13 May 2010

Here is how a seven-year-old crystal child sees the issue of war and soldiers. He speaks in the first paragraph, and then his parents interpret his words in the remaining paragraphs.

“To prevent war, we must imagine the soldiers happy in their homes and doing what they love. If no soldier wants to attack, then there is nothing to defend, and the soldiers are happy to avoid the risk of killing or dying. And everyone loves them because they do not want to hurt, and they refuse if they are sent out to hurt. People do not want war, and the soldiers do not want to die or attack, but on TV it is being said it is necessary, but that is not true.”

In its apparent simplicity, the power to imagine all the world’s soldiers at home being happy and doing what they like is in the best tradition of Anastasia´s imagery. Although we have been bombarded with images of war for eons, this archetype is now being removed from the conscious mind. This archetype has been around for millennia on the material plane and has been manifested consistently, reaching its apotheosis in the recent world wars. Then it was implanted in the minds of humanity so that almost all the population justified the war and its dire consequences as necessary and even glorious and heroic.

Since then, the consciousness of the planet has evolved. Gradually over the following decades, voices began to be heard protesting the wars. Thanks to this elevation of consciousness, large numbers of people around the world began to forget the war experiences of their ancestors, and subsequent generations began to heal. They began to reject the idea that violence is inherent in human nature, and so therefore it was not possible to have any more large-scale wars. To keep the archetype of the war in the consciousness of these populations, the leaders have used a variety of media including film, television, and more recently, videogames.

The purpose is clear: to manifest a war, it is necessary to get a momentum of hatred and fear in the collective unconscious. They have to project and sustain these images and feelings in enough people over a period of time sufficient to permit its manifestation on the physical plane. These images must be sufficiently focused and aligned so that the demonstration does not dissolve in contradictions. That is why certain images, emotions, and sounds of war are repeated in all the audiovisual media. An entire generation grew up reading Life magazine and having black and white images of war implanted in their minds. Young people today live trapped in the archetypal world of video games and movies, and their minds are also being implanted with images of violence.

The archetype of the good soldier waging war to defend against "evil" is one of the most revered figures in countries with long military traditions. We are taught that the soldiers play a primary role, always ready to defend their homeland and all those good citizens who are fortunate enough to live where freedom, justice, and equality reign.

This archetype of the soldier waging war is a corruption of the archetype of the champion of justice. The noble feeling from pursuing justice and defending the weak finds its fullest expression within a community where some injustice or abuse of power has occurred. Soldiers should have the right to stay where they would be really useful, living a peaceful and harmonious existence within their communities.

If we imagine our soldiers happy within their communities and doing what they love, that is, what they want by calling, we would then have brave people in every community. We would have very capable and just men and women who would be responsible for peacefully mediating conflicts within the community. They would also keep an eye on local authorities to prevent any abuse or corruption. In many cases, they could provide an effective recourse to slowly grinding justice. These highly organized teams of men and women would also be very useful for dealing with natural disasters or extraordinary contingencies. These soldiers could use their natural talents in their communities, feeling integrated and useful all the time. The figure of the used and discarded war veteran is no longer relevant to a society that has learned to positively channel the needs these people have for delivering justice and necessary defense.

To imagine soldiers all over the world returning to their communities and refusing to continue offering their bodies and souls to the service of vested interests is certainly within our grasp. It is an act that can have a huge impact if enough people decide to eradicate all the previously implanted mind images of war. (Thankfully, most people today have not actually experienced war and do not have these images in their present memories.) It does not cost the civilian population that much to get rid of these images, but for those who belong to the vast military machine it can cost a bit more. To achieve this end, soldiers would have to feel the civilian population’s permission and mandate to refuse to obey war instructions. They would also have to feel loved within their communities and feel appreciated for their talents as society offers them tasks and responsibilities according to their capabilities.

Can we imagine this?