Conflicts destabilize you, they remodel your perception,sabotage your harmony and make you fall out of alignment with the cosmos. Conflicts fracture this ultimate connection you have with your surroundings and turn your own thoughts against you. At times you might not even need an external enemy to have a conflict, at times the enemy might be within. These conflicts, if not dealt with at once, form a never ending chain, passing from one person to the other, magnifying its damaging effect as it goes on.

Why Mortals Kombat?

Conflicts have been common social functions since the beginning of time. Conflicts arise from nothingness and end in nothingness.The most common source of most conflicts is a deviation from eternal to material pleasures.  Man fights with himself trying to discover his purpose then fights with someone else because of his own purposelessness. Conflicts within oneself normally lead to conflicts with others. The ones who are at peace never initiate a conflict irrespective of how big the calling is.

The chaos withing you transcends the physical barrier and becomes a part of the surrounding universe, this causes a lot of unrest and becomes a source of further conflicts with someone else. This initiates a cycle of conflicts, which is passed from one person the the other, magnifying on its way through. This cycle is the main cause of most of the world unrest.

Thread by thread, conflicts unwind the fabric which binds our race. You are aware of this truth but tend to ignore it. You think it doesn’t affect you at the moment so you shouldn’t worry about it. Yet sooner rather than later you become victimized by this cycle and rather than understanding the situation pass on your unrest to someone else.

 

The never ending conflict cycle

This often appalling and at times amusing cycle of conflict is the connection between a kindergarten teacher at a distant school and your neighbors burnt milk. The kindergarten teacher who herself miht have got a hard time at home might vent out a little frustration on the children in her class, one of whom might be your boss’s child, who in turn would give grief to his mother, who will carry the misery to your boss, who in turn might turn his fury to wards you, you would carry your frustrations home to your wife, who would punish the children, who would irritate your pet, who would bite your neighbor, who would carry the pain and scold his wife, who would forget to turn off the gas and puff goes the milk.

This endless cycle might appear amusing but it is the bitter reality which keeps going on and on in an endless loop. This just shows how important it is for you to bring all the conflicts to a stand still. Here are some ways to find peace from this cycle of conflicts:

1. Inhabiting the moment- Conflicts arise from misplaced hate. Dwelling on past misery or future glory usually leads people to indulge in conflicts. If you can manage to inhabit the present moment in its entirety, you would see the wastefulness of crying on the past or  over planning for the future. Consequently you will be in harmony with the moment and convey the same to the environment around you.

2. Be hopeful- Hopelessness leads you to a dark place. Inner conflicts are triggered as a result of hopelessness, these percolate to your surroundings in the form of hateful words or actions, initiating a cycle of conflict. If only you could be more hopeful, you would not only be able to avoid inner conflicts but respond favorably to outer ones. No one can spoil your mood if you don’t let them.

3. Dispose conflicts carefully– If you throw the garbage of your mind in a dustbin and not on someone else, you will make this world a cleaner and more peaceful place. You will also help in terminating the cycle of conflicts, leading the way to a pleasant and more fruitful environment around you.

4. Propagate positivity– Yes the only way to turn the cycle of conflicts on its head is through propagating positivity. Its not too hard to smile at a stranger or showing the brighter side of life to someone in conflict. This way you will initiate a cycle of care, which, like the cycle of conflict, grow from one person to another, and make the world harmonious.

5. Giving back– The basic function of life is to help our race progress, this is the least you can do to repay the gift of life. Care and empathize for the people around you till it becomes a habit. It is a hard level of mental conditioning to achieve, yet the joy of giving back to the cosmos and all its particles is best there ever is. Be an agent of change, go against the norm, don’t be a carrier of the cycle of conflict on the contrary attempt to turn it around. You might not like the person who damages your ego, but don’t do it for him, do it just for the joy of being alive and being able to be of some positive use to this universe.

6. Seize control– The ones who can watch their emotions dwindle from celebration to despair and yet be in control of them are the ones who don’t give in to conflicts. While emotions are necessary, it is far more important not to get too carried away with them, lest you lose control. The ones in control not only know when and how to respond but also how much to respond. This empowers them to be in control of situations rather than the other way round.

Be the change

It might be very difficult to be the exception when the world is going crazy. Yet the few who can sacrifice their egos and let go of hate will ultimately lead others to do so. Together you can not only end the cycle of conflicts but initiate the cycle of care. You might not get any rewards for being selfless, you will be misunderstood, you might even be secluded and left alone, yet if you manage to fight off these subliminal battles and be the change for a long enough time, the world will notice and appreciate you. So lets keep encouraging each other and making the sun shine brighter than yesterday.

Have a good day.