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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’d his mind made up that this man represented the enemy and a war of words was in order. It was undeniable to everyone that this man and his country were works of the devil and it was our duty to eliminate him first by dehumanizing him, and then by threats of war.

The guest answered the questions as perfect he can ; he knew that the majority of the audiences would not 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 an individual to hate. He on the other hand, stood his ground firmly and explained his position as obvious ly as he can 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 isn’t about this man and his country; it is about each one of us. As Alan said, we must find the peace in our hearts in order to repair our separation. If we are motivated by fear, anger, and hatred, that is what we 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 repair 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 is 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 meaningful contribution you and I could 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 change and will change in order to be at peace; I ask for help from my source and it’s given; I ask for love to fill my body and it’s given; I ask to share that love with all life and it’s given.