Let's stop war...

Watching made me realize something. I have worded my raw heart below, with the hope that it will help change one individual's heart and inspire him to say No to war and Yes to peace.

I dedicate this poem to all parents who have lost their child in war, all lovers who have lost their loved ones in war, all siblings who have lost their brother/sister in war...

What is war...
War is lack of peace,
People may think it is lack of peace between two nations, two governments,
No, it is the lack of peace between two individuals,
Between you and me...

Why does humans create war,
Lack of understanding?, lack of love,
Lack of knowing that we each our just love...pure love,
Lack of knowing what a mother feels to recieve her son's ashes,
Lack of how a father feels to see his son die,
Lack of knowing to see someones lover die in war,
How can we kill any human being, anything for that matter,
How do we manag to create war,
How do we even manage to think war

Love is all encompassing,
That is all our soul needs to know, to love,
Then how do we stay away from our basic form,
How do we manage to stay away from what is our basic nature,
How do we stay away from the light, our light,

May be because we are in illusion,
May be because we choose to stay in illusion,
May be because we don't go within,
May be because we choose not to see the light within us,
May be because we don't value life,
May be because we don't respect others,
May be because we don't respect ourselves.

Stop war, stop war, please, please stop war,
No body wants it, but still we create it,
Why?, please stop it, please...

How do we stop war,
By establishing peace within us first,
By establishing peace with our neighbours,
By establishing with people we like, we dislike,
By taking a vow, to say no to war, at all cost,
By taking a vow to say yes to peace,

Let there be peace always,
I vow from now on,
To never let my selfishness create lack of peace,
To never let my ego create lack of understanding,
To never let my inner darkness to create darkness without,
I resolve to stand up now,
I resolve to stand up to say...
...No to war, no to anger,
...No to discrimination,
...No to the concept of separateness,
...No to lack of respect...
...No to lack of understanding...

From now on I resolve to,
Respect each human life, each life,
I will respect earth, the ocean, the birds, the flowers, the bees,
I will respect you,
I will respect me.

Love is the only way to stop war,
Love is the only way to happiness,
Love is the only way to ever lasting peace,
Love is the only way against greed,

Understanding is the way to love,
I vow to choose to understand,
However challenging it may be,
I will choose to understand,
However difficult it be,
I will choose silence over ill-spoken words, over angry thoughts,

Let us all vow:
From this moment on:
I will be a Hero,
The suffering will stop with me,
From me will start love,
From me will start peace,
From me will start respect,
From me will start a new era, a new dawn,
From me will start everything I want to see in the world...

My first blog...What is Synchronicity?

Synchronicity. What is it?

So I was at the Law of Attraction event by Patti. You come across some people and they radiate positive energy...absolute positive energy. Patti is one amongst them.

While discussing the ideas on life, law of attraction, and more - a term "synchronicity" was thrown out by a good looking woman. Obviously, I was intrigued by the word AND the woman...more by the word then the woman ;-). So, I ask "What is synchronicity?"....a great city to travel? :D

Her answer in my interpretation: It is something where small events in life...connect the dots...and tell you that you are on the right path. These events may look coincidental (may be eccentric to a few), only they are not. They are God's or 'whatever supreme power you believe in's way of confirmation.

One of the examples she gave was: when she was on the road, talking to her cousin, a car cut her off. She said "What the f..., this car just cut me off." And her cousin said: "Yah, the drivers in Minnesota are bad too. They drive like they are on the race track". And 'coincidentally' she noticed that the tag on the car was from Minnesota and she was passing Race Track gas station.

This was a confirmation of she was where she was supposed to be...

And you only notice these things if you are really awake. Awake not like woken-up-from-your-sleep awake but more on the spiritual level. It's all about being in the moment.

It's amazing the kind of things you would notice when you really are in the moment and not worrying about the bills to be paid, the dinner to be cooked or the lawn to be mowed. Just be in 'this' moment.

One of the most influential movies I have ever seen is "Peaceful Warrior". A M A Z I N G movie. A must see. (Alright Dan, you owe me around 80,970$s now ;-)). No seriously, go and watch it. Choose that over the mind numbing "A+" rated horror movie that you have in mind. You will thank me. Or may be Dan Millman. Although, I think I am a slightly better guy than he is ;-)

The defining moment of that movie (to me) is when Dan and Socrates talk:

Socrates: Where are you?
Dan: Here.
Socrates: What time is it?
Dan: Now.
Socrates: What are you?
Dan: This Moment!

B E A U T I F U L!

That's it from me for now.

Please feel free to leave me your honest opinions, comments, your experiences...anything that you would like to share.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Ravi.