{"id":2366,"date":"2011-05-07T20:48:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T00:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2011-05-07T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T00:50:37","slug":"does-anyone-really-believe-we-can-create-peace-with-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/05\/does-anyone-really-believe-we-can-create-peace-with-violence.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Anyone Really Believe We Can Create Peace With Violence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I talk a great deal about emotional neutrality and the perfection of everything. I know every event is perfect and that doesn\u2019t mean that at times I don\u2019t have strong reactions, judgments and profound wonderment at our choices as a species. This week I had one of those moments. I definitely did NOT see this event through the eyes of the angels but I am working on that.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Osama bin Laden\u2019s death<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"people<\/a>No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.<\/em> Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley<\/p>\n

I watched the images of people celebrating the killing of Osama Bin Laden and was deeply saddened. It is that very behavior that helps nurture the creation of terrorists. Hatred and judgment creates the perception of the need to retaliate.<\/p>\n

Do people really not see the inevitability of al-Qaeda getting even? As with Hitler, I wonder about the beliefs, agreements and assumptions that created these men. I hope some day we will be willing to look at our collective filter system with a willingness to see it and modify it.<\/p>\n

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.<\/em> Martin Luther King, Jr<\/p>\n

My question is when will we get that? When will we realize that judgment and hatred will never create peace? As long as we live in a world driven by right and wrong we will create a world filled with hatred, judgment and war.<\/p>\n

Today My Spiritual Practice Is To Love The War On _____ You Fill In The Blank<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Today my spiritual practice is to accept, embrace and love the people that celebrate Osama Bin Laden\u2019s death. I want to be bale to love all the people that believe the war on terrorism or the war on drugs or the war on illegal aliens will succeed and improve the world.<\/p>\n

It will take lots of self talk on my part, prayer, meditation, love, forgiveness, more love, more surrendering and LOTS OF LOVE to get there. I may not get there today or tomorrow or next year but it is my intent to release all internal conflict and judgments. I will create peace within, without that there is no hope for peace out there.<\/p>\n

I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, <\/q>but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.<\/q><\/em> Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

Blessed be,
\nSusan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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