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! :-)
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