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Thank you, Rita.
author: Dave Taggart ([email protected])
Rita, I have read your offering several times before commenting and each time I read it, I understood a little more; thank you. My heart swells each time I see the truth contained within your words. So many times, I’ve wondered, *why* do the people’s who dwell in the cradle of civilisation condone its destruction? How *can* there ever be any honour in murder? How *can* there be hope in a closed mind? How *can* the elected representatives of Israel justify attacking its neighbours?
I am many thousands of miles away, living in New Zealand, but the carnage I witness via television and the Internet leaves me in great pain, and I wonder, *is* there any hope left for these warring tribes? Then your offering appears. As you have written, the answers are applicable to the whole world. Yes, there *is* hope, but before peace can occur, the ‘Warrior Consciousness’ must evolve and must remember what is written on every heart. The road to peace is not paved with hatred and vengeance, but with understanding and creativity.
Yes, when we intentionally separate ourselves from our neighbours, we separate ourselves from G-d. When we use G-d’s name to justify murder, we defile G-d *and* ourselves. When we use the ‘Nuremburg defence’ as an excuse for our actions, we become what we loathe. As you show, Rita, there is a way out. But it’s not an easy road. Nevertheless, the road being travelled now is a literal dead-end. As Robert Plant used to sing: “There’s always time to change the road you’re on”.
Thank you, Rita,
Dave.