War

def: The fear-based rejection of “what is,” in my thoughts and actions.

In my desperation to escape suffering, I mistakenly try to achieve peace by winning war.

But I’m innocently confused: warring only increases my suffering (which in turn increases my perceived need for war).

Peace comes only when I stop war, and at no other time. I tell myself I’ve “won” (is it true?), and then I STOP. The peace comes at the stopping, not at the winning. I don’t need to change or fix or destroy anything to stop war. All I have to do is stop my argument with reality and love what is. And I can choose that anytime. And when I do, I see that loving what is is the only thing I’m ever called to do.

This doesn’t mean being a doormat. If I think I’m a doormat, I’m still at war (with my perceived status in my relationship with someone or something).

I find I am the opposite of a doormat when I choose peace. I find that I have absolute power over my relationship with what is. All I need to do is live free and dedicated to loving this one thing that we all are, and then no one can throw me off. THEY can war (apparently). THEY can suffer (apparently). THEY can appear to demand that I oppose what’s happening, that I war back, that I join them in the destruction of our peace, but I can lovingly decline: I can stay centered in love and accept us both.

I have enough love for both of us. We all have enough love for the whole world, if we really want it and are dedicated to it. If we’re not, that’s fine too. I can love that too.

There can be no war for me if I decline to go to war and instead dedicate myself to staying in love.

When I stay in love, I am immovable. Unflappable. Tireless. Serene. Peaceful. Kind. Aligned with my true nature. When I am these things, nothing can move me.

Then every moment is a victory:

  • Not a victory of faction over faction, but of LOVE over “factions.”

  • Not a victory of my side over their side, but of LOVE over “sides.”

  • Not a victory of right over wrong, but of LOVE over “right vs. wrong.”

  • Not a victory of good over evil, but of LOVE over “good vs. evil.”