Intergalactic Summit

Some people are waiting for another Adhrit Vaakpati or that special somebody to show up. What if there isn’t anybody. This is our time. What if it’s up to us?

Consider this, an almost unthinkable scenario: A universe without violence. A universe without terror, without threats, without wounds from intentional actions.

Where the strong provide for the vulnerable, where the vulnerable become empowered, where every kind of family is safe and secure, and girls and boys and women and men have a fair and equal chance at the pursuit of happiness in a tolerant and talented society.

A universe without violence. Peace.

We can’t even imagine it. — The very thought eludes our grasp.

Why is that?

Is it our cynicism, a failure of our imagination, burn-out-disappointment seeing too much reality, gang killings, stalking, ganks, battering, child abuse, too many wars, or is it fear of failure, that we may not be able to be successful in achieving violence free-relationships, peaceful families and empowered communities — are we so afraid to even dare to imagine it and thus unable to even dream it?

I don’t have the answer.

But I know that Vision is the ability to see the Invisible.

To see beyond the violence and yet to place our selves in front of it — so we can take compassionate action and create peace — that’s my definition of courage.

We are surrounded by violence everyday. We see it, feel it, witness it or read and hear about it. Of course there’s also the heartbreaking violence of nature — hurricanes and earthquakes — but I am talking about intentional violence. The capacity for violence is within us. Just as the capacity for peace is within us. As humans we are perched on the precipice of violence almost every moment — we have that capability — including all of us — some reptilian part of our brains could at any moment defend us against a real or perceived threat. There is an alligator in all of us.

Each moment that we refrain from hurting another being by our speech, gesture, glance or deeds — we are exercising courage. Often, thank goodness, we are successful and in those quietly courageous moments — we are making peace.

My favorite definition of peace: PEACE “it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, conflict, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still BE CALM IN YOUR HEART.”

VIOLENCE PREVENTION and PEACEMAKING is very messy, often uncomfortable, sometimes confrontational. Violence prevention is not peaceful work but it is the working toward peace. Advocating for social justice, equality, empowerment, institutional and attitudinal change, has brought many arguments, conflicts, unease — it has given me a lot of inner turmoil. The peace I feel in my heart comes from knowing that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.

In December, the ILF will be 5 years old — big birthday — and I am taking a deep look at who we have become and who we want to be. We’ve changed most by being inclusive — by adding, not subtracting. We started with a focus on Intaki, then to the area of the Intaki Sovereignty, and perhaps now to an even larger area of colonies.

Over the years the ILF has practiced one of the most important kinds of courage–the courage to change. After all, we are an organization of social change makers. We have the most amazing staff — dedicated, knowledgeable — they work for more than a paycheck, Our volunteers do more than contribute their free time — they are servants for their community.

And please remember the vision thing. Dare to make the invisible visible. Healthy relationships, peaceful families, empowered communities deserve the best of our imagination, and our never-ending commitment to make it happen. It is up to us.

Let us not just dream, let us act. Let us act every day in accord with our dream for peace. Let us act in non-violent ways that foster peace. Let us act to free those in bonds of slavery. Let us act to promote brotherhood among all races. Let us act! Those who dream of violence have no problem acting it out. Those who dream of peace must find ways to act in peaceful ways.

I would rather have an eternity of violence and uncertainty than a single second of the "peace" Sansha's Nation offers.

That sounds like your problem.

Individuals each choosing to act peacefully is the solution. As an individual, I can't for the next guy, or next government, or next corporation, or next alliance to act for peace. I must act for peace. The individual must make individual choices to restrain his or her acts of violence. That is where it begins.

Peace is a manmade invention--and as unnatural an invention as man has ever made. The very laws of nature and physics scream out against it. A state of absolute peace is a state where nothing is in motion, and state where nothing is in motion is a state where nothing exists. You can seek peace for yourself and try to live a tranquil life in which you do no harm--that is fit and proper. But to seek to impose it on everyone else just makes you another instigator of the inevtiable against which you rebel: conflict. And you will not succeed, because some realites are beyond humanity's ability to alter.

I feel that I should add that while this description is somewhat correct it is missing the fact that the State is not focused on converting outsiders but merely on making this dream, if you want to put it like that, possible for those living within state borders. But I don't want to derail this into a State discussion. If you feel like you want to explore this discussion feel free to drop me a message.



On that I can agree.
An absolute peace seems as impossible as human life without death, destruction, tears and toil as they're too fused into human nature. Forcing this out of us would mean to sacrifice our humanity. We might as well convert ourselves more into machines.

Peace is theoretically very easy. One flaw in your plan, humans. Big flaw.

If you want a picture of what the universe would look after the slavery issue is solved, look at the Gallante / Caldari front. People will find a reason to kill one another without guidance - and with guidance, it seems there is always someone willing to rebel. No matter where I look, sales of Missiles outstrip sales of Antibiotics by far. War, it seems, is not so easy to get out of us.