If love really existed in this world, there would be no wars
Once again, this is a very challenging time for humanity. Whilst many people turn inward for peace and tranquility, we must not lose touch with the relationship we have with each other. This is the key in bringing peace to the world - no outside organization has been successful in doing so. They may have brought peace to one part of the world, but it have never lasted. But if you can make a little bit of time, step back and you will see the reasons for this: nationalism - division of countries, division of races, division of religions, division of society, etc. All of these ideas that humans have created have caused immense conflict and we are all deeply buried in them. Society can not give us peace - whether we live in Japan, Australia, Germany, or otherwise. The society in which we live is created by us, our ancestors whom held tight beliefs and control over traditions, ways of living, etc which are in conflict to another society's way of living, traditions, etc. As long as we live in a society, no matter what its structure, rules, school systems, and so on, we are responsible for it. And the fact is, societies are divided, causing corruption, violence, cruelty, etc.
Can we recognize that we are the society. Each of us have created and continue to create this world in which terrible wars occur, acts of brutality that are unimaginable by love and since we have such brutality, love does not exist in this world. We are responsible for each despicable act of violence that occurs whether it is happening on your street or on the other side of the planet. Until we humans - that is each and every one of us - can transform ourselves, we will continue to go on destroying each others.
But so few of us see the relationship to this because it's not affecting us directly. It is a simple fact to say that we live on one planet, but to understand this seems to be something left only to the philosophers or what they call "great thinkers" on this earth. Is it because we have been so well-trained to express individuality? After all, that is what they train us to do in school. Our culture, our country, our beliefs, our experiences all make up who we think we are as individuals. It’s also what we promote at work - respect everyone’s uniqueness. But isn't it this individuality that is psychologically dividing us from each other?
Many of us have twisted the meaning of freedom to think one is free to do what they like, which in none other than acts of self satisfaction. But is this freedom? The freedom to live freely is the most beautiful form of living - but with wars hovering over us, we are certainly not free.
So what are we to do? Form another community or organization, anti-war groups, peace activists... we have tried all of these. The problem is that if we recognize that we are divided outwardly, and we recognize that we are divided intrinsically, too, we will see how we bring about this conflict and suffering in the entire world. That is, we are outwardly violent, as we are inwardly. How can we bring about a peaceful world if one is not peaceful in oneself? If one is not free? But there is a danger in this question, because one is always moving towards an answer, outwardly. We never make the time to understand the inner - why do we live in division, which is the cause of pain, suffering, conflict and we don't seem to let it bother us unless it’s ugliness presents itself directly to us. Instead, we indulge in cultivating beautiful things such as love and compassion from a source which has absolutely no understanding of what it is to begin with. It thinks it knows what compassion is, and so it creates an image of that and tries to create that image. And, can one cultivate self-love before one can give it to another? Or is there a way to look at it without the separate inner and then the outer happens? If one can take the time to see the relationship between the inner and outer, one also understands the mirror of relationship with which we see ourselves. So begin to understand by understanding ourselves - each one of us - and see what we are. From there, we will change the consciousness of the inner and outer.
Love and Light,
Gab Ciminelli