M: They should just continue bombing the hell out of them…
J: And that’s going to solve things?
M: It gets rid of the terrorists.
J: It’s also getting rid of innocent people.
M: There’s no other way to stop them.
J: What if you had a son and he was in Gaza and the bombs were falling on him?
M: I’d never let a son of mine be in a situation like that.
J: So, there’s a beginning to a solution that doesn’t need violence—women taking charge and using love to fight war.
M: Hmmm… Never thought of it that way…
Just a story? Seem like a weak argument? Still think the bombs are the solution?
Try spending some time on Sixty Years, Sixty Voices, a site that chronicles the experience of 30 Palestinian and 30 Israeli women who’ve been involved in the conflicts and hold the conviction that focused female action can stem the tide of violence…
“The foundations for lasting peace in the Middle East are embedded in the voices of these Israeli and Palestinian women. They know war and they know peace, they know weakness and strength and they know the human heart. In a torn land they find a common ground built out of wisdom, experience, and because they have walked the walk. Here they stand and speak out, if we listen there is hope.” – MARIANE PEARL
Spiritual Quote :
“The highest of created beings fighting to obtain the lowest form of matter, earth! Land belongs not to one people, but to all people. This earth is not man’s home, but his tomb. It is for their tombs these men are fighting. There is nothing so horrible in this world as the tomb, the abode of the decaying bodies of men.
“However great the conqueror, however many countries he may reduce to slavery, he is unable to retain any part of these devastated lands but one tiny portion—his tomb! If more land is required for the improvement of the condition of the people, for the spread of civilization (for the substitution of just laws for brutal customs) — surely it would be possible to acquire peaceably the necessary extension of territory.
“But war is made for the satisfaction of men’s ambition; for the sake of worldly gain to the few, terrible misery is brought to numberless homes, breaking the hearts of hundreds of men and women!
“How many widows mourn their husbands, how many stories of savage cruelty do we hear! How many little orphaned children are crying for their dead fathers, how many women are weeping for their slain sons!
“There is nothing so heart-breaking and terrible as an outburst of human savagery!
“I charge you all that each one of you concentrate all the thoughts of your heart on love and unity. When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love. Thoughts of war bring destruction to all harmony, well-being, restfulness and content.
“Thoughts of love are constructive of brotherhood, peace, friendship, and happiness.
“When soldiers of the world draw their swords to kill, soldiers of God clasp each other’s hands! So may all the savagery of man disappear by the Mercy of God, working through the pure in heart and the sincere of soul. Do not think the peace of the world an ideal impossible to attain!
“Nothing is impossible to the Divine Benevolence of God.
“If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
“Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days! Set your faces steadily towards the Light of the World. Show love to all; ‘Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit in the heart of Man’. Take courage! God never forsakes His children who strive and work and pray! Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world. So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.”
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 28
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This is a powerful realization. I have said this for several years…that women need to become more proactive, no longer let repression or conditioning keep them silent. I also loved this video and went to the site. It is fantastic and such a great find Alex. Just wonderful. I really enjoyed this!!! 🙂
Robin,
You, of all women, are blessed with the insights the post revealed. Further, all women, when they turn to their hearts, are the peace bringers of the world!!!
Wow. I just got enormous goose bumps reading about the 60 years, 60 voices. I’m so heartened to hear about this. Why do we never hear about these women in any of the coverage of the bombing?
Leanne,
“Why do we never hear about these women in any of the coverage of the bombing?”
From my perspective, it’s because the normal, “mainstream” coverage cow-tows to the government. I scan many alternative news sites for this blog………