On subject of war: Many years ago I was sat behind two people on the bus arguing furiously who was God. One said Haile Selassie and the other Jesus. And so the argument went on. It was then that I realised the root factor: one was Ethiopian and one Nigerian. I almost tapped them on the shoulder to explain the root of what they were arguing about. That in fact was an insight into something much deeper.
But when you think about it people don't just argue about this they even go to war over it. A German and an English were fighting over this exact same root in 1939. Any English born in Germany, and any German born in England would have been fighting on the opposite side. And today a Ukrainian and a Russian. The very fact that wars are between such groups of people is the clue. When you pop into existence you arrive inside some horizon. When two people outside each other's horizon meet they argue or fight. So the root is what happen at birth and how we understand that. Which is ironic as during war we are seeking to shut down these opposing births.
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