Time and Violence

The ending of psychological time is the ending of all violence. We normally think of violence in terms of the external. We may be pious in one form or another, touting the evils of killing animals. We may be "for" the rights of animals or the rights of people's who are unable to defend themselves. We categorize violence in our minds and create types of violence, some acceptable and some unacceptable depending on the organization that we believe in and its agenda. But all this is very superficial. Its superficiality is evident in our own violence towards what we believe to be violence. So how can we see and understand the whole field of violence, not just the minds defined concept of violence? And what is the origin of this violence? A person must see and understand that our existence is riff with the idea that to prevent violence one must be prepared to use violence. We think from a position which is the outcome of time, whether it be political, religious, or social. And that thinking is the birthplace of all violence. If we are in the moment is there time? It takes psychological time to formulate an agenda, a belief in the past as the real and therefore the projected illusion. We act out of the past, toward a conceptually perceived evil. We do not look at the moment with a fresh mind, instead it is with a mind that has been tainted by our silly superstitions and fears. So we are controlled by our position and its corresponding opposition through the ideal of time. Time, that which creates the gap between the illusion of knowing and the reality of the moment, and gives rise to misunderstanding, fear and ultimately violence.

So how does a person live a truly non-violent existence? He realizes, that organization of any kind has as its basis for existence, the element of time, which has as its by-product a belief, agenda or position. The primary objective of such an entity is the preservation of its organization and its principles though whatever means are deemed necessary. Those means are always to the detriment of its perceived opposition. Violence to prevent violence. It feeds on itself in a never ending self-destructive manner that cannot be fully realized and understood until a person is free of its self generating duality. One must understand in the moment the nature of the self that thinks it knows and creates the illusion of right and wrong, good and bad, evil and righteous.

In the moment there is wisdom and understanding that transcends time and with that the dissipation of the conceptual ideal of violence as a means to peace and freedom. Peace and freedom spring from the unknown, in a moment of clarity that negates organizational belief and superstition.