Chapter One Peace Or, Not

As human beings, we are a distinct, curiously positioned species woven

into the magical fabric of creation. It is time to evolve from the current

prevailing conditions of “living” in opposition to each other.

The fact that creation exists implies the presence and participation

of a creating force. The creating force is the movement of energy that

creates infinitely, and does so without bias, conditions, condemnation,

or punishment. The creating force has no capacity to create in

any other way. The creating force cannot induce environments of love,

compassion, judgment, hate, anger, violence, or brutality. Those forms

of creativity are exclusive to the human species, and are outcomes of

individual choice.

The simple matter is that the essence of the creating force cannot

be understood or perceived from any facet of physical sensations, the

practicing of religious or other belief systems, or even the rigors of

scientific investigation. The fundamental principle is this: we do not

need answers to, or an understanding of, any of these issues to begin

the inner journey that reveals the creating force to us. Furthermore,

as individuals, we cannot accept the word of any other individual,

organization, or institution regarding these matters. The perceptions

of others rarely qualify as spiritual competence. To obtain conclusive knowledge of creation and the creating force, an individual must

progress through the spiritual dimensions that will bring her or him

to a state of perfect alignment with the creating force. In this union of

energy, an individual ascends to and exists within the dimensions of

truth, and the validity of that is beyond question.

The creating force emanates the entirety of existence we refer to as

creation, nature, and the cosmos, which includes the human species.

This fact establishes the relationship of the creating force (primary governance)

to nature (secondary governance). The structure of nature, by

way of the creating force, also contains the essential spiritual law: the

rules of interaction that manifest as the cause-and-effect relationships

governing creation.

Until we begin to evolve spiritually, we observe three separate forms

of relationships: human-to-human, human-to-nature, and human-to-

creating force. If there is no desire whatsoever for spirituality, our

perception is limited to human-to-human and human-to-nature. The

least advanced level of perceptions belongs to those most driven by

egoistic influences, who do not even acknowledge nature. The perception

of human-to-human relationships is the extent of their capacity.

It is only through inner exertion, driven by a desire for an awareness of

and continuous interaction with the creating force, that we begin to

transcend the limiting perceptions of the separation of relationships

between the creating force, nature, and the human species.

The human species is conflicted at all levels of this worldwide community.

We are experiencing global and regional wars, religious and

ethnic conflicts, gender controversies, economic failures, environmental

catastrophes, and an epidemic of individual crimes against persons.

We are repeatedly devastated by offenses against our children and the

offenders often turn out to be the most trusted: family, neighbors,

religious leaders, and school teachers. Seemingly, hope and constant

vigilance serve as the only defenses against our children becoming

victim to such circumstances.

As a species, we have not elevated ourselves to a sustained level of

genuine love for each other, and we don’t perceive a legitimate reason

to do so. Peace and equality are futile in this atmosphere. Each human

being is an equal aspect of an infinite collective force, and we are preventing

ourselves from actualizing the potential power of that force,

which defines the truthful purpose of human existence. Unconditional

love is the requisite predecessor to peace and equality. This is an unalterable

fact of human reality.

My life endures

Solely by presence of

External determinants

Proving I am not quite

Sovereign as Ego implored

My dignity to trust

But I made passage

Through circuitous corridors

Which exposed innate

Recognition that I

Would wither as parched

Flowers save how

Great Earth nurtures

Me and Wind gathers

The seven billion

Which I inhale with

Every breath, whereas

Water purifies my

Inner refuge and

By the Sun immortal

Energy touches me

I have learned

Of Gratitude and the

Whispers of Love

Peace is not a cause of anything. Peace is a condition of existence

that manifests as the principal effect of the formative presence of

unconditional love. The symbiotic quality between unconditional

love, peace, and equality is the prodigious culmination of cause-and-effect

relationships. For the human species, the burden of effort should

not be toward the attainment of peace or equality, but instead for the

love of each other and nature. Cause and effect cannot flow backward.

This certainty is as basic as it gets.

Peace and equality are perfectly balanced states or conditions that

exist between multiple entities or forces (aspects of creation) that

interact as mutually dependent components within a completed whole

(creation). The completed whole is balanced, in that there is only a

singular desire for the unified existence, and there is no opposition to

that desire.

Peace and equality are delusive in the context of human governance.

Conversely, engagement of true spiritual effort has no boundaries or

bias, as is demonstrated in human-to-human interplays. The pursuit of

implicit peace and equality means each individual chooses to transcend

the limitations of an egoistically driven, legislated existence. Within

the current global social structure, boundless peace and equality exist

only as potential outcomes. The realization of those outcomes occurs

through the energy invested in spiritual movement.

Except for the presence of the human species, nature functions in

absolute peace and equality. The capacity to disrupt the peace within

creation belongs explicitly to the human being. Peace and equality are

not possible when one aspect of the human species rules over another.

Peace and equality are not possible when human beings attempt to

rule over nature. Lastly, peace and equality are not possible unless all

individuals establish an interdependent relationship based on the actualized

force of unconditional love.

The primary challenge to the human being lies in our trouble

comprehending our responsibility within the structure of creation.

We must not accept the proposition that a relationship with a government,

political organization, religion, belief system, corporation,

geographical border, or even family constitutes an irreducible primary.

The irreducible primary is the human species, and this fact is firmly

established by the unique composition and determinative influences of

human beings relative to all that exists.

Creation will attain its pristine state through the force and presence

of unconditional love. The emergence of unconditional love is the

province of the human species. It is the obligation of the human being

to merge with creation into a state of perfect existence. Each of us must

examine this concept mindfully, as it contains the perfect embodiment

of our complex, singular unity, which defines the extensive capability

of the human species.