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[Note: In an invite to The Peace Jam, Doreen posted several wonderful quotes regarding peace. I was drawn to many of them, however the following quote 'streamed' me alive!]
Buddha did not say that one word was peace. He knew better. Saying 'Peace' does not guarantee peace. The word 'peace' is one of those 'thousand hollow words.'

So how do we attain Peace if we're not in agreement with what peace really means? Peace, the intent, is more than an absence of war. When there is an absence of war there is a calm. But calm is not quite peace. Maybe those that died in the war now have peace. Hard to be sure of that... that requires some level of faith, wouldn't it? Religion asks the follower to have faith. Faith is more of a belief that does not use logic or evidence.

But we all have some inkling of what Peace really is. Maybe it's an innate thing - somehow related to when we are at rest. But Peace is not an object that can be bought or sold... it's matter-less. Peace is gotten when we are peaceful within ourselves. Peace is the afterglow of peacefulness.

In order to attain peace we must be peaceful first. But so many fight, kill and destroy falsely hoping to find peace. Angriness is the root of this action. We could be angry with ourselves. We could be angry as a group, as a community, a nation. We could be collectively angry as a religious flock of believers. But the anger really begins with just one - our own self.

If we learn to quiet the anger within us, we become better prepared to quell the anger in others... one at a time. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed did not dissolve the anger of mankind, even if their words attempted to do so. Those words were hollow, as Buddha said... meaning the words weren't enough to fulfill. We cannot force-feed peacefullness into everyone. Not everyone has the same liking for the words, not everyone finds the flavor of words appealing. That's why there are so many religions, so many belief systems, so many paths to the same goal - peace.

The one unifying factor amongst all people is our physicality. We all have heartbeats, we all breath, we all urinate and defecate, we all sleep, we all dream, we all laugh, cry, rejoice, celebrate, and we all have the ability to communicate on a sexual level. These are our commonalities, but yet so many do not accept these primal traits as conditions we all share. These human, physical attributes bring us, if not complete peacefulness, so close to peacefulness, that we know there is such a state... and it makes us feel good.

We all have three levels, we are three dimensional creatures - physical, mental and spiritual. Our mental (mind) is often the most problematic within our lives... we are ingrained with limitations by family, friends, associates most of our lives. But if it were known that our spiritual lives are a definite 'part and parcel' of our being, we would soon learn to sift thru our conditionings and eliminate those that prevent us from knowing our spiritual being. Following doctrines down to the letter often do more harm than good for coming to realize our spiritual being... it is not simply a matter of immersing oneself in a chosen religion, but learning that the mind has the ability to limit our being from attaining full potential.

Highly influenced by the dualities, yin/yang, sun/moon, good/bad, life/death, male/female, light/dark... what ever the dualities, our spiritual-ness is what oversees all the dualities. This spiritual level is what has been called full-realization or cosmic consciousness or heaven, nirvana, the absolute, even God or Allah, the word is not what is important, but knowing that we have this third dimension within all of us... this is the one uniter that brings us all peacefulness. And so powerful is this awakening that it imprints us for the rest of our lives.

If we are truly serious about Peace, it is incumbent upon each individual to find peacefulness within themselves. Perhaps this word, 'peaceful,' is one word that can bring us all closer to the essence of peace.

Cecil
27 August 2006

Peace it together one peace at a time.........

... and before you realize it - Peace Full!

Thx, Kurt... Peace 2U.

"But so many fight, kill and destroy falsely hoping to find peace. Angriness is at the root of this action."

Very true. But don't leave out greed and fear, perhaps even more so than anger. Few, if any, of our soldiers invaded Iraq out of anger alone. In fact, public anger may be the one thing that gets us out of Iraq, as it eventually did in Vietnam. (And let's hope the lesson sinks in a little more this time).

You know, greed might be the biggest peace thief of them all-- that all-consuming lust after things and more things, empires and more empires. It tends to wall us off from our spiritual dimension. If there's killin' to do, then kill the greed instinct. And in the face of fascist thieves who posture as "visionary" leaders while raiding the public's money and imposing their violent, bloodthirsty agenda on the world, then perhaps a little anger is expected, or dare I say, even appropriate. Right now, I'm a pretty damned angry voter, and I'm at peace with that anger.

Sorry to ramble on, Cecil..... just some thoughts.

Mark

"If we learn to quiet the anger within us, we become better prepared to quell the anger in others... one at a time", oh yes, there is pragmatical evidence about it!

"These are our commonalities, but yet so many do not accept these primal traits as conditions we all share": do you imagine what would happen if in the middle of a very serious mind/macroeconomic/ideological discusion the topics suddenly change?

Thanks for the stream, Cecil!!
saludos,

Arcadia

mnaz - "In fact, public anger may be the one thing that gets us out of Iraq, as it eventually did in Vietnam."

Anger got us in there... to revenge the attack on us, and yes, you're right, anger should get us out.

As far a greed - wouldn't you put anger right in there? as one becomes more greedy there is an anger within that says "This is mine! I deserve it!"... an anger-motivated act. but i do agree that anger works two ways... it often times takes anger to overthrow the negative.... when anger is the impetus for change for the better.

thx, mark-man! good reply!!

Arcadia! dice: "(can) you imagine what would happen if in the middle of a very serious mind/macroeconomic/ideological discusion the topics suddenly change?"

Hmmm... anger? In order to accept one must be open to change for change is constant. But shouldn't all change be for betterment and not putting up stronger barriers of resistance. Que piensas, mi amiga?

Gracias para las palabras, otro vez!

peace of mind
even if it's wired.........

wired or not, it's what's runnin' thru that wire that matters.

Cecil wrote:

The one unifying factor amongst all people is our physicality. We all have heartbeats, we all breath, we all urinate and defecate, we all sleep, we all dream, we all laugh, cry, rejoice, celebrate, and we all have the ability to communicate on a sexual level. These are our commonalities, but yet so many do not accept these primal traits as conditions we all share. These human, physical attributes bring us, if not complete peacefulness, so close to peacefulness, that we know there is such a state... and it makes us feel good.

beautiful stream compadre
gracias

but I can't help wonder why you deleted my post from last sunday?