(0) To kill, either to “pull the trigger,” or to
give the order to do so, always means that
you must also kill—perhaps irreversibly—the
best and most essential part of yourself;
(1) Bullets always make more enemies than
they kill;
(2) Generals always tell you very convincingly
they need more of something—more men, more
bombs, more missiles. What they don’t tell you,
however, is what they need most:—more war;
(3) See the fundamental asymmetry: Trust, like
a great and noble fir tree, takes years, perhaps
even centuries, to grow; Yet it takes only an instant
to cut down and destroy. Torture once, and you are
for the whole of the world, always a torturer;
(4) Standing armies, because they must have a
constant, steady supply of conflict in order to
justify their existence, are the second greatest
threat to a republic. The first, or primary threat
is the paid, mercenary force. (Notice that a paid,
professional military is but a preliminary step to
the former, and will of necessity become the new
status quo in any society where a growing majority
is opposed to war as a matter of moral principle.)
This kind of elite praetorian guard is a sure and
unambiguous sign of an approaching failure of
democracy, because a mercenary force is by
definition answerable to no one, no one, that is,
except, of course, the ‘devil’s banker;’
(5) Once the ever-expanding circle of ethical
awareness reaches unity, or identity, with the
whole of the spiritual circumference of planet
Earth, then it will seem self-evident that it is
now a question of non-violence, or non-existence.
This is simply because of the destructive potential
of current weapons technologies. In other words,
as is generally already the case in Europe, the use
of force as a means of conflict resolution will not
be seen as a viable alternative. Enlightened
governments will therefore necessarily, in a way
that strongly and synergistically parallels and
complements their commitment to the Information
and New Energy revolutions, move naturally to
become an essential part of this great rising
wave of ethical awareness and responsibility.
Powerful expression in the Arts is channeled
by invisible, yet equally powerful, natural limits.
The mystery of limit is that we never see it, and
yet it guides every step of Creativity’s dance.
Who has not marvelled at the clear sound of
rushing mountain water? And yet the rocks
that bind together the movement remain silently
in the background, ever-more polished,
ever-more serene.