Fight of Doves

The enemy is simply

the perfect personification

of what is unacceptable

in the self; a mirror reflection of what is vilified  and shunned - even loathed and detested within.

A conscious relationship with

the enemy can be a blessing;

an opportunity 

to enter relationally into,

and touch, and heal,

what is deeply separated

in one's own being. 

Through the enemy, one

can encounter meaningfully

all the ways that self hatred

is made legitimate;

all the justifications

that make it somehow right.

And all the rationalizations

around why the enemy/self

is a proper and deserving

object to punish with impunity.

Through a conscious relationship,

with the enemy-self

perhaps the buried,

more motive realities driving the hatred

can emerge in the awareness.

And one may discover that

it isn't anything the so called

enemy is or does;

but rather the unconscious terror

and rage within that aches

for a bonafide target

to safely vent itself upon -

while maintaining

the facade of

the innocent victim.

Through the dynamic of the enemy-self

the true aftermath of fighting

can be experienced; the place

where the enemy is defeated

and the winner is alone in the desolate

heart of an empty victory;

In the aftermath,

one can sense

something vital lost in

the heart, soul, and conscience

of the “me winner”;

and one can mourn

in the too-latedness of it all

for the love within

that turned out

to be the first worst

casualty of the war.

Perhaps the love within
was the true target
of the inner rage and terror
all along;

inner self destruction 
through destruction
of the other. 

One can also grieve for

one's own sense of a lost humanity

and reach through all of the

broken-hearted regret

to touch the soul of

the enemy still jailed

within - long after the

externalized form

of the enemy is gone.

The enemy is a messenger -

and a blessing - that the self

chooses or creates - 
to help materialize

one's own self hatred

as a relational experience;

for the purpose of making

deeper inner peace - and

peace with the externalized

form of one's own

separation.

Thank you my dearest

enemy for being my very

best friend. 

Forgive me

for how I've treated you 
and for all the ways I never

saw you 

Thank you

for helping me to see

and experience what I had

disowned within me.

I don't think I could have

ever walked this path of healing

if it hadn't been

for your intervention. 

Peace with the other
through Peace with the self
World Peace
 Through Inner Peace 

May you be blessed

with love, light, and peace;

within and without; 

all your days.

  

copyright 2012,2013 Whispering Bird

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