In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.
As-Salaam Alaikum (God's Peace be Unto You)
The Law of Inertia states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion in a given direction will remain in motion in that direction, until and unless it is acted upon by a force great enough to overcome its resistance to change.
In other words, things tend to stay as they are unless acted upon by a Force greater than their resistance to change.
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First Atom of Life in the Universe had to overcome the INERTIA of the vast Dark Womb of Space; and if we consider the Universe, itself, as yet another Atom of Life, it is STILL moving back the Darkness which is constantly seeking to collapse it.
The First Atom (germ) of life in the Womb of our Mother has to overcome the INERTIA of that environment, constantly expanding against the resistance of the Uterine wall (wall of darkness).
Once we are born, we are born into an atmosphere which constantly presses in on us on all sides at about 16 pounds per square inch. Yet, the Force WITHIN us is great enough to overcome the INERTIA (constant pressure - resistance to change) of the Atmosphere around us, so that we might breathe (expand the chest cavity) and grow (expand our total surface area).
The same is also true in the Spiritual World. For the last 6,000 plus years, we have lived in a world of Spiritual darkness; and whenever God plants the Seed of New Life and Light among the people, in their darkened state of mind they RESIST CHANGE, and ultimately seek to extinguish the Light.
Whenever a Prophet, Messenger, or Revolutionary rises up to establish the Light of Truth among people lost in Darkness, that One - and his community - will have to face and overcome the same kinds of tremendous difficulties as that First Atom of Life in the Universe, the First Atom (Germ) of life in the Womb, and the first Atom (baby) of Life on this plane.
The OPPOSITION is CONSTANT, so the Effort of the Truth Bearer(s) must be CONSTANT. If any of the "Lights" in the above examples goes out for even a SECOND, the PRESSURE of the Darkness around it would make it IMPOSSIBLE for the Light to return, because Nature "hates" a vaccuum. In other words, there can be no "empty" space.
We are Living in a Time of Warfare and conflict, where the old World of darkness is being removed and replaced by a New World of Light. Those who love the old are not going to agree with those who love the New, even though the New would benefit those who love the old; and those who Love the New are not going to agree with those who love the old, generally.
However, the Nature of the New is such that it seeks to transform the old into the New; therefore, those who Love the New will have the job or the Duty to try to present the New in a way that will attract those who are still in the old. Some will accept, some will not. But those who are of the New have the added responsibility of avoiding UNNECESSARY conflict, while not weakening against the forces of the Darkness that surrounds them. This requires Divine Assistance.
It is inevitable that we will disagree. The question is, "What is the BASIS of the disagreement?"
If two people who sincerely Love Truth disagree with each other, then their common Love for Truth will keep them from being DISAGREEABLE with each other.
However, if one or both of them love their IMAGE more than Truth, then they will no doubt destroy each other and the Truth will never be realized between them...nobody wins.
Personally, I have no problem with ANY of my People who Love God, Truth, Freedom, Justice and Equality; but when you SAY you are of the Light, and then you use the weapons of the Darkness (lies, slander, half-truths, hear-say) to attack your Brother or Sister - whom you disagree with - because they have a different view, then you are revealing yourself to be of the Darkness, and not the Light.
If falsehood is spoken in the open, it must be addressed with Truth in the open, if for no other reason than for the sake of those onlookers who might take the false for the True if the True is not presented.
He who seeks comfort in a time of war will lose more than his comfort.
RM