In Search of Peace
What the world needs today is a civilization based on love and compassion, and not on competition. A civilization that is not dying to be victorious, but which is keen to live with peace. Nowadays terrorism, war and human killing are in vogue. Powerful nations control the less powerful nations as their right. Humanity is suffering at the hands of brutal politicians. There is no peace in the world and within the self. Innocent children are asking their parents, teachers and friends what is going on around them. Everybody is in search of peace. Where is peace? The world religions long ago defined peace as individual responsibility for the wellbeing of others. Let us remind ourselves of that forgotten lesson and reflect on how everyone of us individually can contribute towards peace in the world? Let us briefly survey the concept of peace given by the world religions. Peace means freedom from war and unrest. In ancient Hebrew thought, peace was not only the absence of war, but also the wellbeing, if not prosperity, of people. A famous passage which appears twice in the Bible (Is: 2-4 Mi. 4: 1-3) describes "... all nations are going to Jerusalem to learn the divine law; beating their swords into plowsh
Marion Brauer (1987), an educationist, says that "it is our sense of being unique that makes it possible for us to destroy others. And these poor selfish little creatures, who, as experimental psychology proved, are mentally exhausted, they find themselves in later life like separate grains of sands in the desert, each one is isolated from his neighbour and all of them are barren. Let us now feminize our politics and polity. Women should take the lead in creating peace in the world. New technologies should be exploited more intensively to preserve cultural diversity the world over. These human values are feminine in nature. It is strange that fifty per cent of humanity i. In the 21st century, the world has changed into a global village. There is a New World to conquer - the world of human spirit. In most of the cases, these values are to be found more easily in women than in men. The major objective of these cultural interactions should be to practise human values. For example, to have tender feelings for others and to serve others for the sake of service is quite missing in our lives. But have gone backward in humanity and human civilization. This is not a word just to repeat, but an invitation for an action to be performed, to create happiness, serenity and unity in this world.
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