Armistice day
A day of peace and hope
This is the eleventh in a series of inspired articles which were channelled in the days following the attack by Hamas on Israel in October and the response by the IDF in the weeks that followed.
I have set up this publication just for the purpose of sharing this perspective. I make no claims as to its Source and I refrain from editing it, over and above making it readable.
I, like the majority of the world, am reliant on news stories for information. In that sense the starting point for this inspiration is what I read and see around me, and that will inevitably shape at least part of the response.
Equally, any reader will be influenced by their life experience and personal beliefs, and that is how it should be. I believe that by sharing our perspectives, hopes, fears, and dreams we will come to know each other better and our humanity will shine through. Surely, this is the road to peace?
‘Beloved one, let this Armistice Day (in the UK) be a day of peace, a collective chorus of the hopefulness enfolded in the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. A moment when boots stop marching, the drums fall silent and proud heads bow in memory.
‘Not just for the fallen, for they have risen, but for the aching loss that remained long after the blood had seeped into the battlegrounds.
‘That aching loss that scarred the hearts of those that were left behind and echo still through the corridors of lost generations. Intwined like ivy in the poignant memories buried deep in graveyards where white stones stand like teeth in a wide open mouth howling with pain.
‘Let the cry for peace ring out across your streets, even as you stand aware that young hearts are being sacrificed once more. That the lessons coursing through the veins of those that shook hands on Armistice Day 1918 have been forgotten as the killing has become mire widespread and remote.
‘No more warm blood smearing sweaty palms, no more stench of death within the nostrils, no more fear visible in another man’s eyes. No more human v. human, just … just what?
‘Justification? Fear? Obedience? Belief? I don’t know, some of that, maybe all of that, maybe sheer terror, kill or be killed.
‘But, what is being killed in the slaying of another human being? It is not just a life for a life you know, the taking of one life is always the taking of many. Every single loss of life at the hands of another reverberates in this life and the next.
‘It reverberates in the soul that believes it has lost Love, that it is unworthy of Love, for a soul without Love it is like a butterfly pinned to a board. It is untrue, of course, it exists only in a field of Love, but without self-forgiveness and the assuaging of the karma created by the defences of shame it can become impenetrable to Love.
It is a paradox that one of the most difficult things, in life and Spirit, is to accept you are Loved, unconditionally. If you cannot love yourself, you offer no reflective surface to capture the Love being showered upon you.
‘Karma created in life can only be assuaged in life, but the acceptance of the lesson embedded within it can release a soul to Love in Spirit and smooth the way to assuaging that karma in life.
‘I cannot explain why mankind seeks to destroy that which denies him, but I can say that the Creator never, ever denies anyone who turns from the Light that sent them forth.
‘There is no soul that does not bathe in the Light of the Creator. Even if they turn away the Love that sent them forth, it waits patiently until the heart of soul opens once again and can receive once more.
‘Why? Because learning occurs within the field of Love which is within your heart. Not the muscle, but the energy centre within your soul, so it is eternal and remembers the hope that reverberated that Armistice Day.
‘It matters not where within the world you are when warfare ceases, hope like the sparks from your fireworks fills the night atmosphere and can be felt within all Realms.
‘So, once the bombs fall silent once again, all within your world all will be affected and not just those in life.
‘The Realms are full of old soldiers, and they say ‘old soldiers never die’, well, neither does their belief in peace. Nor their desire never to greet one of their own in Spirit who has passed before their time at the hands of another.
‘They pray for peace, as we all do, so that the howling open mouths of graveyards will soon become places of solace and hope. Peace be with you.’
© ZD Finn 2023
The full set of articles by ZD Finn on ‘Above the Clamour’ are now available as a free download on zdfinn.com.
These inspirations will eventually form part of ‘The Library of Lives,’ a series of inspired journals published by ZD Finn.
More information can be found on zdfinn.com and some of the terms and my use of capitals are explained in the Lexicon created by @zdfinn on Medium.
Finn runs a healing and meditation practice in London, and offers mentoring to those seeking to strengthen their own soul connection.
