Understanding Peace

[Anders Lindman]

To know what peace is we have to look at the three pillars of peace:

1) Things that are meant to last will last.

2) Things that are not meant to last will not last.

3) Good things have a tendency to last longer.

[father ted]

I think it was Gregg Braden (correct me if I'm wrong) who said something that I liked: wishing for peace is all very good, but you can't have peace without war. Unless by saying peace you mean love, but then why not use the word love in the first place? Love as in love is all there is, not as in love and hate, black and white, yes no, which other's keep interperating that way.

Btw, I agree with those three statements, on that certain level of understanding.

[tru3]

I think it was Gregg Braden (correct me if I'm wrong) who said something that I liked: wishing for peace is all very good, but you can't have peace without war.

i understand peace as peace of mind. if one finds oneself in combat, one strikes without hesitation. nothing is fiercer in nature than a mother with her cubs. she strikes with all her being, with ferocity, but also with clarity and calm.

she holds the prey until death, but lets go of the reason for the attack.

i'm sorry, but with all due respect, i disagree with mr. braden. the cost of war is human beings' broken psyches, who return from war changed in ways the rest of us can only imagine. the old grudges, hatreds are perpetuated endlessly from generation to generation; memories of slaughtered parents, brothers, and sisters are seared into children's memories as they thrash recklessly toward adulthood and the inevitable revenge. war is little more than ritual sacrifice, a mad idea akin with throwing a virgin in a volcano: sacrifice the young to make the old safe and fat.

the power of the pyramid is at the base!

[Anders Lindman]

I think it was Gregg Braden (correct me if I'm wrong) who said something that I liked: wishing for peace is all very good, but you can't have peace without war. Unless by saying peace you mean love, but then why not use the word love in the first place? Love as in love is all there is, not as in love and hate, black and white, yes no, which other's keep interperating that way.

Btw, I agree with those three statements, on that certain level of understanding.

I meant peace as something that can stand on its own, not peace as the opposite side of war.