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Peace Consciousness
Instead of languishing as an ideal that will never come true, a vision rooted in consciousness must come true. The proof of this always arises in hindsight.
Anyone who knows how to move consciousness in an evolutionary direction is part of the peace movement. I find this immensely encouraging because there can’t be a living human being whose makeup doesn’t include at least a fraction of devotion to evolution.
Our innate desire for more happiness ensures that this is true. Another portion of the self may believe that happiness will increase by building a new weapon, discovering a new technology of death, living in a country that is hugely militarized, and so forth.
The old order is extensive and powerful; it has materialism on its side. Let that be as it may. The livelier part of awareness is always the leading edge, the part that wants to evolve. It takes time for the leading edge to convince the rest of the self to give up its old outworn habits, but the evolutionary impulse is irresistible.
The best thing you can do for peace today is encourage the evolutionary impulse in yourself. Developing peace consciousness is a practical project, and the more of us who engage in it every day, the more momentum we add to the future.
The future doesn’t exist in time; it isn’t a place over the horizon of tomorrow. The future is the next shape that consciousness takes. A flower is the future of a seed. It takes time for the seed to turn into a flower, but in truth the pattern mapped out in the plant’s genes controls time.
It uses it to bring about a reality already deeply imprinted. Peace consciousness, once imprinted on our minds, can use time in exactly the same way, as the stage for an unfolding that was fully shaped in advance.
Adapted from: Peace Is the Way, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2005).
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add your comment »I like the idea of the "Imprinted peace" on our mind... If only all the people can do this,, the world would be a peaceful place to live..
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Hate dose not cease by hate but only by love. The opposite of love is not hate but fear.
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I am tired of the older generations being blamed for everything. If not for our PEACE movements anti-war efforts the CRY BABIES of today would not have half the freedoms they have to text, twitter, ruin others lives or recive the FREE WELFARE MONIES. I ask that anyone tell me the time on this planet when it was at PEACE without any WAR or KILLINGS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD? Tell me a WAR NOT FOUGHT OVER RELIGIOUS DIFFRANCES in the name of GOD, POWER and or WEALTH? ELIMINATE all of the above and perhaps PEACE will exsist. UNTILL THEN-NEVER! I for one will not be exterminated by these tyrants simply to claim I WAS A PASSIVE HUMAN BEING. The cemeteries are full of PASSIVE HUMAN BEINGS MURDERED on their knees and LONG FORGOTTEN. I do not beleive in war or violence but I will not turn the other cheek either. I beleive do on to others and an eye for an eye. As for females running the world, I beleive anyone who does it right regaurdless of gender should do so. I worry about the selfishness of todays younger generations based on lack of parental gudiance due to political correctness. None were taught REALITIES and it seems they feel ignoring or kissing Behind(muslims,etc.) will make the world all nice and sugar coated. Where will they get their sugar milk from when the radicals of today give them a dose of reality known as war and death? Run to MOMMA I guess like they have all their pathetic lives then point the finger at the OTHER GENERATIONS and cry.
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Peace when and who brings that and why? I bring peace to the offended when I step in as an Advocate and take away the civil rights of the offender. I bring peace to the sick and afflicted when I demand justice to come to those who have let those folks down. I bring peace to my neighbors who are suffering in grief when I step into a sadistic dispute caused by an offender and tell the offender I will take his head off from his shoulders.
Thus, it must be clear to all those who bring Peace and bear an Olive Branch in doing they could very well be the wrecking ball on the heads of the vile and evil offenders. Thus to be passive will allow the offender to offended and put the offended in a prison of despair or worse still.
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Thanks Dwight, I agree. When I read this quote from Deepak it stopped me in my tracks. I haven't figured out how to do it yet but will try til I do.
"For me to solve my personal anguish over war, I must transform my consciousness until violence is no longer an option." Deepak Chopra
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Christof Wuth makes a common mistake, assuming those who believe peace is possible are pacifists and of course "pacifism sucks." He might have found unexpected agreement from Mohandas Gandhi. Watch the movie "Gandhi" Christof. In it he's quoted as saying, "I have never advocated passive anything." Evil must be confronted. It is just in responding with love for the opponent, not responding with violence, that peace is ever evident. Peace is a way of acting, and will never be the end result of violence. See also Thich Nat Hanh.
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I did some drawing on consciousness and still have more to add. I couldn’t put them on care2 or many other sites so I put them here:-
http://www.createculture.org/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=258ibschssnm0
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I agree with Phil S. We all owe it to ourselves to be constantly
aware of, and responsible for, our own personal Egotism, and
Stop Blaming it on everyone else.
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The first instrument of conflict seems to be the human ego!
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Unfortunately, pacifism sucks. Apparantly everyone loves peace. But, if that is really the case, then why do individuals and nations keep arming themselves? Introspection tells us that we humans mistrust each other and for good reason, because we all are aware that as soon as we let down our guard, other individuals (human or not), realizing we are disarmed and/or weak, will instantly turn into our enemies and pounce, taking advantage of their transitory superiority. That is a fact of life, a natural law. Of course, decent, well intentioned people like us only depend on arms for self-defense and never for harming anybody, no matter how weak or peaceful the next fellow may seem. This, however, is not the case with crooks who steal and kill. Therefore, we must always be ready to fight off any potential attacker, especially while we are preaching peace.
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