Is the land bigger than humans?

Mahatma Gandhi rightly said, 'an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind'. What is going in Gaza is not wise, the powers that are engaged on both sides are addressing the situation in rage and in the spirit of revenge. First the heinous attack by Hamas on innocent Israeli civilians and now the response from Israel is not respectful of the rule of proportionality in the war. On both sides, children, elderly, people with disability, women and men who are not combatants have been displaced, injured and killed, this is not fair, right, just, and/or acceptable. 

We need to explore ways to seek justice through just ways. We can do that by focusing on our value systems, our religious texts, and through diplomatic dialogue and seeking a resolution through the International Court of Justice. If engaging in war is the only option then the states must follow the Rule of Law and the International Humanitarian Law so that the impact on civilians is minimized. 

We can chose and promote love, compassion and humanity regardless of who we are and where we stand!

Strong arguments on both sides,

But the strongest one gives life,

Hatred, anger, and desire for revenge on both sides, 

Love, compassion and humanity is missing in this fight!

Is the land bigger than humans?

Is history more important than the present and future?

Is God really present in the massacre of children?

Killing innocent is ok says which religious literature?

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This is not about protecting a people,

This is about human slaughter and acts of horror!

No, this is not about God or a higher cause,

This is about lust for control and power!

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This madness has to stop now!

Say what is wrong is wrong, now!

Everyone, come together and amplify the call,

Stop the war on humanity, NOW!! 

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Practice Self-care in tough times!

 To all my humanitarian friends who hurt because of their helplessness of not being able to intervene to alleviate human suffering. We watch the pain of innocent people and just hope and pray that the craziness will be over soon. But in many cases the wars continue for weeks, months and years even today in 2023! No technological innovation has found a way to stop wars! It’s hard to sit and watch children being killed, being orphaned and forced to watch the violence against their own parents! 

These extraordinary times demand that you take a little break from thinking about those who are out of your reach and indulge in self care before you collapse! For those of us who are paying attention to the suffering of the civilians on both sides, the heartache is probably double fold! But what is that we can do? I personally struggle with many questions. They say it is about religion, but is God ok with this craziness?? They say it is about the land, but do they want the land for the living or for mass burials?? I also know this is for the lust for control! But you know what, no one will live forever to retain this control. As they are killing women and children on both sides, one day they will perish too! Ultimately, no human being controls anything forever! Either you rape, oppress, and kill or you spread smiles, gift peace and support life! They have the choice, we have the choice, what will we select? 

I am going to choose to lean into my personal peace practices, as and when I can, so that I can spread smiles, gift peace and support life when I have the opportunity to do so! What about you? #selfcare #peace #relax #deepbreathe #war