The Richness & Fullness of Yoga
One Second of True Collective Peace Defeats a Million Conflicts by Dzambling Cho Tab Khen (Alfredo Sfeir-Younis)
“When two people are at war, we all are at war” I dedicate these teachings to the children who are dying all over the world as a result of war and conflict. That they be attracted to the Supreme Light, despite of the atrocities they witnessed as they were departing; that they be happy, despite the crime that took them away from our planet; and that they be healed, despite the brutality which separated them from us. We shall not allow the world to be a violent place. If violence is the outcome, what are then its causes and conditions? Why is there so much violence? How are we contributing to violence? Who benefits from the conflicts? Is it possible to eradicate violence? We hear that violence is an integral part of human nature and, thus, that we will always experience violence in one form or another. If this is so, our spiritual transformation and evolution is in jeopardy. But, if peace is the only answer, we must begin eradicating violence in the relationship with our Self (“me and me”, and my Divinity) and with, at least, one more being (“me and you”, and sentient beings). Today, we face many forms of violence: physical, verbal, emotional, religious, political, ecological, economic… Be aware that every weapon brings a decline in our own state of being! Each life lost, because of weapons, contributes to humanity’s self-destruction. Most societies ignore the relationships between economics/business and peace (spiritual betterment). Now, we practice the economics of war, as if war were to bring outer and inner prosperity. We need to move from “war economics” to “peace economics”. Furthermore, the destruction of nature is an act of violence; violence against Divine Creation. Polluting water, earth, space and air erodes the essence of inner peace. There must be a total coherence between the quality of the environment and our aspirations for inner and world peace. Peace and respect for nature are One. 35