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Angel Messages>
The Answer Is Still Peace
July 10, 2005
I am pleased to share this message I received today by
email from renowned author and physician, Deepak Chopra,
MD. ~Sataya~
The terrorist attack in London this week has once again
created
deep anguish in our collective soul...
Around the world people yearn to find peace and give solace
to the suffering and bereaved. Once again the clash of
polarized enemies clamors for attention. Al-Qaeda takes
pride in this heinous and sordid crime, while Western
nations seek to bring the terrorists to justice. Yet it
would be naive to take the simple way out and call this an
example of pure evil and depravity.
In a very real way we are all part of the London tragedy.
Everyone is caught in the tangled web of social injustice,
economic disparities, ecological disaster, war, and
terrorism. Unless we accept this fact, we will continue
with our madness of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Mahatma Gandhi declared that if we continue on this path
the whole world would go blind. Will we ever see through
our blindness and create a global community of connected
humanity? To promote peace today means promoting a critical
mass of consciousness where violence is never an option.
London, like the attacks in Madrid, Bali, and Indonesia
before it, should make us want to live for peace above all.
I understand how it's possible to respond to terrorism with
deep anger; I cannot understand responding to it with anger
that goes on and on forever. There are causes behind every
terrorist act and therefore hope that these causes can be
changed, even as we continue to pursue justice. We still
ignore the source of global instability: religious
fundamentalism which has its roots in extreme poverty,
where 50% of the world lives on $2 per day, 20% of it on
less than $1 per day, a world where 8 million people die
each year because they are too poor to survive.
Terrorism also festers because of a lack of education,
toxic nationalism, ignorance about the outside the world,
and deep economic disparities. Twenty thousand children
died yesterday of hunger-related causes around the world,
twenty thousand will die today, and twenty thousand
tomorrow. That is not part of the evening news. Why not?
Nature abhors a deep imbalance. The human species has
become the most dangerous predator on our planet. Nature
might be saying to herself, "Human beings were an
interesting experiment that didn't work, so let's move on."
Or, perhaps, our self-awareness has reached a turning
point, as Inside ourselves we've always carried the seeds
of creativity. The next creative leap isn't a mystery.
Millions of people are ready to join in harmonious
interaction with Nature--and with our own complex inner
nature--to create a world of peace, harmony, laughter and
love. Let us strengthen our intention to create that
critical mass of peace consciousness. Every tear can be a
drop of nourishment for the new world that wants to be born
and is making itself known little by little, every day.
Each one of us can help create this critical mass by
becoming the embodiment of peace conciousness their peace
practices:
Being Peace
Thinking Peace
Feeling Peace
Speaking Peace
Acting Peace
Creating Peace
Sharing Peace
Celebrating Peace.
Love,
Deepak Chopra
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