A Moment of Silence

If you're like me, you probably feel like there's very little you can do right now about the state of war in the world. Well, I have a little suggestion. Visualize Whirled Peas.

This is a ridiculous hippy idea, but it's so crazy it just might work. I'm serious. If each of us can spend five or ten minutes per day, visualizing whirled peas, pretending that whirled peas is real and is just around the corner, it will happen!

This is a trick that has been known by wise people and shaman for longer than you or I have been around this planet. It may be more simple than easy, but I recommend trying it. It goes like this:

Sit down somewhere comfortable. You might want to sit next to something that reminds you of love or peace or something else important. Now, suspend disbelief. If you think that war and violence can't be ended today, forget that, just for the moment. Now, come up with a mental image that represents Whirled Peas. And keep it in mind for a while. When your mind goes off to something else, put it back. Keep that image of Whirled Peas in your head for a while, and let it be real.

There! You have eradicated war in yourself.

A bumper sticker that I recently saw:
"What if war was NOT an option?"