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===Topic: '''''Conflict'''''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “The main [[cause]] of human [[conflict]] is the inability to [[forgive]]. There will always be situations that will [[offend]] others. There will always be [[differences]] of [[opinion]] between that which is acceptable to one group and offensive to another. However, you frequently choose to turn a misunderstanding into a [[tragedy]], allowing your [[anger]] and your [[pride]] to determine the way in which you solve [[problems]]. No problem is ever resolved at the cost of human lives. Instead, this is choosing the worst possible [[path]] by destroying what is most valuable and [[beautiful]] in the eyes of [[the Father]] — life.
“Not all [[conflicts]] end up in [[wars]], but most wars arise from conflicts that are truly [[trivial]] and irrelevant. The reasons are usually the same: One group wants a [[resource]] and doesn’t want to [[share]] it with another group. One group’s [[ideology]] may be forced upon another group for them to begin to reason in the same way. From there many variations occur in which the [[oppressed]] [[struggle]] to escape from the oppressors and the oppressors struggle to retain their [[advantages]] over the oppressed. Both the oppressed and the oppressors believe they have valid and [[logical]] reasons that justify the conflict. Hence, what started as a simple misunderstanding due to the natural differences among [[human being]]s is by you turned into something that causes a lot of suffering and destroys many lives.
“Let us make this clear, once and for all: There never is a valid reason for any conflict in [[this world]]; there are only [[justifications]]. None of the [[problems]] on your world justify war or the death of human beings. Let this be the rule by which you measure all your efforts in international [[diplomacy]], policy and [[decision]] making. The use of force should always be the last resort after all other avenues and alternatives have failed. No [[government]] in this world is so advanced that it would not be improved by a healthy dose of [[self examination]] and criticism. No nation is superior to another, except for the artificial advantages provided by unjust distribution of resources. No way of life is better than another if it has to be [[defended]] with intolerance and by the promotion of [[lies]], [[fear]], and mistrust toward those considered to be different. When your governments start promoting a way of life that is conducive to [[spiritual progress]] and the moral elevation of the people — considering men and women to be equal as [[our Father]] does — that system will indeed be superior to anything else that has ever been attempted on this world, but this system is not yet anywhere in place.
“Is there a better way to resolve [[conflicts]]? First think of all your siblings with [[respect]] and rate them as important as you see yourself — a member of your [[universal family]] with the same [[rights]] and the same divine [[destiny]] as yourself. When the [[inhabitants]] of this world truly [[realize]] that they are equal and discover that each and every person contains a [[Ta|Divine Spark of God within their being]], the [[value]] of human life will return to its rightful place of importance and every decision — [[individual]] and [[collective]] — will be illuminated by this [[truth]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
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[[Category: Oscar]]
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[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: '''''Conflict'''''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “The main [[cause]] of human [[conflict]] is the inability to [[forgive]]. There will always be situations that will [[offend]] others. There will always be [[differences]] of [[opinion]] between that which is acceptable to one group and offensive to another. However, you frequently choose to turn a misunderstanding into a [[tragedy]], allowing your [[anger]] and your [[pride]] to determine the way in which you solve [[problems]]. No problem is ever resolved at the cost of human lives. Instead, this is choosing the worst possible [[path]] by destroying what is most valuable and [[beautiful]] in the eyes of [[the Father]] — life.
“Not all [[conflicts]] end up in [[wars]], but most wars arise from conflicts that are truly [[trivial]] and irrelevant. The reasons are usually the same: One group wants a [[resource]] and doesn’t want to [[share]] it with another group. One group’s [[ideology]] may be forced upon another group for them to begin to reason in the same way. From there many variations occur in which the [[oppressed]] [[struggle]] to escape from the oppressors and the oppressors struggle to retain their [[advantages]] over the oppressed. Both the oppressed and the oppressors believe they have valid and [[logical]] reasons that justify the conflict. Hence, what started as a simple misunderstanding due to the natural differences among [[human being]]s is by you turned into something that causes a lot of suffering and destroys many lives.
“Let us make this clear, once and for all: There never is a valid reason for any conflict in [[this world]]; there are only [[justifications]]. None of the [[problems]] on your world justify war or the death of human beings. Let this be the rule by which you measure all your efforts in international [[diplomacy]], policy and [[decision]] making. The use of force should always be the last resort after all other avenues and alternatives have failed. No [[government]] in this world is so advanced that it would not be improved by a healthy dose of [[self examination]] and criticism. No nation is superior to another, except for the artificial advantages provided by unjust distribution of resources. No way of life is better than another if it has to be [[defended]] with intolerance and by the promotion of [[lies]], [[fear]], and mistrust toward those considered to be different. When your governments start promoting a way of life that is conducive to [[spiritual progress]] and the moral elevation of the people — considering men and women to be equal as [[our Father]] does — that system will indeed be superior to anything else that has ever been attempted on this world, but this system is not yet anywhere in place.
“Is there a better way to resolve [[conflicts]]? First think of all your siblings with [[respect]] and rate them as important as you see yourself — a member of your [[universal family]] with the same [[rights]] and the same divine [[destiny]] as yourself. When the [[inhabitants]] of this world truly [[realize]] that they are equal and discover that each and every person contains a [[Ta|Divine Spark of God within their being]], the [[value]] of human life will return to its rightful place of importance and every decision — [[individual]] and [[collective]] — will be illuminated by this [[truth]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Conflict]]
[[Category: 2011]]