I was sitting and pondering the whole concept of peace on the planet. It could be that the whole concept of Peace for all is kind of a fantasy really. Let’s take an honest look at what really might stop peace from happening.
#1. People have different beliefs in which they have built their existence on. With me being an American I have been raised in a mainly Christian society. America as well seems to be more of an extension of Christianity in their politics. We make a decision that something is not right for people based on our moral standards and then we decide to go out and kill people or resolve the issue by force. When the same thing happens from another viewpoint we consider them to be fanatics but it is inline with Christian beliefs or we can pretend we are the Knights in Shinning Armor we will kill, and go to war to protect somebody that basically does not have our belief. So in order for us to maintain a world peace would everyone have to share our moral standards or beliefs in what is right. Some of the worse crimes against the world have happened because of religion so maybe the idea is to get rid of religion so we an all live together.
#2. What about the whole idea of right and wrong, good and evil. Over the centuries traditions and cultures have formed. A culture that allows a 50 year old man to marry a 12 year old girl and have several wives. Maybe a culture that believes that people can be slaves or maybe you like the term servant better. What about dictators, communism, socialism and democracy, can they all live together really. So now we create the United Nations that appear to work together so that no-one nation makes the decision for all. Like that really worked right. If the United Nations was annoyed at the United States are you telling me that if push came to shove we would not just thumb our noses at it and flex our muscles. We as people see things as black and white most of the time and unfortunately we are blind to many of the things that other people see. From my days in the military and traveling the world our news was different than the news I read about the United States in other countries. What about if this decision effected your children or parents.
The whole challenge with world peace is that we need to include the world. As anyone will also notice that the whole world is not a nice place and there are people out there that have different beliefs, values and ideas of what is right and wrong. For this reason I think that right now I will smile when someone tells me that they want to have world peace and I am going to focus on peace at home instead. In life when we look at the big picture it can become unmanageable and a puzzle. When I take a look at myself first and then work outward I see that there is hope, because my first true goal is inner peace and then have it spread outward.
When I can accept that my thoughts are not intended to judge another, but just explain who I am. Then maybe I can become more accepting of others allowing myself to grow. Maybe the answer is not world peace then, but to heal the world with inner peace instead.
Mystically yours,
Doc Magi
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