World Peace Through Power & Oneness Of We
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What Is Peace?
Simply put, peace is balance. This balance rests upon understanding of self. Understanding must be at the appropriate level according to our intended stage of development. When understanding is not at the appropriate level, we do not have balance or peace. No justice, no peace is a true statement. Likewise, no balance, no peace. This we know through experience, observation and the higher spiritual teachings of Amma, the Creator in the form of Mamma Maat. Some of the components of Maat are understanding, balance, justice and peace.Hotep Means Peace
"Hotep is attained by living out the precepts or laws of Maat, the way." (1) As we grow in getting to know our Mother Maat, we will know ourselves better and know more peace. "Hotep does not depend on outward conditions, such as with money, weapons, or lifestyle; neither is it running away from the trials and tribulations of life." (2) "Eternal peace or hotep can only be truly achieved when people elevate themselves to the highest part of their being, their spiritual selves." (3)Values Of Peaces
Peace is an optimal state of existence - a best case scenario. Whatever is optimal cannot be achieved by what is suboptimal. Peace cannot be achieved through a suboptimal thought process constructed around a suboptimal context (worldview). Peace cannot be achieved through a personal set of values that are contradictory. These contradictions do not allow our personal ecosystem to function in harmony, in balance or in peace. This must be true regardless of what we say, do or think that gives us the illusion of being in balance and at peace. Truth is always known within. We at least know when something ain't right. Another way to look at this is that inner contradictions cause outer conflicts. Conflicts between individuals, groups and other aspects of creation are caused by internal conflict, internal contradiction and an internal imbalance of understanding of self in relation to all else.Peace Requires An Optimal Approach
In keeping with Maat, the African Utamawazo and the wisdom teachings of the Ancients, "Optimal Theory places primary value on peace, harmony with all creation, balance, the greatest good, positive interpersonal relationships, being holistic, cooperation, spiritual/material reality, spiritual/material unity, communalism, the extended self, inclusive logic, learning through inductive synthesis, multiple ways of knowing, self-knowledge, Ancestors and more.” (4) Hotep!(1) Asante, Molefi Kete and Mazama, Ama Editors, "Encyclopedia Of African Religion," (2009) p. 318.
(2) Ibid, paraphrased.
(3) Ibid., quoted.
(4) Myers, Linda James; Montgomery, Derek; Fine, Mark; Reese, Roy, (1992), "Belief Systems Analysis Scale And Belief And Behavior Awareness Scale Development: Measuring An Optimal, Afrocentric World-view, In R. Jones (Ed.), "Handbook Of Tests And Measurements For Black Populations, (2 vols), Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry Publishers, pp. 20-21, paraphrased.
