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Monique “Amalphi” Claus shows her keen eye and wonderful graphic style in her video illustration of “A Peaceful Solution.” We have previously used her art as lead images to our ‘Family Farms Pulled Us Out of the Great Depression’ and ‘Seek Peace’ articles.

The actions of Christianists in supporting and even fighting in foreign wars of aggression immediately brings the whole of mainstream Christianism into question. The supposedly Christianist United States of America has joined the Islamists countries on the long list of militarist states that wage war in the name of a Higher Power.

As mere human inventions, all religions seem subject to manipulation and corruption. The debate as to what actually constitutes Christianism goes back as far as Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.

The political problems of human religions distracts from legitimate investigation into the single unifying nature that an infinite power must possess. This proves to be difficult for most to understand as indicated by the conflict between acknowledging a Plane of Immanence and the supposed need for transcendence underpinning hierarchical social relations.

The wholesale rape, pillage and exploitation of the environment through the violently destructive extraction of resources conflicts with belief in the omnipresence of an infinite God. This denial of infinite God, in practice if not in word, proves useful to mainstream political economics.

However, science and the rigorous logic of philosophy relentless seek to understand the nature and implications of the inescapable unity provided by infinite God. The limits of this understanding creates barriers to the progress of science and philosophy.

The hidden variable theories seem to be necessary to adequately explain the universe as we observe it. The implications of the hidden variable theories would be far reaching if they ever found mainstream acceptance.

Albert Einstein, admitting to belief in the God of Spinoza, sought a unified field formula to the end of his life. Physicists Evan Harris Walker and Nick Herbert assert that consciousness is the hidden variable.

Physicist David Bohm identified the hidden variable as the Implicate Order. Physicist Jack Sarfatti long considered information to be the hidden variable.

The proven existence of the zero-point field suggests that the search for the hidden variable belongs in the center of contemporary physics. Many of the issues involved are discussed in the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” released in 2004.

It seems to come back around to the conclusion that we are all intimately connected within the same indivisible universe. What happens to one happens to all, there is no separation.

With this understanding the necessity for a peaceful solution seems like a no-brainer. Peace for one requires peace for all.

* * * * * Artist’s Statement * * * * *

In the first place, I want to thank Willie Nelson and Liz for giving me the opportunity to show my video accompanied by the version A Peaceful Solution performed by Willie Nelson & Family. This is the first time for me making a video for this occasion and I’ve enjoyed it very much.

It started with a Photoshopped version of a picture of Willie Nelson with the USA flag. I decided to send it to the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute because I thought it might be useful for the project. Liz asked me if I also made videos because the picture would fit nice in it.

The idea of making a video from my pictures together with Willie Nelson & Family singing ‘A Peaceful Solution’ gave me enough inspiration to start my first Peace Video Project.

Over the years, I’ve seen a great part of your beautiful country and took many pictures. I’ve tried to order some of those pictures in this video in such a way that it tells a story.

What is my idea of peace? While asking myself this question a couple of words came to my mind: respect, tolerance, forgiveness…

According to my opinion, peace starts within yourself. You can work on it every day. As long as you live, you get the chance to work on peace. Isn’t that wonderful? But how do you start? It’s simple to say but sometimes hard to accomplish: accept yourself, find peace and love in your heart.

But also: respect other people, especially for people that differ from you. Don’t criticize them but respect the way they live their lives. Learn from other people: be aware of the fact that other people are your mirror (and vice versa). When you close your eyes while standing in front of a mirror, you don’t see a thing. When you close your mind and heart while communicating with another person, you don’t learn a thing.

“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”

This is one of the most important rules I base my live on.

Thank you Willie and Amy for starting this wonderful project, thank you Liz for encouraging and supporting me and uploading my contributions to the Peace Project to the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute website and YouTube.

Peace to you all from Monique “Amalphi” Claus, The Hague, The Netherlands

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