Tag: War
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Reflections, August 2014 vol.2
The stoics, the Epicurians, Taoists, Sufis, the Buddhists, all feel that the real prison is the human mind. I am still thinking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Directive The question now facing #Jews is how many #Palestinian lives should be sacrificed for one #Israeli soldier? 10? 100?
With children of #Syria#crdc and project Amal ou Salam
A budding #Syrian artist, generously giving his paintings away
A message of the children of #Syria
To be with victims in a time of war is to be @loss for words but not to be with them even one victim is to be @loss of your soul
#Syrians and #Turks deep in negotiations
The beginning and end of conflict prevention is gratitude. #peacebuilding
https://marcgopin.com/2014/08/23/urgent-on-syria/ please Share widely. It is essential to both save #Syria from #ISIS and to use all parties for immediate ceasefire.
http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.611395?v=680CA1F8707230AE49358F9E70E58220 Only by facing the death of #democracy in #Israel can you fight for … -
A Moment
It is a special agony leaving loved ones behind who go back to war. It is a special guilt that tears at the soul.
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Violence: The Turning
It is a law:
Violence begets nonviolence,
Like a tulip in winter,
In all places,
In all cultures.
But only those
With eyes wide open
Can see it,
In the middle of
Winter storms.The most important turning point
for any civilization passing from darkness into light
is every moment
that a weapon passes
from someone who has no self control
and no compassion
to someone who does.… -
Thoughts on God, Human Leadership, and Mountains, upon Leaving War’s Victims, Unfinished
GOD
An atheist leader
who is rational,
Can be more a messenger,
of God’s mercy for the powerless,
than a leader,
who bows down to God,
over the dead bodies,
of his victims.‘Less suffering’
Is the tortured scream
of God.An authentic smile
Is the fleeting face of God,
A single act of kindness,
The touch of Her finger.Only when you accept death,
Can you become committed
To the renewal of life.
Only when you see democracy die,
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Shades of Heaven / Birth
SHADES OF HEAVEN
When a theologian of another religion says what you were thinking the moment before it comes out of your mouth #syria, with the Bosnian hero Father Ivo.
BIRTH
The warrior is born at 15000 feet,
With the press of a thumb.
The anti-warrior is born underneath cement,
With the press of a shovel,
Eyeing,
The first,
Grey,
Thumb.(Photo: Now Media)…
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The Brain War
An international outpouring of grief over unnecessary human losses from depression has led to a startling conclusion: the truth that occurs to the human brain is often absolutely not the truth.
The same can be said of the human brain on war and the human brain on nationalism. The brain on nationalism is a brain on cocaine. is a brain bent on unreality. is a brain that is damaged.
The human brain on nationalism finds it impossible to express anything. to experience any new fact other then in how it affects the balance of power between his nationalism and everyone else’s nationalism.
There could be a statement on a flower and it will be reinterpreted in terms of national defense, national attack, national opportunity.
I am persuaded by extensive evidence that most human brains are capable of being rewired. But it takes hard work and the failure to do so … -
Bankruptcy / Exercise of Power in a Time of War
BANKRUPTCY
The moment the country says, they made me do it, you know you are in a morally bankrupt situation.
The moment the country says the other side is worse, start sheltering the women and children.REFLECTIONS ON THE EXERCISE OF POWER IN A TIME OF WAR
Hold on to both justice and love at the same time. Few people can.
Inspired by Cyrus of Persia: Loving your enemy is not necessarily for ethical reasons. It is often the best strategy.
(Photo: Rubicon.dk)…
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3 Short Reflections
THE POETRY OF NONVIOLENCE
Religion is poetry. But some mistake it for photography, and then proceed to smash all the other pictures.
DEFIANCE
In war in an age of war the act of ultimate defiance is to make another human being feel wonderful.
TESTOSTERONE, OR ALTERNATIVES TO WAR
Gestures of kindness are semen seeds. Men get busy, it will make you inherently happy and bear you many children.
(Photo: Words of Martin Luther King Jr.)
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