World has seen many wars. In the name of religion and God over a hundred thousand wars have been waged. Millions have lost their lives; many have become orphans, diseased and lost their homes. Economic wars, political wars, national wars, nuclear wars, have all been different expressions of brutality.
In spite of all the Peace treaties and efforts by well meaning people, where is the world today? Everybody seems to be talking about global peace but it does not seem to be any where on the horizon.
Who is responsible for this? Is the Government responsible? Is it religion or the politician or the man in power or the anti-social elements? Who is to be blamed?
"When would these wars and conflict end?"
You're talking of the Iraq war, Kargil war and the rest. You don't seem to be talking of the war going on inside you. The day war stops inside you, there will no more be wars in the world. It is this conflict inside you, which is manifesting as external conflict. All the time there is war and conflict going on inside you. You are divided within. You are not an individual. You are a crowd inside. When you say, I am uncomfortable with that person, you are uncomfortable with some aspect of yourself. Suppose you say, I am angry with that person, there is something about you, which you are angry within yourself. When you are restless in a crowd, you're restless inside yourself. What is happening outside is a mere reflection of what is going on inside. The violence in the family is reflecting as the external violence. You must know if something is going on somewhere you are also responsible for it. When you are having a fight with your spouse, teasing or bullying or nagging the person, remember here also you are contributing to war. If in a place, they is a population of hundred people and 80 men are nagging and torturing their women, then very soon a physical conflict would emerge in that place. This only becomes that. Therefore unless and until humanity is transformed, there will be war and conflict outside. There could be a nuclear war or a war with conventional weapons or an economic war or a political war, some or other will be going on. That is why the only hope is the world becoming enlightened and people being peaceful within themselves. If you became enlightened and your mere presence would affect a hundred thousand people. That's how you would be contributing to world peace.
2006-10-31
00:48:21
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