Conflicts often arise from infractions on a larger scale of political or social events but today the darkest boundaries lie within us . In a world of exposure , awareness , focus on materialistic desires , competition , obsession with social media , war of consumerism , where too much attention is given to buying and owning things, has led to deep internal limitations of our focus and resources, just so we can carve impressions to create an identity and a sense of belonging for ourselves .
This has hugely impacted our inner peace and personal space. Propelling dualities, contradictions , ambiguities , conditionings , coupled with self doubt / rejection , our own inadequacies, comparisons with others , a constant need for validation and an assessment of our own worth in the eyes of the world , has turned the war within !! The world is no longer in conflict …
M Esther Harding said “Conflict is the beginning of Consciousness.”
Conflicts occur to achieve stability that emerge from an inner struggle between
Balance - Imbalance. When our conscience is poked , it leads us to awareness and realization of the massive war that transpires within us . The Process of Consciousness and the search for Peace within , cannot be achieved without having to go through this process of conflict . “If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself “.
“Peace is not an absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means”, Ronald Regan.
Do we have the correct understanding of peace to lead us to that consciousness ?
Or do we get lured into our comfort zone and mistake it for peace and
consciousness ?
“Silent Conflicts” compels us to question, whether we continue to succumb to life’s situations , creating repeated patterns of behavior , perpetuating the blame game , allowing the vicious cycle to grip or bind us , Or do we effectuate our option to use those situations as a catalyst for growth , with an aspiration to live consciously – unleashing the internal chains that restrict our progress and don’t allow us to shine our true selves .
The conflict within could continue …but unlike other wars , the choice to end this Conflict is Ours …..
Curated by
Ashna Singh
