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The Dismantling of War The majority of American service men and women are completely unaware of the American military industrial
complex. They are unaware of America's selfish reasons for going to war. They are removed from the battles that occurred on the
streets of the world as protesters tried to jar George Bush's conscience. Most of them do not know the way in which the United
States insulted the United Nations and how heatedly these UN countries of conscience blasted us for our willful arrogance.
They are young people who are trying to find their own way, trying to find their own mission in making this world a better
place. And in many ways, they are our hope, because they have now seen for themselves the goodness of Arabia, the purity of
true Islam, the uncanny way in which human beings of all races, religions, and regions are so alike. These American soldiers
deserve our respect and our caring. Still, the part of me that has been humbled to ashes since gazing upon Ali, recognizes that none of us,
soldiers or peace activists, can find what we are searching for by ourselves. We are powerless over all of our biases, our political
blindness, our addictions, over all of our habitual patterns. We may think we have the answer on how to eradicate the axis of
evil from this earth, but ultimately we are only fooling ourselves. Humans can, by themselves, do nothing. We are absolutely
powerless. We are absolutely powerless. We are absolutely powerless. In my humble opinion, it is that simple. It is ultimately
only the Creator and the magnificent restorative powers of the universe which can bring beauty and life back into our world,
transforming that which decays into that which dazzles. It is only God who can dismantle the barricades and the road blocks
which imprison us. Think about 9/11. Think about Gulf War II. We kid ourselves if we think things will ever really get back to
normal. Pandora's box has been unleashed, human competition for power over the other is paramount. Detonating buildings here
and there is becoming a routine phenomena. Our only hope for ending war, and all the hidden greed and corruption lying beneath that portrayal,
is divine intervention. Whether we bow to Allah five times a day, attend a worship service, or contemplate the beauty of Earth,
invoking divinity is our only hope for confronting our limitations and recovering that which is blessing sublime. God with us,
in us, through us, and around us, protecting us from the evil eye, masha'allah, and helping us to embrace the divine will,
insha'allah. If the whole world got down on its knees one day and begged the Creator, begged the universe itself, for new life,
new solutions to our problems, we just might take a quantum leap in our consciousness and find a creative alternative to battlefields
and brigades. And then, maybe, we could celebrate the permanent dismantling of war. |
“If the whole world got down on its knees one day and begged the Creator, begged the universe itself, for new life, new solutions to our problems, we just might take a quantum leap in our consciousness and find a creative alternative to battlefields and brigades. And then, maybe, we could celebrate the permanent dismantling of war.” |
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