So, to face violence you must give attention to it, not run away from it. See what it is. See the violence between man and woman – both sexually, in different ways.
Is there not violence when you are seeking more and more and more, becoming more and more? To look at violence and remain with it, not run away from it, not try to suppress it or transcend it – all that implies conflict – but to live with it, look at it, in fact treasure it, not translate it according to your want and dislike or like, just to look and observe with great attention. We won't go into what is attention for the moment, that is very simple, though it sounds complex.
When one gives attention to something completely, it is like turning on a bright light and then you see all the qualities, the subtleties, the implications, the whole world of violence. When you see something very clearly, then it is gone – because we refuse to see things clearly.
