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Questions and Answers: PAPER 6 |
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CEDOMIL
VUGRINCIC, M.D., Ph.D. |
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A R O R P E A C E
? Cosmic
position regarding planetary wars has been discussed in Interim-Papers II -
VI. Wars
are rooted in the creatures evolutionary nature and they are not the ways of
God. Wars
will never bring true peace, and peace unless free-willed, will never be true
peace. By
lacking true spiritual insights of solar evolution, secular humanity will
continue to be confused about the role of war and peace in building the road
to true planetary peace, democracy and freedom and will perish until their
mindset changes God-ways. PEACE, HARMONY, ORDER are
God’s virtues of selfless ego-seeking nothing-back in return for its
servitude to the others. WAR, DISHARMONY,CHAOS are anti-God’s
virtues of selfish and arrogant ego, seeking advantages and dominance over
others. From the karmic viewpoint,
selfless restraining preventive DEFENSIVE reaction is understandable if
executed as the exact amount of the compensatory force matching the
aggressive energies of an OFFENSIVE action, otherwise energy imbalance
occurs. The achievement of
self-control and restraint in practice of exact energy karma (action)
balancing is very difficult to accomplish, either individually and much
harder collectively. The individual and society
must clearly understand cosmic karmic ramifications in misuse of universe
energies, because karmic recompense has its roots in Aggressive COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
“tooth for a tooth” actions of war always bring disharmony, chaos and cause
life energy imbalances. Wars have NEVER brought true
peace, harmony and order. Wars are originated by human
actions and are not acts of God. Wars are against true nature
of God and are anti-God energy actions (karma), i.e. they are energies
opposite in polarity to true nature of God.. As stated above, wars and
violence are the evolutionary animalistic remnants and are non-existent among
societies of advanced universe worlds. Does increased fighting and
arguing in the family increases possibility of harmony and peace? Unless
there is extreme collective selfless free-willed desire to settle mutual
differences in time, allowing for inner healing among the divided warring
members, there is very low probability
in achieving true, free-willed peace, harmony and order among divided either
single or expanded families, such as our planetary family. For all of the above reasons,
in order to begin cultivating peaceful mind, G.H.Mullin’s article from the
Theosophical journal “The Quest” has been chosen for readers
meditation.(edit./modif.)
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“CULTIVATING A PEACEFUL MIND” “It is impossible to bring
this world into harmony by destroying all harmful beings that exist; but by
covering one’s mind with gentleness of loving patience the whole world becomes harmonious.” –
Shantideva (the 8th century Buddhist) Shantideva comments in “A
Guide to the The intent behind the Buddhist
nature is the thought that by subduing one’s mind toward peace, also one’s environment,
i.e. entire outside world, is subdued in peace. The beginning of one’s
ultimate contribution toward peace and harmony starts at home with SELF,
because by changing one’s self, qualities spread into environment. The result is a chain reaction
that universally spreads outward. Conversely, non-cultivated
mind of peaceful, loving and compassionate nature of oneself cannot truly contribute to peace
in society as a whole while its character remains violent and intolerant. From the Mahayana point of
view, contribution to world harmony is not only sensible as our personal desire but is
also our spiritual obligation. From the Buddhist perspective,
the ultimate solution to the world’s problems is nothing more or less than human own
enlightenment, and it is precisely this- the desire and will to achieve full enlightenment
in order to contribute to the well-being of the world- that constitutes the basis of the
Bodhisattva’s path. The importance of mind and its
attitudes is constantly stressed in Buddhist tradition, because by cultivating
peaceful mind endowed with love, kindness, and compassion, our every deed of action
(karma) becomes a contribution to peace. By developing ahimsa
equanimity toward others, where all living creatures including friends, enemies and
strangers, are all held and treated with equal respect, the man has achieved sufficient enlightenment
to proceed to next step in practicing Maitreya’s 3rd century method
of “six causes and one effect” – 1st cause
- “Recognize all life as your child, once you being mother to it.” 2nd cause - “Be protective, kind and caring to all
life as the mother is to her child.” 3rd cause
- “Consider all life being your mother, and repay her your debts with
kindness.” 4th cause - “Your repayment should be with love- to
create happiness and not sorrows 5th cause -
and compassion- to make freedom and cut others from karmic-bondages.” 6th cause - “Take personal responsibility for
happiness of others and help others in any way you can to remain free from karmic
sufferings.” The road of liberation from
darkness and suffering to enlightenment should begin by first removing old attachments
of hatred, intolerance and ignorance from our own mindset-stream, and replace
these negative traits with qualities of non-attachment to them and replace this vacuum
practicing six causes into one effect of love, compassion and wisdom. At this point a powerful
questions arises” Does man has the wisdom, skill, and power to contribute significantly to
universal happiness and freedom from suffering? The obvious answer to that is
dependent upon the level of enlightenment of human mind. Tibetan proverb states-“
Before you have accomplished your-SELF progress you cannot accomplish the progress of
others. Once self has established its own firm spiritual base, than one-self’s energies
naturally become radiant source of universal benefit for the others. Shantideva wrote-“ The
Bodhisattva spirit is like a magic elixir; when one possesses it, everything it touches turns
into gold”, i.e. when love and compassion are present, every encounter with
others inspires peace and harmony. However, the world is large
and problems are many and where is the man to start? The road of liberation from
darkness and suffering to enlightenment should begin by first removing old attachments
of hatred, intolerance and ignorance from our own mindset-stream, and replace
these negative traits with qualities of non-attachment to them and replace this vacuum
practicing six causes into one effect of love, compassion and wisdom. In every age human evolutions
always had to clearly decide and choose either God’s path or their ways against the God.
Those being lukewarm or indecisive just go wayside. Today, in this dispensational
age, the question has remained the same- are humans willing to take the armor of love,
compassion, kindness, and tolerance and contribute to the universal peace and
harmony or will they choose to continue to nurture intolerance, hatred, and
live in the bondage of wars and suffering? Man’s only hope in salvation
is the cultivation of true love of one for another and only through the power
of love, compassion and tolerance humanity can achieve true peace. Once when man’s own spiritual
balance has been established, and when man’s energies, through the universe
interconnectivity, naturally become a contribution to the well-being of his fellow man, than the
true planetary peace will be achieved forever. Reference: The Buddhist Vision of Peace,
Glenn H. Mullin, The Quest, September-October 2003 |
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