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Peace
on Earth
by Chrissie Blaze
Leo Tolstoy led us to believe with his great classic "War and
Peace" that peace is absence of war, and that war is a natural state.
We cannot blame Tolstoy, who described the human condition brilliantly,
with his panoramic study of early 19th Century Russian Society. He was a
storyteller who understood deeply the human condition and from his keen
perception extrapolated a theory of historical determinism. Avid readers
of "War and Peace" as I am (three times no less, I must confess)
will see that the novel lays out a theory of history that states that
there is a minimum of free choice. That war follows peace just as surely
as night follows day.
In this modern age, we see little to disprove Tolstoy's awesome theories.
If we look at our world in one way we see apparently inevitable results.
We constantly hear about warfare, starvation, loss and tragedy and if we
don't watch ourselves we allow fear to enter into our consciousness. Once
fear is there, we are well on the way to proving Tolstoy's theory of life,
with all its inevitability and limitation.
All it takes though is a trip to the ocean with our three-year old to know
he's wrong on this. We can walk in the countryside when the dew is still
sparkling on the grass and know there's nothing inevitable about life. We
catch our hearts opening up, and our bodies overreacting with a feeling of
tingly joy, when a charming elderly lady offers us a gentle, knowing
smile, for no reason, other than love.
All it takes is to open a magazine or book, dedicated to spiritual truth
and see the possibilities, reminding us never to be limited. Never to
underestimate our divine potential. Never to fear our greatness or
capacity to love. Never to hold a lesser picture of ourselves or our world
than that offered to us by the Wise Ones. Jesus, the Lord Buddha, Gandhi,
and others, graced our world at different times in our history, have
offered us a path away from the endless cycle or war and limitation.
In our dim and distant path, we, the human race, may chosen the apparent
delights of freewill and the right to act and be exactly as we wish.
However, the goal, the Holy Grail of all thinking people is not freewill -
but freedom. Freewill allows us to indulge our fleeting passions; freedom
leads us on the higher path to unlock life's mystic secrets. Freedom from
war, pain, limitation and fear is our birthright. Freedom to unlock the
divine secrets of our higher nature, and to soar through the skies of our
own becoming.
This freedom can be achieved through aligning our freewill - our right to
choose - with the great Laws of God. The Divine Laws that teach us that
the way to break through the endless, limiting cycles is to realize
Oneness. It is then and only then that we will act with our God-nature and
so rise above the apparently inevitable cycles we have - through past
lives - created.
At the moment, Peace is on everyone's mind because there is continual talk
of its opposite - war. If we change the way we perceive life - as a
spiritual journey in which we unfold our Divine potential, not as a battle
for survival, then peace must eventually dawn. First it must dawn in the
hearts and minds of each of us, and then it must, by the Divine Law of
Action and Reaction - Karma - exist upon our Earth.
We can then prove forever that war does not have to follow peace, as night
follows day. Instead, conflict can be turned to spiritual action and
peace, inward reflection. Both of these opposites will then meet in the
fires of that great mystic force - LOVE.
Let us close by saying the following prayer of Peace and Love that,
because of its selfless intent, will work at a high spiritual level of
global transformation.
Prayer for Peace Exercise
Go into your sacred space or personal retreat, and first spend a few
moments preparing yourself by cultivating a prayerful and positive
attitude with faith that your efforts will be answered. Take a few
deep breaths, feel relaxed, and with compassion in your heart, say the
following prayer, or any prayers of your own that you already know, or
feel inspired to say.
Oh Divine Creator and Preserver of Life
We ask that we may be instruments
For your peace, so that this great light
May spread throughout our world.
We pray that your eternal love
May fill the hearts of all humankind
Now, at this very moment.
Bringing peace and freedom to our world.
May your Light shine upon all life --
So that all people of every creed and race,
The animal kingdom, and Nature in all her bounty,
May be risen into your eternal Love.
Creator of Oneness, Father of Life
May love prevail upon our world.
Now and forevermore.
Great Peace, Great Peace, Great Peace.
May your will be done.
© Chrissie Blaze
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