The Inner Peace March
Beloved Friends,
I commend the world for standing up and walking for peace, I truly do. What goes through my mind though is how does one expect this, the peace march, to truly change the world. I understand that it sends a message to those "people in power" that we the citizens do not approve of war. Hell, as I understand it war is an expression of Fear. I would say the ultimate expression of Fear. I don't believe that people go to war with each other because it was popular opinion. My faith and optimism in life will not allow me to accept that the majority of the world's population wants war. However they, we, do allow it to go on. Why? I ask myself. Why do we allow this to go on? What part of this dis-functional expression of Fear are we all attached to.
I don't think that the peace march will truly change the world. Look at how long we have been doing this act. These "people in power", pips, are literally scared out of there wits. Acting out like a child might but with bigger "toys". We don't need to let the world know we don't approve, the whole world knows this already. How is this going to stop those "pips" from projecting war upon this beloved Earth. And I mean STOP! Once and for all. What will make a Man NOT put on the uniform and NOT pick up a weapon and NOT, for Gods sake, kill another living being out of Fear?
Love is the only way I know of. So far Love is the only "weapon" we have against Fear. The battle doesn't wage itself on the fields of Gia, it wages within the hearts of all mankind. ALL MANKIND! Me too! Rage, anger, abuse - what makes me act this way? What am I so afraid of that allows so many expressions of Fear to make themselves manifest here? We all individually might not go to war with tanks and "smart bombs", but we do go to "war" each and every time we allow our dis-functional expressions of fear to take over and manifest themselves.
So back to Love. The truest weapon of destruction. I believe that what we, I, need to do is SHOW the world how to Love. How this thing called Love will comfort all. Will keep all secure. How Love allows enough for every one and every thing. Peace marches aren't very peaceful when they present words of hate printed on signs as magickal talismans. George Bush is not the enemy, Fear is. Look at the man, he is full of Fear. I feel sorry for him and all others like him. What is out of whack in them that keeps them, there I go again, that keeps us so afraid?
I have no answers to the worlds attachment to Fear, to war, especially sitting out here detached or trying to be detached from it all. The only way I know to shine light on the darkness of Man is to be an individuated beacon of Light, of Love. To strive with all devotion to live a life based on the principles and concepts of Love. To be a living example of how to live without Fear. My peace march begins here at home, within my heart. Every day of the rest of my life will be spent marching for peace. No banners. No thousands of people. Just me. I cannot ask or expect others to live without Fear until I do so myself. My peace march is to bring peace within myself, and once the war stops there then maybe it will stop out there.
LOVE
Jonathan Avalon
I commend the world for standing up and walking for peace, I truly do. What goes through my mind though is how does one expect this, the peace march, to truly change the world. I understand that it sends a message to those "people in power" that we the citizens do not approve of war. Hell, as I understand it war is an expression of Fear. I would say the ultimate expression of Fear. I don't believe that people go to war with each other because it was popular opinion. My faith and optimism in life will not allow me to accept that the majority of the world's population wants war. However they, we, do allow it to go on. Why? I ask myself. Why do we allow this to go on? What part of this dis-functional expression of Fear are we all attached to.
I don't think that the peace march will truly change the world. Look at how long we have been doing this act. These "people in power", pips, are literally scared out of there wits. Acting out like a child might but with bigger "toys". We don't need to let the world know we don't approve, the whole world knows this already. How is this going to stop those "pips" from projecting war upon this beloved Earth. And I mean STOP! Once and for all. What will make a Man NOT put on the uniform and NOT pick up a weapon and NOT, for Gods sake, kill another living being out of Fear?
Love is the only way I know of. So far Love is the only "weapon" we have against Fear. The battle doesn't wage itself on the fields of Gia, it wages within the hearts of all mankind. ALL MANKIND! Me too! Rage, anger, abuse - what makes me act this way? What am I so afraid of that allows so many expressions of Fear to make themselves manifest here? We all individually might not go to war with tanks and "smart bombs", but we do go to "war" each and every time we allow our dis-functional expressions of fear to take over and manifest themselves.
So back to Love. The truest weapon of destruction. I believe that what we, I, need to do is SHOW the world how to Love. How this thing called Love will comfort all. Will keep all secure. How Love allows enough for every one and every thing. Peace marches aren't very peaceful when they present words of hate printed on signs as magickal talismans. George Bush is not the enemy, Fear is. Look at the man, he is full of Fear. I feel sorry for him and all others like him. What is out of whack in them that keeps them, there I go again, that keeps us so afraid?
I have no answers to the worlds attachment to Fear, to war, especially sitting out here detached or trying to be detached from it all. The only way I know to shine light on the darkness of Man is to be an individuated beacon of Light, of Love. To strive with all devotion to live a life based on the principles and concepts of Love. To be a living example of how to live without Fear. My peace march begins here at home, within my heart. Every day of the rest of my life will be spent marching for peace. No banners. No thousands of people. Just me. I cannot ask or expect others to live without Fear until I do so myself. My peace march is to bring peace within myself, and once the war stops there then maybe it will stop out there.
LOVE
Jonathan Avalon