NONVIOLENCE...THE SUPREME LAW OF LIFE

[The following is a reworked reprint of my blog of April 11, 2011.]

Once again I’m running my mind on wars…and why the world keeps having them. I love the ’60s chant, ”War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.”

Just this morning I came across a Hindu proverb, “Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.”

I wondered if there can ever be nonviolence with just one person holding a single violent thought. That set me on a free flight of fantasy: That single violent thought shows forth through attitude with not a word spoken, starting the ugly begets ugly, hate begets hate cycle.

One violent thought sends out a sense of foreboding vibrations and echoes…causing peace, love and joy to withdraw in on itself  just a tish…which allows that violent thought to come closer, causing more foreboding, more withdrawal…until peace, love and joy are either totally withdrawn or have reacted in kind to violent thought. And we’re on the path to war.

Unfortunately, in the material world one violent thought often comes on looking hip, slick and cool, and peace, love and joy just borrring.

If only we each were willing to look at our world detached from our ego (or, put another way, for the benefit of others), that same borrring might begin to look attractive, and hip, slick and cool might then show us their true colors...camouflage and mud brown.

Thank you.