War and Peace - You Can't Have One Without the Other

It appears as if war has always existed. Even throughout the nuniverse, past-life researchers (going way back), including nour own research and visions, report various forms of ncontroversy, discord, and aggression.

Militarily, economically, psychically, or other ways, there is nalways risk of attack and nothing will change that. You can’t njust try to think only positive thoughts and “increase the light nwithin all life everywhere,” to “stop war,” and conflict, as nsome advocate.

In the beginning of Earth’s recorded history, disputes were nusually over basic necessities like good water and soil and nhunting rights, then over commodities like gold and silver, nand also land. The most common topic of disagreement, then nand now, is religion, and it’s likely to continue.

Of course, peace is desirable, as is striving for peace. We nagree that peace-marches and war protests have a place in nthis world, and unfortunately so does war.

Why? Polarities, as ugly as they seem sometimes, are a part of nthis universe that you can’t change: war and peace, love and nhate, unconditional love and conditional love, light and dark, nfear and faith, resentment and gratitude, cold and hot, wisdom nand ignorance, defeat and victory, growth and decay, rich and npoor, and birth and death, just to name some.

In personal relationships, varying amounts (some inherently ninclude more than others) of friction is natural. Everyone has ntheir own unique way to deal with it, but conflict avoidance, nsubmissiveness, and refusing to address differences while nprojecting an “everything is always wonderful” façade is very nemotionally unhealthy. Stuffing, instead of expressing, your nenergy can also create more conflict by attracting others into nyour life to act it out for you.

Expecting war to cease existing forever is like expecting to nforever avoid arguments and strife in personal relationships: nit’s excessively idealistic and just too much to expect.
Disagreements, fighting and war will always be part of nthe natural fabric of existence.

It would be nice if the U.S. could lead simply by setting anpeaceful example and avoiding all military involvement, as nsome suggest. But would the many anti-American forces that nhave existed for decades follow suit, or would they take nadvantage of a passive U.S. stance?

Since we have psychically perceived recognized and largely nyet unknown, very well organized, anti-American forces ncontinually striving to physically and economically harm the
U.S. and its citizens, the abovementioned idea for peace would nfail, in our opinion. The result would be the end of America nand the f.reedom that many seem to take for granted; the U.S. ncan’t afford to take such risks.

In our experience, those people most fervently outspoken nagainst war often are the same ones who refuse to face their nown inner conflict, or who have their own extraordinary ninterpersonal issues that they repress and project onto others.
The peace you want on earth so badly starts within yourself.

We’ve also noticed through our work that those who are nvehemently against all military action and seem to make nwar a very personal, and emotional issue are the same souls nwho, in past lives, were the opposite; they were violent, nunreasonable, and the cause of much conflict. These former-ntrouble-makers-tu
ed-peace-advocates are in the process of nlea
ing that it’s best to take an unbiased, detached, and fair napproach when dealing with others who have different views nthan their own, especially when they lack understanding of the nother side.

Ultimately, there will always be some amount of strife, as nutopia doesn’t and will never exist in this dimension. The nbest you can do is to strive for peace, attempt to resolve all ndisputes diplomatically and compassionately, yet know that nconflict and war are, at times, inevitable.

War is common, strife is customary, and all things happen nbecause of strife and necessity
Heraclites

Copyright © 2007 Scott Petullo, Stephen Petullo