Whenever you hear of any negativity, instead of adding to it by condemning the people involved, send Light and love to everyone - even to those who have messed up. Start adding peace into the situation through your compassion, acceptance, and understanding.

When I think about someone else, I have a loving regard toward them. You may ask, "What about the guy that bombed a village and twenty-eight people died, and forty-three were injured, many of them children?" That guy, especially. "Why would you care about him? He should be damned to hell." I don't see that as my place, in a consciousness of peace. My place is the attitude that "there must be some hurt that is so deep, so severe in you that would cause you to do such a terrible thing. If you were really conscious of your being, you would never have hurt someone else, and hurting you is really not going to solve the situation." Should that person be out on the street? Should they just do whatever they please? No. There is a consciousness of peace that stops the againstness, that is the cessation of the againstness. There are people who are willing to put their bodies on the line, who are willing to face the perpetrators of violence and againstness with the power that stops the againstness and restores the peace. "Peace officers" is an appropriate designation for those who are charged with keeping and restoring the peace. It's really important that we confront the violence that is in this world and the situations in this world that are violent. As we choose the peace that is present then we are the peacemakers.

I know that peace in our time on this planet is possible.

Our spiritual heritage is one of peace. Humanity's history seems to belie that fact, yet we always have the choice to express loving, acceptance and caring. We have the power to make choices. Although choices like vindictiveness, jealousy, revenge, hatred, etc. may seem louder, more available, or more impressive, the qualities of Spirit are always here and are longer lasting. All we have to do is choose. Not once, but again and again.

We can start having peace in the world when we have inner peace. We can stop having wars out in the world when we stop having wars inside our own thoughts and emotions. That is our job: to start having peace inside.

Ask yourself, "Am I bringing peace and harmony to the world? Am I part of the problem, or part of the solution?"

We each have an individual choice toward peace. That's where it begins. We really don't have to be worried about solving the world's problems or the issues that we find about peace. It's much more important to begin with ourselves. We find our own peace by being aware of the peace that is present. Then, as we have that awareness, it allows us to do peaceful things, to come in peace and to be at peace with what is present.

Disturbing action creates karma - the law of cause and effect. Disturbing reaction perpetrates karma. When you change disturbing action to loving action, and disturbing reaction to acceptance and understanding, you can experience love, joy, peace and fulfillment. These divine attributes help maintain the harmony of creation.

In the one accord of peace, we have to put aside righteousness, indignation, accusations, problems, inadequacies and insecurities. Wrap them up, put them aside and say, "Today I am not participating in those. I only have this one thing to do - and that is to participate in peace."

Peace is the absence of againstness, internally and externally, but it's not the absence of sand papering, refining and moving towards excellence. There can be divergent points of view without having war. I call it conversation, communication, dialogue and sharing ideas. It's integrity, which allows all people their moment to speak their truth.