Disarm Your Heart: Coming to Terms with Your Inner Violence

Have you ever wondered what makes you act a certain way? 
Have you ever said, done, or thought about something and later wished you could take it back?
When it comes to acts of violence/war/hate, do you respond with anger? Do you respond with compassion? 

Well, your response to different types of stimuli gives a lot of info about you as a person. For example, if you are the type of person who immediately get upset by the way someone brushes their teeth, or eats their food, then I would say you are someone who has very low self-control. 

The point to this post is to inform you that, we all have an inner "violence" that stirs up through exterior stimuli and generally makes us react negatively. In this post the term "violence" will be used with the understanding that violence is "anything disrupts the natural flow of life". Over the course of our lives we experience many people, places, things, and a wide range of circumstances. Due to these experiences we form into a person who generally, reflects their past. What I mean by that is, we are formed through our experiences/encounters with the occurrences of this world. Because of this, when we are faced with an obstacle, whether it be the smallest thing in the world, or the most important challenge of your life, we (often without realizing it) take all of those experiences/encounters into consideration subconsciously when trying to overcome said obstacle. Now, this is not necessarily a bad thing. However, some experiences/encounters are very negative and have made a serious impact on our being, some obstacles reawaken these emotions and can cause a negative outcome. But my point here for this post is that it is important to begin a process of "disarming" your heart. We do this by searching our inner being and determining what makes us get upset by people, places, or things. Do we allow ourselves to be emotionally affected by everything? We begin this disarmament by spending time each day, reflecting on events of the day, and trying to pin point whether or not our responses to those events were fruitful and productive to creating a word of justice. If you can come to terms with the violence in your heart, then you will be able to truly live at peace and nonviolently. Recognize your demons, tame them, and go forth nonviolently challenging others to do the same. Then continue to walk down the road to peace and justice. 

Blessings, 
Jerry 

PS there will be another blog in the next few weeks discussing this topic again.