Two minutes silence will be held at 11am on November 11, the time and date when hostilities formally ended after more than four years of battle during World War I. It honours the heroic efforts, achievements and sacrifices made by those in the armed forces in World War I and II, as well as in all subsequent wars and conflicts, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sadly, mankind hasn’t stopped engaging in warfare. Innocent young men and women are still deployed to war zones where they can end up losing their earthly lives. These are lives robbed of time to learn through life experience on this plane, leaving so much potential for personal development unfulfilled.
The allegation is made from time to time that our troops are often not properly equipped for the situations in which they find themselves. Claims range from their not having the right attire to their vehicles not being fit for purpose.
I can’t make an informed comment on such allegations, but I do think that the troops can be better equipped in another way. They can be equipped with the knowledge, that life is continuous. On the front-line soldiers live with the ever-present fear of death. If more of them know, through proof received, that when we pass over our spirits don’t die, it will surely help them to cope with that very real fear.
The well-known Spirit Guide, Silver Birch, said in answer to “Is it of any use that Armistice services should go on, year after year?” he replied, “It is better to remember those you call dead for two minutes than not to think of them at all. But I do not see what good can come when you celebrate the Armistice with a display of military might, with rifles and bayonets, with soldiers, with the firing of maroons and with all that comes with war.”
Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday are days of commemoration, not celebration. On these days we should acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice that so many made, in order that we can live in freedom today.
