The war within

War is a conflict concerning the planned use of arms and physical force among countries or other extensive armed groups. The martial parties hold terrain, which they can leash or crush; and each has a leader or union which can surrender, or slump, thus ending the war. War also means a crusade in conflict to something.
The heart of war is the conflict. Conflict is a frequent flyer in both our delicate yet proficient lives. Conflict can exist at an assortment for your examination. If it’s a personal conflict one may go as far as seek a legal remedy to resolve a conflict. But if it’s a military conflict that involves nations, we can safely assume that it leads to war. Conflict is almost inevitable. Occasionally we ably avoid it, but other times compelled to face it openly. There are many publications that try to wrap conflict resolution. By far the most convincing publication I have come across is “The Art of War”. About 2300 years ago in China, an ancestry of military leaders put their shared insight into written form. The manuscript was then named Sun Tzu after their patriarch. But Through out the west the book is called The Art of War.
In the book “The Art of War” Sun Tzu showed how to work more effectively with conflict. The text reveals how to triumph without resentment, whether our conflict is big or small, personal or public. On of the famous quotations states:
One hundred victories in one hundred
battles is not the most skillful.
Subduing the other’s military without
battle is the most skillful.
The book shows a way to toil with conflict in a kind and effective manner. Sun Tzu does not propose that we copy them, instead understand them. By doing so he hopes that we are naturally drawn to the same insights that are found in the book. Hence, suggesting that teachings in the book are insightful human facts and that everyone has the right to use.
Sun Tzu proposes that our reaction to conflict initiates from knowledge, of ourselves and of others. In chapter 3 from The Art of War it says:
Knowing the other and knowing oneself,
In one hundred battles no danger.
Not knowing the other and knowing oneself,
One victory for one loss.
Not knowing the other and not knowing oneself,
In every battle certain defeat.
According to Sun Tzu the probability of triumph greatly increases by knowing oneself and knowing the other. By knowing oneself alone there still is hope for victory. But not knowing the other and not knowing oneself is sure overwhelm. The herald for triumph lies within us. It is near; it begins with awareness of our own mind. It’s the dread of our capabilities that forbid us from looking at ourselves. But in reality knowing oneself, can only pilot to truthfulness of the mind. We should then relate our new found glory in all activities.
The heart of war is conflict, but the art of war is using the learned veteran move to the conflict that arises as anticipated. We have to have openness of the mind to recognize ourselves and others to work with the conflict within and outside ourselves.

by Jay Chintha