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Topic: Rooting out Violence - peace2012 Started 11 years, 6 months ago

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peace2012
Posted 12 years ago

Hi Spiritual Partners,

I wanted to share as well deepen my insight into creating peace. It has been extremely painful to watch the recent violence in Boston and Newton as well as the multitude of pain we perceive in our daily existence. I asked myself the question how can we create peace? How do we heal pain/fear and violence? How have I contributed to the violence in this world? I cannot fix anything outside of me. I cannot control or change situations out of me or outside of me.

Everytime I act from fear and not challenge my frightened parts which want to be angry,inferior and wanting I am creating violence at the level of thought.
Everytime my colleague lashes out at me I react instead of respond I have increased the sphere of her or his infleunce of pain and fear.
Everytime I am impatient with myself or others I am creating pain.
Everytime I judge myself or someone else I am creating pain/fear.
Everytime I dont standup for myself but give in to my frightened parts and stay silent I am creating pain and suffering.
Everytime I get engrossed in me and my story and act from unawareness I am allowing pain and fear to reign freely.
Every time I believe in shoulds/coulds/woulds/musts and cants as I limit my self I limit my sphere of love and authentic power.
Everytime I judge the people who create violence I am becoming a part of their sphere of infleunce.

I tell myself -If you want peace create from the most honest, loving part that you can access in yourself at that moment. (Garys answer-I just had to come to it myself) Create peace moment by moment from awareness. The most I can do sometimes is be present and not react.

Grateful for being able to share.
Peace and love to everyone.

Radhika
Jeroen
Posted 12 years ago

Hi Radhika, thank you for your contribution. You might like to have a look at mu post ´The Roots of Violence´which I created some time ago. I agree that we can only cahnge ourselves, and not others. However, the way that many children are brought up, by means of violence, disguised as upbringing, is the main root of violence in all societies. Anger, hate, cruelty are not inborn, but they are created at a very early age, when the brain is still developing, most notably during the first years of life. Because there is no conscious memory of that time, the behaviour is difficult to change. But it is possible by allowing the painful feelings of powerlessness during most of our childhoods. It is the only way to break the cycle of abuse and violence, because if these feelings remain unconscious, people will act out and repeat exactly what they have experienced themselves as children. Love, Jeroen
peace2012
Posted 12 years ago

Hi Jeroen,

I read your post on roots of violence as well as watched Alice Millers Video which was very insightful.I am reposting it here for everyone else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hF2ujCeFw.
I know intuitively that humanity has allowed violent/judgemental/angry/fearful thoughts to flourish on our beautiful planet consciously or unconsciously. Just as we cannot clean dirt or poison with poison we will not be able to remove them with the same thoughts.
For me the first step is to acknowlegde that they exist. Second to understand and feel the consequences of these thoughts and the energy they bring. Third to choose to respond from healing thoughts of kindness/forgiveness and love. I am aware that just by saying these beautiful words of kindness/forgiveness and love doesnt mean I am in that space. I cant force myself to be in a certain way. Just as I cant make world different I cannot change with a magic wand my energy field. I have realized that my inner world has lot of the same pain/anger. I am trying to be kind and gentle with myself as I start to heal myself and hopefully the planet.

Peace and love
Radhika
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