RESPONDING to TERRORISM

In the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedy, I offer the following very important re-minders …

*Terrorism will only continue while we continue to respond to violence with terror — remembering that anger is nothing more than crystallized fear.

*While feeling rage over such brutal acts of violence is extremely reasonable, it is important to respond to aggression in ways that do not make the problem worse. Hammering terrorists with “the full weight of justice” (quote from President Obama — how ironic, “Mr. Drone War”!) might be logical to many and it might even be “right” to more than a few, AND YET doing so gives terrorist cells exactly what they want. Terrorists (both those fighting against our government, as well as our government itself) want our terror … They want war … They want anger … They want condemnation … They want conflict. Give them these things and they will happily grow stronger and attack again another day. Give them the opposite, and they will fade away …

*WE HAVE A CHOICE as to how we will respond to terrorism. Instead of hateful condemnation for our attackers, we can answer them with courageous compassion … Ironically, this is the one thing they fear the most. For the fact remains — as uncomfortable a fact as it may be — that we humans are herd animals, and that herd animals do not ever repeatedly bite the hand that feeds. If we have the courage to openly forgive our terrorists — the noble bravery to treat them with same unconditional Love we reserve for the “black sheep” in our own families, then they will have no choice but to eventually respond in kind.

So see the wave of terror that comes upon us …

Open your arms to its delusion & its fear & its hatred …

Let it crash upon your steadfast Love …

And feel it flow away into the nothingness from which it came.

There is no way to peace, my Friends … PEACE is truly The Way!

Now more than ever we must re-member this Truth …
Please join me today in doing so.

Thank you.

Filed under: The War on WAR by Scaughdt