The One Peace

By Weeping Eagle

In seeking his importance, man worships man

Man imagines gods in his own image

Powerful men

Blur the line between man and god

So that others will worship their god-like stature

Nature, in all its harshness, is made a ruthless, uncaring adversary

A man, his ruler, his high priest and his god stand together against nature

And so man separates man from nature

The earth is the final resting place for the material body

Even though the earth is man’s origin and nurturer

The earthen grave is the eternal darkness from which no one returns

And so man separates man from the earth

One man’s god is the Lord

Another’s Allah

And yet another’s Buddha

Man separates man from man by the god worshipped

When nations and churches separate man from man

Even man becomes an adversary

Separation leads to isolation and fear

The more separation and isolation

The more to fear

Fear fuels helplessness, hopelessness, anxiety, anger

In the end,

The final peace,

Whether chosen or forced by death,

Is acceptance of being one with man, earth, and nature

How is man to go about life before dying?

By feeling separate and isolated from man, earth and nature? 

And suffering the fear, dread and anger?

Until, only at death, man accepts his oneness

Or is it better to feel the oneness throughout man’s life? 

The One is the All

The One is man, the earth, nature

All nations and churches

Allah, Lord, Buddha

Each is less than the One

And part of the One

The One is All

There is but one peace

And that is the peace of the One