Unite the World

UNITE THE WORLD

A Culture of Peace,
Is piecing together a culture,
So disparate,
So separate,
Circling many worlds of work,
Many worlds of life,
Many worlds of right,
Many worlds of wrong,
How to create the one song?
Where all sing in harmony.

Sometimes I find it funny,
Sometimes my life is sunny,
Where I look for the light rather than the gloom,
A mirror ball of truths,
All reflecting back,
Some meeting in the middle,
Some meeting on the other side,
Some not meeting at all,
Like ships passing in the night,
Flowing with the stream of life,
Or stuck in mud flats,
Of unchanging thinking.

Imagine standing in my shoes,
I imagine standing in yours,
What would we see if the roles were reversed?
Let’s have a role play,
Where I see you as myself,
And you see me as yourself,
What a wealth of understanding we would share,
This would be the moment we learn to care,
To know what it feels like,
To be the other,
And this is the moment ‘the other’
Disappears,
Through the tears of empathy,
For I know where you are coming from.

The limited say:

When I am right,
You must be wrong,
When I speak truth,
You must be lying.

But what if …

Black and white turned into blended perspectives,
Prisms merging from a kaleidoscope of light,
As each a worldview sees a different right,
As colourful,
How do we meet in the middle?
To bring peace to the table,
Passing the candle to illuminate,
The darkness.

The wise say:

Is it better to be right than happy?
Seek and you will find,
What you do to another you do to yourself,
Love your neighbour as yourself.

For all wisdom sets you free to see.

So what would we see?

Happiness,
Questions
Empathy
Love

Those who lead say:

The 4 horseman lead to truth,
The 4 noble truths lead to illumination,
The 4 way test illuminates service.

Truth, nobility, illumination and service is the quartet of peace,
That plays in harmony,
That ushers in a new earth,
That will unite the world,
In the end times.