Is Peace or War the Action?

Recently, I had re-posted an earlier entry about Light... Space... and Resistance wherein I discussed how there really is no such thing as Dark, but instead just Light (or The Presence of Light) and The Absence of Light and then extrapolated to say there really is less of the concept of Allowing and more of the action of Resistance (or The Presence of Resistance) and The Absence of Resistance.

...and this got me to thinking if there were any more seemingly "ordinary" things that we think about on a daily basis that this concept could apply to.

Peace
Many people ask for Peace on Earth or World Peace as if there were some action required for it, and this immediately strikes me as weird, in the same way I approached my previous entry. Peace, whether it be by and for the masses, or between you and your husband or brother who teases you or neighbor who plays music too loudly too late at night, is not the action.

To illustrate, pause for just one moment and think of YOU and ME. Think about our interaction at this moment. Are we doing anything to maintain Peace? The answer is: no. In fact, Peace is our natural state that requires no action at all, no thinking, no tip-toeing around to manage, careful not to upset the delicate scale that could throw each side into an all-out brawl.

War
Rather, War is the introduction of Resistance into the equation where Resistance is the action, is the hard part. When Peace begins as the natural state and one feels Resistance, there is an immediate discord that breeds pain, intolerance, hate and fear, radiating from the individual with a sort of penetrating quality that infuses into almost every action and interaction. War takes the appreciation of the contrasting opinions or desires and misinterprets, translates it into clashing sides, one against the other, feuding, rallying for position to win. War is the action of Resistance against the natural state of Peace that is always and forever available, present and flowing towards you.

The concept that we would even wish or hope or have to do any action for Peace is just plain bonkers because it requires no action whatsoever. Try to slow down right now and stop. Cease action, stop the mind-chatter thinking, halt the nervousness about stillness and just quiet the mind in a beautiful feeling-place of love. Isn't this Peace?? Isn't it, in this place of doing, saying, thinking, being, having nothing, ISN'T THIS PEACE??

So the next time I say Peace On You, know that what I really mean is Try to War a little less, Try to Resist a little less, Try to be a little Easier on yourself and those around you, Try to Relax and find the beautifully inherent point of Love that resides within us all in a really Easy place of not acting in War. I just didn't want to write all that! :-)

Attachment "Measures the Distance"

have you ever felt the more you want something, the more you notice that it isn't there?

there is a reason. this concept is simple when you can see it from the outside. the reason is 'attachment'

attachment "measures the distance" between where you are and where you want to be

and this encompasses attachment to things you want, experiences you desire, how you want to look, who you want to talk to, where you want to live or visit, lovers you want in your bed...

the more that you envision what you want from a place of not having, you count the ticks on the ruler between you and whatever it is. and the more intense your desire, the more skewed your perception of how far it is... the more acute the angle of your vision distorts the distance, making it seem so so far away

there is hope, however. find peace in the knowing that you can bring your perspective to a place less distorted. it may take some time, it may take some practice, but it is really easy.

the key is to detach.

lessen your hold on the "how" it will happen and focus more on "how it would feel to have it"

release your grasp on the "why it should happen" and focus more on the "why it would feel good to have it"

and find peace in the knowing that the way you used to do it (the so so tough way of wanting and not having and noticing so much of the not having) has brought you to read this that may have planted even the tiniest seed of understanding...

...can you feel the difference now? can you feel the shift?