-from-the-edge-the-first-12-poems
Photos
~ David Tennant as Hamlet, 2008 © Bournemouth News/REX/Shutterstock
~ Statue outside Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Chinatown, New York City
~ Guanyin Sitting on a Lion in royal ease, Marble Mountain, Vietnam
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