First, the rules that apply. The universal one. A big one: Gravity. We all generally know about how the force of Gravity keeps your feet on the ground. Downward pull ... grounding. Let go, and it falls down. Thatโs called โcentripetalโ.
Thereโs also the opposite and equal force. โCentrifugalโ. Upward ... lifting. That latter one, the upward movement, that one we donโt really appreciate in an every day, directly experienced way.
Hereโs something you might not know. When your body is aligned in its makeup in respect to the demands of Gravity that upward movement is an empowering, healing agent. You feel it. Itโs a lived experience. Itโs alway there, just now to pay attention.
Big thing to know: Thereโs always an up and a down. An upside, and a downside.
Then thereโs bombs.
What does Gravity have to do with bombs? Bombs go BOOM. Also, they go down. No surprise there. Is there an upside? What goes up from bombs? Nothing good. Reading the news should fill you in on the details.
Same for rockets, and bullets. While those mostly go horizontal โ call them vectors โthe force of Gravity which always exerts its downward pull. Again, what comes of it, itโs a downer. Down and out when they strike their mark.
Maybe itโs time to evaluate things on just how they perform on the scale of up and down? Just sayinโ.
Bombs, rockets, bullets are violent. They bring nothing constructive. Unless, of course, your idea of things is that you have to use them to get what you want. I refer you again to the news of the day. Or, to prevent someone else from getting what they want at your expense of what you want. Or, itโs how you make a living. A living from dying. Does anyone see the irony in that?
Net, net ... war/death and destruction/militarism, that whole indigestible Enchilada, itโs a downer. And, add to that any other way the ingenuity of mankind can figure how to kill their fellows. Unless, those so-called fellows are sub-human. Then, itโs pest control. You have read the news ... Oh Boy!
So, where do we go from here? Ask yourself. Whatโs it gonna be boy? Yes, or no? To war?
If youโre in a position to do something on a geo-political level, and you want war to end, then work on that. Your smart enough to have got yourself in that high seat; so, you go! That is, if youโre not beholden to interests who want war for political and/or pecuniary reasons. No new news there. Then, you have a hard choice to make. Put bread on the table, or find a new line of work. Or, wait until it all blows up, then pick of what pieces you can. Of course, using your guns to keep others from taking whatโs yours. Skip the news, read Human history.
If youโre an average citizen of the world what can you do? Purify your heart. Take the war out of yourself. Didnโt the Dalai Lama and others essentially say, โNo peace without inner peaceโ?
How to do that. Gravity can be helpful. Very. Itโll help you take those conflicting vectors out. The inner struggle. At at war with Gravity itself.
โSome individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment. Those over forty may call it old age. And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off balance, they are at war with gravity.โ
โIda P. Rolf, Ph.D.
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