War: man's abysmal abyss-plunge, part 1

1.

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War is

The most nourishing food

For the senile.

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2.

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War is

Man's self-exposed

Stupidity.

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3.

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War is

Man's self-imposed

Futility.

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4.

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War-story:

Stupidity fights.

Futility wins.

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5.

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War

Is life's fastest

Backward march.

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6.

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War

Is ignorance-slavery. ```

7.

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War

Is treasured

By ignorance-princes.

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8.

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War

Is ego's self-made

Crown and throne.

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9.

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War

Is complete and unconditional

Surrender to ignorance-forces.

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10.

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War

Is the glad acceptance

Of destruction-invitation.

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11.

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War

Is the destruction-discovery

Of the stupidity-mind.

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12.

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Now

Is the only time

To end any war.

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13.

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War

Is the mind's

Stark impurity-dance.

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14.

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War broadcasts

The stupendous victory

Of Satan.

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15.

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War compels

The heart's wisdom-light

To surrender to

The mind's stupidity-night. ```

16.

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War

Is the mind-temptation

Within

And life-destruction

Without.

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17.

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War

Is the undivine confidence-presence

Of the hostile forces in man.

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18.

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War

Is man's instigation-story

And not God's Inspiration-Song.

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19.

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War

Is a self-styled stranger

To God's Compassion-Eye.

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20.

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War

Is the greatest victory

Of inconscience-night.

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21.

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War

Is world-possession-

Greed-satisfaction.

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22.

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War wants to prove

That the human mind

Has no greatness

And that the human heart

Has no goodness.

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23.

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War invites

War-lovers

To come and participate

In a destruction-dance. ```

24.

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War

Is the joint

Elephant-madness

Of supremacy-hungry nations. ```

25.

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War

Is the irresistible sadness

Of the universal heart.

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26.

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War

Is the utter disgrace-failure

Of the hostile minds.

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27.

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War says:

"O man-made Compassion-God,

Where are You?"

God-made God-Peace answers:

"Shut up, you villain!

I am sleeplessly sick of you

And I am breathlessly

Disgusted with you." ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,War: man's abysmal abyss-plunge, part 1, Agni Press, 1991
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