Consider from the perspective of Soul:
If the physical body [and in fact, the entire personality] is the
vehicle for the Soul, then we aren't actually
killing anyone.
This argument is NEVER used as justification for murder. What it does is remind us that in cases where a large number of people are dying, things may not be as bad as they appear. Yes, it
does matter *why* people are dying, at whose hands, etc.
Again, there is no
justification ... but when the US, the UK or the UN, goes in to try and establish or keep the peace, I think we should remember
why we're going in. The end may not justify the means in the sense that
any number of civilian casualities become truly `acceptable,' yet we always need to consider the consequences (of inaction).
"Inaction in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin."
- The Voice of the Silence
United States,
United Kingdom and
United Nations ... that just hit me. Right now, it's the collective, UNITED spirit of the people of Libya that we're trying to protect and help liberate. We want to help move these people along in their political process, not from tyranny to absolute, perfect democracy [since this does not yet exist,
anywhere] ... but at least in that general direction. The more UNITY we can bring, anywhere and everywhere around the world, the better.
Unity, it should be pointed out, is
Soulful; it is a quality of Soul Consciousness. And the Goal of the Soul, whether we are speaking of individuals, groups, nations or the planet, is
Liberation. The people of Libya are not ready for
national release in some ultimate, metaphysical sense any more than the rest of us. But Liberation is not achieved all at once, or overnight. Currently the struggle of the Libyan people most definitely centers upon their suffering at the hands of a tyrant; thus we *are* helping them, as a nation, in
one step of the journey toward Liberation.
Back to the idea that death is but a release, and therefore not something to become too disparaged about ...
I think it's important to remember this. Although we do NOT want to force people out of the body before their time [as Qadhafi is glad to do], we should at least consider the difference between the circumstances under which deaths occur. From an outsider's perspective, death may simply appear to be death. And certainly many of the processes, on the inner side, remain the same. The ultimate result, as far as the Soul is concerned, is that the individual in question is temporarily denied its means of evolution ... or development in the physical world. It should be remembered that
without incarnation, the Soul cannot progress. Thus, there is definitely a setback for those killed, regardless
at whose hand it may occur. But there is all the difference in the world when civilian casualities occur during an operation to achieve Liberation from a Qadhafi, and I am quite certain that this is factored into things.
Let's try to consider ...
that surely there is a good deal more going on, even just
`on the other side' of the veil of physical life & death. And that's still just barely scratching the surface. Thomas has spoken of
lifting the veils, and these may be thought of as protecting us from too soon or too keen an encounter with what we're not quite ready to discover ~ all at once, or without proper context, proper framework, for understanding. That said, I'm pretty sure that a Libyan person who is killed in *error* [for that is truly what a `civilian casuality' is] will find it much easier to forgive the UK, US or UN forces responsible ... than Qadhafi and his loyalists. We tend to have a much, much broader vision in the after-death state, and this only
increases as we move through the subtle world toward the Heaven-world. After all, God forgives
ALL of us, and in order to draw near to Divine Presence, we too must learn to do likewise.
I jumped into the current discussion, but I haven't kept up with the news. Someone may need to clue me in if I've missed something ... or I'll try to catch it on the tube. All I hear about these days is the situation in Japan and local plane crashes. I know things are moving forward in Libya, but the pundits are now trying to figure out what happens
`the day after, the day after.' And that's only natural. What remains clear, as it seems to me, is that we need to get these folks away from Qadhafi ... and it ticks me off that we play the games we're playing. We could have had that monster gone from day 1 ... IF we had decided to. Some of us know that; but change [especially progress] is usually slow, if certain.
Peace
