As the global community voices its preference for peace, it's a timely opportunity to look deeper into one of the basic laws of spirit and nature - ‘what you resist persists’. 

This law suggests that if you push against anything you will soon be flung backward by the opposing forces, pushing right back against you, seeking their right to expression. They are compelled to express with a ‘fighting back’ energy, ferocious, enraged, determined to be heard, and they will usually express in a bigger way than originally planned. It becomes a game of tug-of-war between two sides, getting wilder with each push and pull. See for yourself. Try holding a lid down on boiling water, try putting your hand over the mouth of a person who needs to speak, try forcing somebody to change and do life your way, try holding back a current that wants to flow. How did you go?

We have been taught in western society that anger and resistance are powerful energies, that the person who shouts loudest and pushes the hardest wins. However indigenous and eastern teachings, and our own life experience, show us otherwise. We learn that our anger and resistance triggers the same in others. It drains and tires us, ultimately leaving everyone involved feeling hurt and wounded. Wisdom teaches us that love is the most powerful energy there is. Love is our greatest strength. Love opens us up to the right flow of our heart. Love guides us toward right action. If we desire peace and harmony, it is love that will get us there.

Today there is a huge, passionate movement of people determined to express their sentiments about the current world situation. If the energetic rules concerning resistance and love are true, then the effectiveness of our actions and messages will be massively influenced by our approach. Are we truly upholding the energy we wish to create when we choose angry, fear-driven anti-war messages that contain the energy of fighting within them? Love might advise that to create peace we need to be peace and do peace. We need to stand in love, being the harmony we desire, choosing peacefilled messages that truly embody their intention in every way. One might argue that the two approaches are just different sides of the same coin, both intending to get to the same place. But can they get to the same place, and at what cost? Imagine two boats on a circular river both heading for the same destination on the other side. One decides to use the natural flow of the water, the other chooses to go against it. Who is more likely to reach the destination first, in a much smoother way? 

As you go about your peacework now, consider the way you are using your energy. If you choose to forward an email, attend a rally, create a banner or write a message, notice your flow. Are you in a state of resistance, pushing against something? Or are you in a state of love, moving with the true energy of peace?

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