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I also read yesterday that Israel solders shot into protesting crowds yesterday killing 60. It is heart breaking to witness all the killing. The morale of those who empathize and work for peace is tough to maintain when we realize that these reports are not unique. The killing is happening all over the world every single day!
What can I do about it? At times I feel powerless to do anything about it. What can a single man or woman do? How does my belief that 'I AM responsible' for everything in my life help stop the murders and violence, no matter whether they are state sanctioned or not?
Let me express clearly that one individual CAN make a difference and when millions of those individuals take action, we apply the greatest influence on those who choose violence. I've dedicated my life for peace and my wife & I have taken actions that many would consider extreme and crazy. What is crazy and extreme is paying taxes and participating in the war machine that does the killing, enslaving and thieving. What is extreme is saying nothing and yet we sit in our arm chairs screaming at the TV and shaking our heads. There is no way that I will give my energy to anybody that engages in violence, murder and theft. I refuse to participate with that level of evil behaviour. We engage in peaceful non-compliance to ensure that we are not a party to violence of any kind, but especially to children.
But just sitting here in our earthship is not enough. Rebuking those that engage in violent behaviour is also necessary. My silence means that I consent to what is unfolding around me, so I make sure that I am not silent. People probably get tired of hearing me talk about violence but that will not stop until the violence stops. I will continue to rebuke all those who participate in the slaughter. That goes right from the guys with the guns, pulling the triggers, to those who give the orders, to those who made the weapons, to those who fund it all - Mr. & Mrs Joe Q Citizen! That includes those who engage in the overt violence that we see on our screens each day and those that try to hide their covert violence in the bedrooms as well.
But speaking up is not enough either. Some of those people who engage in violence really do want to change and find peace within themselves. It is our duty and responsibility to help them heal and find that peace. That requires a lot of work, effort and training to help facilitate that healing process. While we cannot force this step upon them, we must stand and be vigilant, ready to take action when ever they approach us of their own free will, asking for help to heal. If we fail to fulfill that healing process, their violent ways will continue to unfold and we have failed our brothers and sisters. When we help them heal and find peace, love, forgiveness and acceptance within, we have another brother or sister joining our ranks to help pass on the healing to others.
Life is not a spectator sport. Life requires action, participation, dedication and commitment to the ideals that we all desire but seem unable to obtain. Those ideals are indeed obtainable and we do make a difference when we fully participate in life. This is not for the privileged as this work is painful, difficult and most rewarding. I dragged myself out of the mud of despair over 17 years ago when I healed from my depression, suicide attempts and violent abusive behaviours. Now I crawl right back into the muck to help others do the same. If your privilege demands that you remain clean, then your contempt is culpable.
This is a dirty, dark and difficult aspect of life. But if we are not willing to do what it takes to teach peace, freedom, prosperity, joy and love, then we will continue to be a witness to children being mowed down on our TV screens each night. What is their life worth? Is it worth making sacrifices ourselves to help prevent that shit from happening?
A little check box on a piece of paper every 4 years does NOT stop the wars. Getting off the couch, withdrawing from the war machine and getting to work is what is required. I know of a team of volunteers who work hard to help teach peace, freedom and healing. I will be joining them this weekend to help people heal and find peace, non-violence, love, acceptance, forgiveness and joy. We are taking action in our little corner of this planet we all call home.
I have no doubt that others are doing the same all over this beautiful world. I have faith that in time we will manifest a rise in consciousness never seen on this planet in thousands of years. We will change the world and it will look nothing like it does now. We are the harbingers of peaceful change and it will disrupt the entire machine. The process will be chaotic for those who depend on the fictional constructs that are in place at this moment.
To find peace requires that we all return to mother earth and provide for our own needs as the system that nearly everyone currently depends on cannot survive the coming changes. Violence is no longer tolerated on this planet of peace. I don't care if it is legal or not.
I'm angry and hurting. I will use that pain to move forward with the ideals that I've been sharing for well over a decade upon those to scared to confront themselves and make the changes. I will stand for all the lives that have been taken as a result of violence, abuse, war and greed. I love you. I forgive you. I will do what I can to help you. However, just as I AM 100% responsible for my own life, you are 100% responsible for yours.
I rebuke all forms of violence, justified, legalized or authorized. I have made great sacrifices in the past for peace. That sacrifice has not changed and will continued to be paid as I walk this path of peace. I do so for the next seven generations!
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