photo art by Craig Smith

"A man of peace is not a pacifist, a man of peace is simply a pool of silence.

He pulsates a new kind of energy into the world, he sings a new song.

He lives in a totally new way; his very way of life is that of grace, that of prayer,
that of compassion.

Whomsoever he touches, he creates more love-energy.

The man of peace is creative. He is not against war because to be against anything
is to be at war.
He is not against war, he simply understands why war exists.

And out of that understanding he becomes peaceful.

Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding,
will the war disappear."

Osho: Zen ~ The Path of Paradox