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Alan Cohen author of, ” Chicken Soup For The Soul,” and other inspirational books said that in his work, “Lifestyles Of The Rich In Spirit.”
A prominent political figure from a Muslin nation visited one our University recently to speak and answer questions, and I watched the president of that institution challenge him and attack him verbally. There was no peace in the words he used to describe his guest, he had his mind made up that this man represented the enemy and a war of words was in order. It was obvious to anyone that this man and his country were works of the devil and it was our duty to eliminate him 1st by dehumanizing him, and then by threats of war.
The guest answered the questions as perfect he may ; he knew that the majority of the fans wouldn’t accept his words, but he tried to explain his country’s position on several topics that struck fear in the hearts of Americans; but our thoughts had already established that this man was a person to hate. He on the other hand, stood his ground firmly and explained his position as obvious ly as he may given the atmosphere of emotions that surrounded him. He did not claim to hate or want to destroy us, he said he wanted to be our friend; he said that his religion was a peaceful one and that his country wanted to live by their beliefs in the absence of interference from other nations. He saw the conflict in Iraq as a senseless attempt to control something that was not under our control; it had been in existence for centuries before  all of us  were born as a country and always found a way to resolve its own issues. In the mist of all the anger and resentment he found himself in, he maintain his composure and expressed his emotions about how  all of us  had created the situations  all of us  found ourselves involved in, and that  all of us  were the ones that are forcing other nations to conform unconditionally.
The real issue is not about this man and his country; it is about each one of us. As Alan said,  all of us  must find the peace in our hearts in order to heal our separation. If  all of us  are motivated by fear, anger, and hatred, that’s what  all of us  will manifest; the face of this man was that manifestation.
We do not practice what  all of us  preach in church each Sunday,  all of us  do not follow the teachings of Christ if  all of us  attack and fight in order to control. Destroying never brings heal ing, but forgiveness does. Through all the years of fighting  all of us  still do not get the idea of unity;  all of us  still put ourselves up on a higher plane of existence;  all of us  are disconnected from our source and do nothing but fight in order to reconnect; years of conditioning has made us what  all of us  are, a group of wanderers looking for redemption in all the wrong ways. It’s us against everything else, when in fact there is nothing else; what  all of us  see is a mirror, there for us to remember who  all of us  really are.
Alan said something else in his book, ” The the majority significant contribution you and I may make toward world peace is to be peaceful ourselves, to give peacefulness to those whose lives  all of us  touch daily, and to forgive ourselves for our errors, to the point at which  all of us  love ourselves no matter what  all of us  have ever done.”
Now is the time for that forgiveness; now is the time to reunite within myself, to be the spirit that expresses the love that fills my heart. I may vary and will vary in order to be at peace; I ask for endorse from my source and it is given; I ask for love to fill my body and it is given; I ask to share that love with all life and it is given.