Well, I did it again... Posted without 'Full Thought'
If such a thing is even possible?
One can hope. I feel hope fluttering somewhere close.Okay.
Postscript girl came down from the attic to remind me.
With musical accompaniment too!So here's the 'train' of thought I had after I made the last post
(and no pun intended, but nice that every word chips in):Naturally I thought of the song, "Peace Train" by the once-named
Cat Stevens. It's just hard-wired to the concept, I think...
In my brain since early 1970's - playing loftily somewhere in the background.
Therefore it will have pride of place: last.But then that led to me thinking of another of his songs:
"Oh, Very Young." Our species is 'young,' yes?
That gives us part of our strengths and weaknesses.
From time to time an extraordinary human model
Rises up so vividly so all can see - even if in periphery
And as they struggle - the model and the mortal - all,
...lessons are learned.And that led me to think of the tougher side of peace -
In U2's song, "Peace on Earth," which broaches the subject
of 'An eye for an eye until all the world is blind.'But wouldn't it be something to aim for anyway...
For the people who have had their eyes and hearts
Removed and their whole lives quaking.
While vengeance must tempt the membrane;
Isn't peace desired by most people we know?And so, I add that song as well.Why does the idea of Peace seem so counter-intuitive?
The thing I thought of first was "The Time Machine,"
Where the people living on the surface
Were peaceful lambs who did nothing for themselves.Kind of ruins the image, as have so many other
Authors and commentators of civilizations.
I think that often the key missing ingredient is: >
All must strive to be at peace within themselves before attempting...
To bring it about on the outside... >
Failing that, a balanced hand-in-hand approach? >
What that leads me to think is that it's either:
1) a deeply inbred knowledge that violence IS - and will always be -
part of the equation
or 2) we are getting signals from a more primitive part of our brain
than the human part and its potentialities...
or 3) something else I haven't considered.Which would be a good thing, remembered by all -
Anyone can forget a piece of the puzzle at any time.
So certainty needs balance as well as any other thing
In this world we share.