Ah, such a powerful question! Personally, 'violence' for me was the tricky word - what exactly 'was' violence? It's so much more than a punch in the face or a shot from a gun. It's the removal of people's liberties. It's the overwriting of one culture onto another. It's sexual assault and it's gaslighting, and a million other atrocities - murder and human trafficking, racism, riots. It's hard to bear witness to the terrible things happening in the world on a day to day basis.
But then, if we forgot what 'violence' we're talking about and concentrating on the 'healing' part, things got decidedly more hopeful.
Violence does not necessarily have to be manifested through physical aggression. To me, any act that seeks to guide someone into obeying a will that is not their own through any means other than comprehension and consciousness is violent. - @fenngen
Violence is an emotional response, and is fundamentally irrational, as it involves physically harming another person and potentially oneself, and creating a self-propagating cycle that if left unchecked can cause a lot of destruction. Violence is the expression of strong emotion that seemingly has no other outlet, so it reaches its conclusion in a violent outburst. - @dizzybee
For most, 'love' in some form is what heals violence - empathy, oneness, love, compassion - of ourselves and others.
I know of the wounded child that lives in you
I know because it lives in me too - @fenngen
Having the ability to love someone who hates you is not an easy task, and one person or the other needs to take the first step in good faith, in unconditional forgiveness, to create an empathic bond that is the cradle of a constructive relationship. Before we can love the other fully, we must be willing to forgive them, to be fully aware of the present moment, that unconditionally presents the opportunity of a blank slate in every passing moment, if we are willing to let go of our emotions, and take it. - @dizzybee
Image by @drrune
The Entries
Venuzuela's Process - How we Found Our Path to Peace in the Midst of Crime and Repression
What if We Try to Stop the Violence with Love and Empathy? by @fmbs25
Healing the Effects of Violence - Love is the Answer by @fenngen
Shattered Healing the Auric Fields After Witnessing Violence by @artemislives
How Do We heal the Effects of Violence by @dizzybee
how Do We Heal From the Effects of Violence by @naineztengra
How Do We Heal From the Effects of VIolence by @trucklife-family
Love is most definitely one of the biggest healers. Allowing myself to be loved and loving others continues to heal my scars. But ultimately learning to love myself for who I am and where I have come from, has healed me the most. I know that I am worthy, just as we all are, but for so long I felt the opposite and nothing that anyone said could convince me otherwise, that was something I had to rediscover on my own.So healing is also an act of rediscovery, bringing us back to reconnecting with the wild within. It is a cycle, as is the way with all things in life! - @trucklife-family
I found this challenge particularly difficult to judge. Every single response was so thoughtful and empathetic and I felt my heart swell with incredible love for the people who are trying their best to not only heal themselves, but heal the world through the actions they take to recover from violence. All the more remarkable were the stories of people who had suffered violence so badly themselves, yet still learnt to live from a place of love and compassion.
In the end, I had to choose the most well written and original posts to recieve 10 HIVE each - @dizzybee and @drrune, congratulations. I also loved @fenngen's poetry, and @naineztengra, your post almost broke my heart - 5 HIVE each for you guys. I'm not even sure a bit of crypto really expresses how wonderful you all are and it kinda sucks to figure out who to give what!! @trucklifefamily, @artemislives, @fmb25 - I've set you three as 20 percent beneficiary each on this post.
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Thanks for the mention and for the prize, congratulations to all of you, because just the fact of wanting to be part of the solution for this great problem, contributing with your grain of sand, makes you all winners, and that is something very nice and important, thanks to you @naturalmedicine, for encouraging this kind of attitudes! Blessings to all of you!
Thank you so much for the mention and the appreciation. Beyond the tokens, the very idea that my post has garnered such a positive response is a wonderful incentive. Blessings to you all and to this great community!
Nice tickets! I love this initiative! I enjoy it so much! Congratulations to all of you for such an excellent post!
Thank you so much for the mention and prize! It's so motivating to see my post getting some attention :) I love to write about interesting topics like the ones in these weekly challenges, they really get my creative juices flowing, and i end up learning so much! Looking forward to the next one :D
Awesome to see you contributing so much @dizzybee Well done. 😍
What a journey THAT was! Phew. Great job of judging the contest @riverflows. Just so much sharing and exploration and leaning here. Much gratitude.
Congratulations to the winners, thanks for shedding light on how to have hope beyond any violence, I know that many people need these valuable contents. Thank you @naturalmedicine / @riverflows for being health promoters in all areas of life. I will be watching for the next challenge.
Thank you so much my dear for making my emotions worth it for the contest. It really means a lot.
I have been going through other's content and each one has offered some very valuable content.
Thank you once again for this 💚💚
Congrats for all the winners.
Congratulations to all the winners. I will try my best to be a part of next competition.
This contest is a great way to bring awareness to the world. Congratulations to all the winners and kudos to @naturalmedicine for the topic. Honestly, it's not a subject that I would think about for a post. :)