Joining Liechtenstein's Army

Joining Liechtenstein's army: 

sometimes even a social media meme can offer some deep insight - and an amusing one the other day informed me that Liechtenstein's last military engagement was in 1866 when 80 men were deployed to their border and upon return their unit had increased by one. Apparently they had made a new friend who accompanied them home. This is a true story, my doubts caused me to do some quick research, and indeed, on deployment during the Austro- Prussian war, the Liechtenstein's army increased by the count of one due to friendship. 

there's no reason why they couldn't happened now.

of course not in the same details, the world is much more complex and complicated now, and warfare has gained a sophistication of easy use that seems to make it a ready made solution to certain affairs. But this isn't about  geopolitical issues - it's about friendship, increasing the number of those we love by a single digit. Every war begins with the decision that we would rather destroy instead of extend love. It's a choice, with even the smaller battles that we face everyday in our personal lives being chosen in an instant of forgotten options. Every one of them. Warfare is also the abdication of personal responsibility, surrendering our goodwill to political leaders in an easy shrug for battle. 

so obviously, I have no solutions for such complex issues.

I'm not a soldier, nor politician.

but I do have a choice -

and I'm joining the, now defunct, Liechtenstein army.

I'll simply make friends. 

I'll be kind.

and leave my battlefields behind.

~

I love you, Eric

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Peacemakers

Peacemakers: 

not even Christian and I'm drawn to the Beatitudes, especially the directive of peacemaking, that this responsibility falls solely upon ourselves to see the world only through the eyes of love. It's here that we find the role of faith reversed, we are asked to do nothing that is beyond our capabilities and Jesus believes in us so deeply as to declare that this is our one true function. 

blessed are the peacemakers.

we are the children of God, each of us, and that's central to forgiveness. What we're asked to do is beyond the illusion of appearance, to touch upon the formless soul that resides within us all, and to invoke this presence to bear light upon the world. This is the essence of offering the salutation Namaste, seeing the divinity within others and acting from that recognition. We make peace through continuous forgiveness, remaining solely within our ever present innocence and meeting all others here as well.

seeing each as children of God...through all our distressing disguises.

the philosopher Spinoza declared that peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue, a state of mind arrived through its continuous practice. We practice peace - and every moment, situation, and event gives us ample opportunity. This also eliminates our every complaint. Our only responsibility is peace and that doesn't lie in the outer world but always within us, being every present, and right now, whatever occurs, is our call to remember this. To think of as a practice eases any burden - we're not meant to always have a perfect response, but only to correct a single faulty one...however often needed. 

so in truth, we don't make peace, 

we just practice being who we truly are.

continuously.

~

Peace, Eric

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