LOVE SPEAKS ONLY OF LOVE

So I'm listening to a commentary on the world situation, specifically, ISIS. The commentator is ranting that we must do more killing of ISIS, as in, this Administration is weak wusses, it wants to educate...that will never work, we need to shoot, bomb, kill, kill, kill. Eradicate in a word.

Naturally, I have an opinion or ten. My first is that ISIS seems hell-bent on getting exactly that reaction...they seem to be unafraid to die, indeed, it seems they welcome death. Worst-case, I'm guessing they're looking for us to get so desperate that we finally use the Big Bomb...eradicating the whole world, thus fulfilling their own death wish.

Second, eradication as our goal is just using ISIS's brain to do our thinking with. The more horrific their acts, the more horrific we respond? How is an unending cycle of horror a logical plan for our "winning...honorably?"

Third, eradication has been the goal of every war ever fought which is exactly how we got where we are today. How is that a logical plan for lasting peace?

Fourth, why not try love? Love the God of your own understanding, love It with all your heart, soul, body and brains, and love your neighbor, friend or non-friend, exactly the same...with all your heart, soul, body and brains.

I think of John Lennon's "Imagine," and William F. Buckley's response in a column he wrote about it...tore that song to pieces. Which told me that Buckley's angry response wasn't toward the song. It wasn't even anger...it was fear. Fear that if he let the meaning of the words into his mind...listened in order to welcome rather than to resist...he might need to change his mind that's all.

That's also all that is needed before any eradicating operation, i.e., war, gets started...change our mind. Fortunately, if we've been paying attention to life itself, we have learned that we cannot change our mind through want-to, wishes, or self-will, nor can we go outside of our own self to get the help we need.

We must go within for love is within. Then, we listen. Listen for the silent word of love for love can only speak of love. If we hear even a hint about doing harm to another, even a word of disrespect, we can be sure we are talking to our self again...not to mention taking our self too seriously.

Whether we believe any of this or not, doing it will keep us occupied until three days after we're dead of natural causes, and we won't have to kill anyone in the process which is never a bad thing, according to me.

Thank you.