THE LAW OF THREE (80) War in The Holy Land and The Reconciling Force

 

 

The Law of Three (80) War in The Holy Land and The Reconciling Force 

Today, I am taking sides. I am taking the side of Peace. Peace which I will not abandon even when its voice is drowned out by hurt and hatred, bitterness of loss, cries of right and wrong. I am taking the side of Peace, whose name has barely been spoken in this winnerless war...I will do what I must to save the life of Peace. I will breathe through tears, I will swallow pride, I will bite my tongue, I will offer love without testing for deservingness... Don't ask me to take sides unless it is the side of Peace. 

Rabbi Irwin Keller, Oct.17, 2023.

"Those committed to non-violence access to sources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. These forces finally reach the opponent and stir his consciousness so reconciliation becomes a reality." Martin Luther King, in "Finding Peace"

We must avoid two extremes: seeing all good on our side and all evil on their side, or, on the contrary, dismissing both sides as totally evil..."

Thomas Merton (1962), in "Christian Action in World Crisis." 

The Law of Three states we are carriers of the third or reconciling force. As carriers of the third force our personal responsibility is enormous in relation to the global conflicts that are taking place in the world today. We have the power to lend our individual Will to one of the two opposing and irreconcilable forces and, in this way, strengthen and prolong suffering of mankind or we .  may sacrifice our little selves or, as Rabbi Keller put it, struggle with our divided selves and, "to save the life of Peace" we will break through our tears, we will swallow our pride, we will bite our tongue, and we will offer love without testing for deservingness.

Love is the only alternative to waking up from the nightmare of seeing all good on our side and all evil on the other side.

THE LAW OF THREE (79) Russia, Ukraine and the Third Force

 "There is one winner, only one winner, in war. The winner is war itself. Not truth, not justice, nor liberty, nor morality. These are the vanquished.

Thomas Merton

War brings together two opposing forces determined to eliminate each other. The Law of Three shows us that the elimination of one force signifies the elimination of both. It also shows us that two contrary forces operate in the presence of a third force which regulates their actions. 

A war lasts until the energy one of the two contrary forces weakens, and natural Law acts to restore temporary their equilibrium (3rd force).  No force is ever destroyed.  The equilibrium will only bring respite to the conflicting forces.  Peace will not stay for long.  Love, the force that leads evolution, will not bring the conflict to a true end. The conflict will simply be carried forward to another day.

In its developing state mankind lends its will to the ego. The ego, in its dual mode of perception, lends its power to one or the other the two opposing sides (good-bad, etc) to ensure their persistence. Taking sides, the power of the ego is able to maintain the pendular movement right and wrong, good and evil, etc,  according to the needs of the moment. At times, one of the contrary sides seems to be able to overcome the other and the apparent imbalance may trigger the recurring phenomenon of war. War may manifest but its duration is governed by the laws of equilibrium.  Sooner or later each war come to a temporary end. At which point one of the conflicting sides will proclaim its side to be the winner, and that truth, justice, liberty, and morality have prevailed. The losing party will believe otherwise.

 "War is an attempt to tear God apart, it is the total rejection of life, and it is completely unjustifiable at the level of rational consciousness." Thomas Keating