Having a background in security and personal protection, I have often faced with moments of conflict wherein I had to choose between only one or another option of approach and resolution. At the
time, I knew only of "pacifist" and "warrior". Do nothing (walk away) or
Go all in (fight). I spent a great deal of
time while being an active participant in action resulting in
peace or violence. All the while seeking to refine, to evolve my Self to a place of balance when facing emotional, psychological, spiritual and physical conflicts. Over
time, I came to a place that allows both the Pacifist and the Warrior to exist in balance integration. I now choose to find the pathway to what can become
peace at the beginning of any conflict. I now practice a discipline of being a PEACIFIST. The word that I created more than
12 years ago to express that in any conflict, I seek
peace before violence and will use violence to ensure
peace if I must. This has altered the energy within me that attracts conflict into the energy that repels it. I am neither solely pacifist nor warrior. I am a PEACIFIST.
When I am walking among those who perpetuate
drama and conflict, driving chaos, I choose a position that allows me to seek and gain understanding. I choose a peacifist mindset. Conflict then resolves itself.
Note: Every attempt to write Peacifist is net with an auto-correction to PACIFIST. The word is not heretofore recognized as a word with the Urban nor
Common language. I ask that it be allowed to be officialized here. Gratitude -
Earl Q. Ameen
