We ARE At War!!!
A year ago I came to learn of a song. It isn’t a new song by any means. The song “War Is Over” was written by John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, in 1971. With the US in the midst of the Vietnam War, John Lennon was very vocal in his anti-war beliefs. At a time of war it is usually construed that Anti-war is the same as Pro-peace. Pro-peace is so much, much more than just being against war and violence. Some say that true peace can only come from Yeshua. Others believe good Karma and meditation are the path to real peace. All of this is good and so many other things as well.
I came to know this Lennon song after losing my hearing. I knew I liked the music but didn’t know what the words were saying. I did know it was played in the course of a Christmas segment of some sort. I had a conversation with a friend who loves music and is a wonderful DJ in Second Life™. I told him some of the words and finally he said it sounded like I was talking about John Lennon’s Happy Xmas. I promptly went to Google and found myself listening to the song streaming on YouTube with the lyrics showing on the screen. I listened and read for about 3 hours. Yes, the same song for three short hours. I cried so hard as my heart listened to the words as I read them.
War Is Over speaks of reaching out to others; other races, cultures, ages. As humans we pride ourselves in 20/20 vision. Perhaps if the entire world population were blind and deaf we would stand a better chance for peace. We learn to disapprove and even hate those who are different from us. We are so intent on revising and editing each other to chisel out a world-wide society that is identical to us. We are alike. Every human-being all over the world. We all have bones and blood beneath the skin and hair that holds us together. We all have hearts that beat and pump the blood through our veins. We breath air into our lungs.
Where we differ is in our appearances, our beliefs, the way we think. Yes, some of the ideas we hold are in error (i.e.: thinking ourselves better than everyone else), but not all of them. It should be out differences that bring us closer together and give us the opportunity to learn from each other. Perhaps I don’t like to eat pig, does this make those who do evil for doing so? My skin is pale and I have green eyes. Does this mean that a person with olive complexion and dark eyes can’t be a good person or my friend?
There is a war that we are all involved in. It doesn’t matter our age, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. WE ARE ALL AT WAR. The war is for peace. I will post later regarding fighting. But when we say we are a peaceful people, we should live it. Thanks to the wonderful world of Second Life™, I have made friends with people all over the world. They are of different races, cultures, religions and even sexual orientations. We met on a different plain and got to know each other and accept each other as human-beings without adding prejudice and bias. On this last day of Chanukah, I hope those who celebrate it each received a set of blinders. I hope those who keep Xmas will also receive some and then for Kwanzaa the same. Put on your blinders and use ear plugs to fight this war. Use your heart to get to know other people who are not like you in the way you think and believe. No one says you have to change your ways and believe as they do. Education, understanding and acceptance will be our weapons.
Listen and watch John Lennon and do so with your heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvNRHrKyaX4
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