Perspective The First Line of
Defense
by Michael Levy
It is said "The pen is mightier than the sword." History has proven this
to be true and depending who is holding the pen the outcomes can be
productive or destructive. In the early thirties Nazi Germany began
their propaganda machine and started to roll out it's hate messages.
They blamed the Jews for all the social poverty and ills that plagued
the country. After many years of lies and misinformation the German
people began to believe the lies as their truth. This allowed the most
horrific mass murders in history. Six million Jews were put in the gas
ovens and most of the people of Germany were programmed to believe they
were doing the right thing. The total death toll in World War Two
was thirty million, give or take a few million. Today, it is just
statistics and folks are more interested in how the Stock Market is
performing.
Throughout history wars have flared out of the ignorance of mankind's
reason to exist. Power, greed, the need to control and conquer, have
been paramount to the "Egos of the Great." In today's world thirty wars
are raging at this moment and still we shrug our shoulders and just
accept this as normality. Even though society has lost the true meaning
of life we still pat ourselves on the back and award many accolades,
trophies and prizes to intellects – from intellects.
A society that only lives by intellect alone lives a
superficial life which will eventually destroy itself. Where
there is no true meaning of life there can be no evolving or
creation. Superficial lives are an artificial production of
role playing and rely on an isolated existence powered by
the ego's of misguided humans. Ego lives in a grandeur of
ignorance of universal intelligence. When a human is
isolated from the truth it becomes depressed. Depression
relies on isolation. The medical profession are beginning to
realize prevention is the best cure for our ills. When we
are attacked by our own anti – ballistic missiles of free
radicals, cancer and heart attacks pursue and strike our
defensive immune systems.
"In the past decade some 2 million children have been
killed, 4 to 5 million disabled, 1 million orphaned and 12
million left homeless." UNICEF's new agenda highlights
the plight of children whose families, communities and ways
of life are destroyed by war. March 1, 2001
–
Children in War
If we can't take care of our own bodies what chance do we stand looking
after our Nations and civilization? The general is affected the same as
the foot solder when it boils down to the defense of the mind. Today we
stand on the threshold of a new paradigm. We are in a new millennium and
Information Technology is moving at the speed of light. The Hi Tech
world has brought about great advancements in warfare. Smart bombs –
Intercontinental Cruise Missiles can hit precise targets hundreds of
miles away.
It is time to understand that having the most advancement in weaponry
will not prevent horrific destruction in the future for the information
technology can also be used to destroy in the hands of evil thinkers. In
the same way as the pen of propaganda was used in Nazi Germany,
technology will be used to destroy mankind unless we start to encompass
wisdom with our intellect.
America is the only super power and the guardian of peace.
It is very important to keep a strong military machine and
to use that deterrent as a means of preventing the next
world war. This is a good second line of defense but our
priority is to educate the masses of a first line of defense
in which we can all participate.
Thomas Jefferson said. "Those who desire to give up Freedom
in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they
deserve, either one." Freedom means freedom of thought. When
we free the doom from our minds we enhance the clarity of
our culture. We realize there is more than tissue and sinews
that make a human being. More than intellect and ego. We can
exist to divide and conquer or we can live a productive and
creative life in the framework of a joy-filled existence.
Joy is the reason we exist. This simple philosophy is so hard for the
intellect to understand. It is not a materialistic joy. It is a
knowledge that we are all part of a Unified Intelligence that creates
and evolves the whole of the universe. Time is our most precious asset
and we need to defend our time against anything that takes away our joy.
That is true freedom. The freeing of doom and gloom replaced with
co-existence with our fellow man and Mother Earth. The time has come to
move from the primitive tribe mentality of belligerent nations and to
move forward. We have a need to understand that we are all part of a
higher reality. These are the profound questions that need an immediate
answer.
Do we need to move away from our singular truths of how we alone see the
world from our own perspective? Do we need to embrace a oneness with all
the people of the world that breathes the same air we breath, eats the
same food we eat and drinks the same water we drink? Do we need to
balance our minds so we live in the middle of universal intelligence? Do
we want to live outside the pillars of wisdom? Can we find the pathway
to our inner temple of Joy?
If we cannot find the correct answers to the above questions, then we
are living on the edge of a precipice.
Our First Line of Defense is our own minds and we need to protect
ourselves from the harm we do ourselves. If we do not safeguard our
minds then we are our own worst enemy. Time is of the essence, it is not
on our side. We have a choice. We can educate the masses to become like
minded people and create a world that our children and grandchildren
will enjoy. Or we can continue as we are and endure all the suffering
and horrors as we have in the past. Our Minds – Our Choice.
There are no winners in a conflict – just, some lose less!
April 2,
2006
Michael Levy is an Author,
Poet, Motivational/Financial Speaker. More about his work can be seen at
PointOfLife.com
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