MARY'S PRAYER CONNECTION

It seems as though everyday we hear more about war, terrorism, suicide bombings and an abundance of violent actions by many. Everywhere in the world there appears to be discontent, disagreement and diabolical destruction of human life. I can hear God crying out pleading for a cease to violence and reverence for your life and that of others.

Many believe war is the result of selfish, greedy men and women who only seek more and more of what belongs to others. Yet the real cause of war is the absence of personal spirituality. War is a spiritual thing which can only be resolved when spirituality takes the place of fears, which smoldering in the hearts of far too many people.

The spirituality missing in our world is the lack the peace in the hearts and minds of men, women, teens and children across this earth. Only when people resolve the conflicts smoldering deep in their own souls, can peace overtake war.

The unrest in the hearts of people everywhere is the result of physical, emotional and psychological injuries suffered at the hands of others. These deep seated injuries will remain in the hearts and minds of those refuse to deal with them in a rational manner.

These deep seated injuries cause fear and unresolved fear always becomes anger over time. The very next time someone inflicts pain on you by words, deeds or actions of any kind and results in an emotional rage which fills your heart and mind, ask yourself these simple questions. Find the truth for only the truth can set you free of these emotions.

Of what am I afraid? Afraid it will happen again? Afraid others will find out and talk about you, behind your back? Afraid someone who saw you injured will not defend you but will blame you? There are many reasons for the fear which suddenly fills your heart and mind and even causes you to tremble in anger when another attacks you in some manner. 

Until you discover and name your fear then deal with the fear by overcoming its effects on you, your fear will continue living in your heart and mind and will overtime become anger. Anger only comes from the primary emotion of fear.

Each time there is a reminder of the injury imposed by another if you continue to feel the anger toward this person grow within you, physically, psyschologically and emotionally. If you become angry each time you see the person or even think of the person you have not resolved the fear associated with the injury. Each time this happens the anger causes greater injury and overtime this anger will turn to rage.

It this rage we speak of when using the term, the rages of war.

It matters little whether your anger is from a real or a perceived injury. It matters not whether the anger is justified or unjust. It matters not whether you ever see this person again in your entire life or see him/her everyday.  If you choose to ignore fear you will never know inner peace and true spirituality will be lacking in your life. It is this peace which prevents wars. 

Unresolved fear leads to anger and unresolved anger leads to rage and unresolved rage leads to wars. All of this is due to the absence of peace within the hearts and minds of people everywhere who do not live in the Spirit.  Not living in the Spirit is the absence of sprituality, which leads to war whether they be personal wars or wars which involve armies of men and women. 

Whether our wars are fought on foreign soil or in our own homes, neighborhoods, streets, churches, synogogues, temples, restaurants, workplace, nightclubs, schools, gyms it matters not. It only matters whether we have peace living within our heart and mind. It only matters that we have awareness of the presence of the Spirit of life living within. Only then can we be a channel of peace to others and channel of peace which can resolve the smallest battles and largest wars.

Wars result from a lack of the spirituality revealed in the heart and mind of those who live in the presence of peace. A peacedul heart is the right of every human being. How can you own a peaceful heart and share your interior peace with others? We all can if we are willing be a person who prevents wars rather adding to cause of war.