SUING FOR PEACE

Law and Spirituality - the power of

forgiveness

Presentation by Segolene Renaze - March 12, 2017

A few definitions
Law: set of man-made rules that orders
relationships between our separate physical
bodies and mediates conflict between them.

Spirituality: that unseen which is common to

and unites the whole of humanity despite the
separate physical bodies and circumstances
[] sense of transcendent oneness

Justice: Equity and Fairness (the manifest

state of oneness, or spirituality) - in our
society: used as synonym for revenge,
retribution, payback and vengeance - manifest
state of separateness - opposite of equity and
oneness (Spirituality)
A little story for you
A few facts
In the name of Justice:

we employ 700,000 lawyers - but only 36,000

clergy

we file 36 million lawsuits against one another

every year

we confine more than two million people in our

prisons

we have a justice system that costs us more

than $650 billion annually

we have waged two wars that have killed

thousands of people since the terrorist attacks
A little look back

Water Ordeal - By Diebold Schilling the Younger

Religion as a way to deal with
conflict

Indulgences - pay for your sins

Mediation and Community - idea of shared values

and community cohesion, restoring personal
relationship with the divine through spiritual
practices

But then revolution and separation between state

and church
Analogy between court room and
cathedral
How will people look at us
500 years from now
 The Tree of
The three columns are called
Life
Mercy

Severity

Mildness

"Said the Holy One, blessed be

He: If I create the world on the
basis of mercy alone, its sins
will be great; on the basis of
justice alone, the world cannot
exist. Hence I will create it on
the basis of justice and of
mercy, and may it then
stand." Thus we see that
Chesed (mercy) and Gevurah
(justice) are primary
The Non-Justice System

Reconciliation between Justice and Mercy

Suing for peace rather than revenge

Lawyers as peacemakers rather than

mercenaries.

Forgiveness
The choice is yours
revenge = denying your spirituality
(your oneness with others)

peace and happiness = acknowledge

and restore your spirituality (Oneness).

By reuniting Law and Spirituality, we

restore the means by which separate
human bodies restore peace and
happiness and experience their true
oneness.
Thank you!