To My Palestinian Friends
Where does the US fit in?
Hamas did what it did October 7, 2023 out of blind hatred, and Israel has done what it has done ever since out of blind hatred. The cycle will not end until one or both sides learn how to love the enemies of conscience. I did not say love your enemies. That is what Jesus said. He also said that even if we do not believe in him, we should believe in his works, all of which reveal the need to love our enemies. Referring to it as the enemies of conscience is a way to expand it to everyone.
As Muslims, you do not believe in Jesus as the head of your religion, as Jews do not believe in him at all. But neither of you have to in order to learn how to love each other as enemies of your conscience (suneidesis).1 For you, this means seeing Israel as trying to blind your conscience with hatred, which is foremost what makes them an enemy, for the eyes of hatred cannot see Allah in the heart. If you love them anyway by seeing that they are blind to Allah, and thus not blinding yourselves, you will see the best path to take in this matter.
According to the world conscience (suneidesis),2 what does the United States look like in this vision story of the heart? Or for that matter, what do we its citizens look like individually? Well, perhaps to your surprise, like you, we are all radiant, a beauty far beyond anything in this universe. And this is true for every spiritual vision story since we are all names of light in them.
Many of us, however, like citizens all around the world, are partially or fully blind, making every nation-name of light partially blind. They are all divided between those of us who have agapé, unconditional love—for the enemies of our conscience while never being against ourselves, called the principle of conscience—and those who do not. How is this literally seen in our world conscience?
Divided neither by political parties, religion or anything else, we either see as names of light with the principle, do not see at all, or see a little sometimes. For we are all folds of agapé light, symbolized in the form of a cubic city made of golden transparencies—which can never be divided. Together, twelve names of light emanate twelve different iridescent colors from our foundation and twelve more names emanate pearl iridescence from our pandirectional gates. We have to be symbolized like this because words cannot describe us, and there is nothing like us in the universe.
We envision this symbolic vision in our world awareness but then need to allow it to transform into its actual beauty — by loving the enemies of our conscience in it without being against our oneness. They are the same agapé light but, being blind, one of the foundational iridescences, jasper, symbolically fills their names of light so we can identify their blindness. For blindness cannot be envisioned only indicated with darkness. And there is no darkness in Allah or God, Name.
As uncommon as this all is to our everyday lives, it creates peace in us and between Palestinians and Israelis who want peace. Seeing each other spiritually this way removes the veils of blindness. Although still enemies for the present, by loving each other as enemies, your agapé light can join and build bridges.
In our national vision story, the unrest in the U.S. right now is working from layers of blind hatred between political parties, all passing through our jasper iridescence. But those of us using the principle see the agapé light of everyone in its oneness, passing through each other peacefully with no darkness in the cubic city of golden transparencies. We too must build these bridges like you.
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Suneidesis, pronounced soon-eye-day-sis, is a Greek word that joins our natural awareness with our sense of conscience. Click on the link for a detailed explanation. It is central to this teaching. Using this foreign word regularly in discussions helps us get accustomed to experiencing something new and positive working in our awareness itself. When the word conscience is used, it will refer to the aspect of suneidesis that involves right and wrong, but this aspect cannot be separated from our co-conscientious awareness of all things.
If I understand that my awareness of something as simple as a cup includes co-conscientiousness, I do not allow myself to get blinded by the cup alone but know it as part of all creation at the hands of the Creator or the universe, depending on one’s beliefs. Spiritual maturity does this naturally.
The repetition of suneidesis is meant to challenge you to consider this dimension in your awareness. Apologies, but it will only be a necessary annoyance until it becomes natural.