Sunday, September 10, 2006

9/11 and 'truth force"

Satyagraha is Gandhi's word for the power of truth.
He began to use this word on 9/11/1906 in South Africa. He was working with other Indians and Asians in South Africa to prevent the government from carrying out very prejudicial laws against them.

This is what Jesus is talking about when he says: Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God and then right away, blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. (Mt.5:8-9). The pure of heart are those whose hearts are filled with love not strife, not revenge, not even judging of others. When we awaken to the love that God has for all of us, we no longer want to hurt anyone at all, not by word, not by deed, not by thought. We love each other, because God has first loved us. That is why Jesus next says that the peacemakers are the children of God. They are most like God, they look like God in the way they behave towards others. The world says "Peace comes out of the barel of a gun", Jesus says peace comes when we look at each other with compassion.
"Beloved, let us love one another because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love".
(1 John 4:7-8)