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At around 04:25:
LKY: Supposing that Adolf Hitler had taken to meditation, would he have embarked on such a wild and dangerous course to capture Western Europe and Russia all in one go? I think there's a lot to be said for having great leaders of big nations bfore they embark on a a project, to sit down, not for a few minutes, but for a few hours each day, meditating on the wisdom of their act thinking over it for a few weeks. Just mediate.
Laurence Freeman: So, you would give that advice to world leaders today?
LKY: Yes, I would. Before they embark on any use of force.
Laurence Freeman: You think you could ever persuade world leaders when they come together for their summit meetings or important meetings together to begin their meetings with meditation?
LKY: I think they'd think it rather odd.
Laurence Freeman: Yes, I think they would.
LKY: They would have come to discuss serious problems, to get grievances resolved, and you're asking me to meditate?
Laurence Freeman: Okay, I think it would be difficult to persuade them. But would you advise them?
LKY: Yes, I would advise them. But then they must have been convinced by their own experience of meditation.
At around 04:25:
LKY: Supposing that Adolf Hitler had taken to meditation, would he have embarked on such a wild and dangerous course to capture Western Europe and Russia all in one go? I think there's a lot to be said for having great leaders of big nations bfore they embark on a a project, to sit down, not for a few minutes, but for a few hours each day, meditating on the wisdom of their act thinking over it for a few weeks. Just mediate.
Laurence Freeman: So, you would give that advice to world leaders today?
LKY: Yes, I would. Before they embark on any use of force.
Laurence Freeman: You think you could ever persuade world leaders when they come together for their summit meetings or important meetings together to begin their meetings with meditation?
LKY: I think they'd think it rather odd.
Laurence Freeman: Yes, I think they would.
LKY: They would have come to discuss serious problems, to get grievances resolved, and you're asking me to meditate?
Laurence Freeman: Okay, I think it would be difficult to persuade them. But would you advise them?
LKY: Yes, I would advise them. But then they must have been convinced by their own experience of meditation.
