promote world peace

the only way to world peace, is through wonder. First though, YOU, have to see through all the BS of this world, of “reality”, whatever that is. I mean, we’ve got christians who say they believe in heaven and then cry at a funeral. people dont even understand what they say anymore. if you believe in heaven, you are going to see that person again, therefore, why are you crying like you will never see them again? the truth is, everyones fake. we cant have world peace when no one can even tell the truth to themselves.

but as for wonder. take the big bang for example. this is the modern persons god. all i have to say to that is, if matter cannot be created or destroyed, then existance is the biggest magic trick ever! lol. but seriously, right? i mean if matter cant be created, then WTF? haha…doesnt make sense. where did the matter that created the big bang come from? and whered that come from? and that? how are you thinking right now? the truth is we arent supposed to be asking these questions. we’re supposed to be alive, we’re supposed to be living, not working 9-5 every week day, with a measely little 2 day break. we got the technology to live like kings, as a people! not just a few of us. we’ve got the technology to work wonders, but we choose to enslave ourselves to it instead of enlighten ourselves.

next time youre out under/in/among/around/ontop of/to the right of, infinity (night sky) just look up. dont look at the stars, look up, and just try and think about infinity. i mean, ponder it, bug out for a little bit, if you got some grass definitly puff on it and ponder this. dont ask how… just take a moment and see how crazy beautiful it is that you exist! see how beautiful it is that we are alive. and then you will see that the world is in such bad shape cuz we dont have any wonder left. no one trips out anymore and thinks about reality. they are too caught up in their matrix worlds, trying to figure everything out. hiding from the truth: that we just don’t know. everyones got their own meaningless little oppinions now days. the truth is, we all die, but more important, we all live. and we dont really understand anything, we only think we do. and in acting as though we do, we miss out on everything. the true beauty. and worse, we miss out on the trechery. 9 million people die every year from hunger. this is more than the holocaust. and it happens every year. and i turn on my tv and all i see is diet pills and britney spears shaving her head. this world is going to hell if we dont start bringing the beauty of life back, the beauty of wonder

This is one of my favorite quotes by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from the book Transform Your Life:

“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called ‘peacekeeping forces’ into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be imposed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.”

This week, I have received a message from a young man inviting me to join him to promote peace. I was touched by Mohammad’s message and by his poetry. It inspired me a poem that I have offered to him as a sign of hope that one day…Peace:

Me Who You Torture

It is me who you torture
It is me who must endure
The fear that you bring
The deer you’re killing

It is me who you torture
It is me who must endure
The fire of your arms
The loss of my arm

It is me who you torture
It is me who must endure
The nonsense of your fights
The innocent that you fright

It is me who you torture
It is me who must endure
The child that you break
The life that you take

It is you, who can see
The you, that is in me
It is you, who can decide
That this war, must subside

It is you, who can see
The you, that is in me
It is you, who can still spare
That part of me, for which you care

C’est toi seulement, qui vois
La part de toi, qui est en moi
Toi seul, peux nous sauver mon frère
Toi en moi, à qui tu fais la guerre.

© Danielle Viens 2006

for extra space, and because it just makes me feel bad every time I look at it. I probably won’t do anything differently. At this time I can’t imagine what I could do to pursue this goal actively. Maybe an opportunity will come to me.

with my apartment looking like this?

http://www.ouroboro.com

it is so overwhelming, i don’t know where to start. but perhaps if i keep it on my list, i will at least think about small ways to contribute.