How do we discipline our reactions? It starts inside, in the way we respond to ourselves. Learning to listen, keeping our vision in tact, knowing what we stand for, takes time and willingness, as we learn to speak the Truth with Compassion. We practice making our response more important than getting even or acting from pride. We learn to keep our goals and intentions pure, connected to the larger effect we will have when we do the right thing. We practice the ripple effect, where our influence, resounding in truth, assists the world to feel better, more aligned with peace.
We reflect to those who, like Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, realized that freedom could not be gained by violence and escape, that basic rights could not come from our numbed silence. They sought to show that the old systems of enslavement did not work for anyone. The key was to understand the goal and accept that any pain inflicted would be devoted to a greater awakening.
When we are practicing non-violence inside, we become very conscious of the way we hide our hurt, or live muted in order to keep the peace. We notice how we criticize our selves without mercy, even when we are trying our best. As we awaken to this internal injustice, we can implode into shame and violence toward ourselves, or we can use this power to accept that the suffering will continue until we change the principles in which we live by. Awakening to our unconscious behaviors towards self and other creates immense pressure that is only released when we are able to bring acceptance and peace, as we proclaim our deepest truths.
We reflect to those who, like Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, realized that freedom could not be gained by violence and escape, that basic rights could not come from our numbed silence. They sought to show that the old systems of enslavement did not work for anyone. The key was to understand the goal and accept that any pain inflicted would be devoted to a greater awakening.
When we are practicing non-violence inside, we become very conscious of the way we hide our hurt, or live muted in order to keep the peace. We notice how we criticize our selves without mercy, even when we are trying our best. As we awaken to this internal injustice, we can implode into shame and violence toward ourselves, or we can use this power to accept that the suffering will continue until we change the principles in which we live by. Awakening to our unconscious behaviors towards self and other creates immense pressure that is only released when we are able to bring acceptance and peace, as we proclaim our deepest truths.
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