International Day of Peace

Today is – or, in most of the world, was – the International Day of Peace.  It hasn’t been getting a lot of coverage in the media, and in the local coverage I just saw there were people with their jaws set and angry frowns yelling at one another on the subject.  We have such a long way to go; I know that I certainly do.

I am reminded again of one of my favorite quotes of Ayya Khema:  “If we divide into two camps – even into violent and the nonviolent – and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace.  We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves.  We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact. ”  That seems so much more eloquent than “Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.”  It also clarifies my responsibility to not become part of the problem.

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I’m blessed in retirement that, for the most part, where I find disagreement that cannot be resolved without rancor I can withdraw, but is that the best I can do?  I need to ruminate on this some more, but I wanted to mark the day.

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One Response to International Day of Peace

  1. Cop Car says:

    This is a toughie, Harold. I completely agree with you.