World Peace: Do Not Avoid Conflict, Avoid Destruction

Newport, RI, USA

As long as humans walk the streets conflict will happen. Just as a marble rolls across the floor, it is bound to collide with another object or lose momentum. Gandhi promoted the idea that the removal of conflict does not equal peace, for peace has to exist in not only the external world, but also in the mind. This plan was incorporated into the thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the heart of the American Civil Rights Era. 

If we are to walk the streets, will we not feel the looming tower as it begins to fall? Will we not have to run from danger? Will we not become the danger ourselves? Perhaps there are many humans or creatures that would want to avoid the sight of you. Are they right to do so? Or are they wrong? 

The answer to that question resides in the deeds that you do and the emotions that you show. 

Let us love all, but let us walk forward without letting anyone hold us back. Let us look upward without letting anyone hold us down. Stand up for our rights, but do no harm in the ideal. Share kindness, but also share fairness. When someone tries to bring injustice upon you, stand tall and do not back down.

The wars will rage, both from the fire of a tank and from the bone-chilling call of harsh words. Each sound creates an impact on the life of someone. 

It is our responsibility to know the power that our abilities can achieve. Let us harness this power for greatness and for kindness and prosperity. 

Let us not scorn those who walk a different path in life, for remember, in their eyes we are the ones who are out of step. Let us not look downward on those with different aims, ambitions, and intentions, as long as the ultimate goal is to do no harm. 

At the same time, let us confront those who are unaware of how their actions make an impact on the lives of others. Let us confront them..but not out of anger...out of love. 

The truest forms of education are those that allow someone to love in a different way. What is in the meaning of the word love? 

Peace is a pathway to love, for love is all there is. Peace is the end goal of human civilization, for it will leave the Earth in a state of maximum excellence, where the minds of humanity are in complete connection with the great state of love, where the cosmos, the Earth, and all ideas are united by a single bond of excellence. 

Let us stand tall against those who wish to do us harm. Let us not accept their destruction. Let us deny them, but only so we can open the door, shine the light on the pathway to Peace, and let us promote a world and civilization of the Supreme.

Peace. Love. Kindness. Fairness. 

The first step on the pathway is yours.

Spiritual Words: Prosperity, Humanitarianism, and Going Beyond our Daydreams

Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Prosperity, what a golden future to seek? The dreams of the present could become a reality, yet how do we achieve that moment of excellence if all we do is live in our constant reveries and not in the physical world? Has anyone ever told you that you are here on Earth, but your mind is somewhere else? The famous humanitarian, Millard Fuller, stated with passion that "faith without works is as dead as a door nail."

This tells that those who only sit there contemplating and preparing for the future of gold will be left with nothing but the ribbon and no medallion. Where is the future of prosperity if the action does not start today? Try paying your rent in daydreams and see what the landlord will say. Try taking care of a family with only expectation.

We live in the world where ideas are valuable, and the power of the mind has no material limit, yet we also live in a time where the need for acting on our constructive ideas is of the greatest importance.

What can you do to help your fellow man? If the answer does not come to you immediately, consult the words of your elders....consult the ways of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Gottfried Leibniz, Plato, and the plans of many other humanitarians such as Millard Fuller.

Leibniz teaches us that if a problem exists, the solution must exist as well. The answer to solve any problem must first begin with an idea, whether it is showing kindness to another human being or eliminating poverty for the entire world. The idea is the starting point.

Let us not only use our ideas to pass the time and drift off into oblivion. Let us use our ideas to bring about change into the world that our ancestors never had. Lead humanity to peace and prosperity and honor the Earth in the process. From the base of the mountains to the grains of sand in the desert, the Earth has many marvelous wonders and many ways to provide for humanity.

If there is poverty in the world ,there is a way for humanity to cure the ailment. Use your ideas and as the years go by let them turn into wisdom. Share each idea as if it were a gift, a trinket, a treasure, and the message of a sage.

If Bruce Lee can tell us "Be Like Water," and Captain America can say "Stand Like a Tree Next to the River of Truth, and say No, You Move," then, we can learn from both. Do no harm, but do not let anyone commit injustice to you, to your loved ones, to innocent animals, to the potential for life, and to the mighty and beautiful Earth itself.

In fact, you are mightier than water. The idea that you just composed while reading this is mightier than the river or the tree trunk. The idea you just composed is our next step to prosperity.

Spiritual Musings: The Dark Nature of Humanity, Going for Idealism, and Leibniz and the Best of All Possible Worlds

A person what asked me what Peace is? I did not have a good answer, and I turned into a rambling mess. Peace is a subjective term. The word, Peace, perhaps had a different meaning to Gandhi than it did for someone like Chairman Mao, yet it has been the fascination of individuals across the world for centuries, as well as thousands of years.

Let's focus on the removal of destruction. Free our material world from the dangers and torments that come each day. This can only be done with unity. However, as one individual who lost his child in the Columbine shooting points out, too much focus on unity leads to too much compromise. It must be possible for us to envisage a world where we can share ideas, stand by our principles, but not respond with anger. 

One of the largest threats to the stability of h
umanity exists on the internet. Behind the guise of the computer screen human beings are using verbal abuse as form of idea expression. This promotes destructive behavior into the world. It is possible to share ideas without attacking someone else's character or making assumptions about the nature of their intellect. 

One night while Channel Surfing on the television, I encountered a panel discussion featuring the talk show host, Tom Green. He grew to fame as a shocking MTV personality, and I was surprised to find him on a show about medicine and psychology. He stated that there is a very dark and violent nature of humanity that has always been there, but just now because of the internet we are learning about it. His intention is to  say that there were many incidents of abuse, both physical and verbal all throughout the discussion of ideas, they were just not recorded. Moreover, individuals held very dark, negative, and even destructive feelings toward other people, but they did not show them because they were not able to hide behind the anonymity of the comment sections. 

We live in a world of destruction, yet as Leibniz reminds us...without relent...this is the best of all possible worlds, for in this world we have the possibility to correct any problem, to find any solution, and to forge an antidote to any ailment. 

One of the first steps we, the people, can take is to show more kindness on the internet, to uphold a standard of integrity when it comes to sharing ideas, to choose the idea over the emotion, and begin to engage in conversation as opposed to argumentation. Unity without compromise is possible.

I am not a realist. I am an idealist. Let's strive forward to a standard of excellence that will bring joy, courtesy, consciousness, sharing, love, optimism, and success to as many people as possible. Listen not to the cynics who doubt the amazement of showing polite words to those who disagree with you. Listen not to those who say that a world where people coexist is impossible. Listen to those who want to share a message with the world, a message of care, nurture, strength, honor, passion, and support. Do no harm, but do not accept any abuse. Do not hurt, but stand tall in defense, both in the literal and metaphorical sense.  

It can all begin with sharing words of kindness instead of words of destruction. If love is all there is, let us honor love in its own maximum perfection.