Everyone claims to want peace, but no one actually works or
studies ways to achieve it. Moreover, everyone’s creating enemies and
seemingly noble cases worth dying for in order to defend their
existence. They also ignore the fact that their attempts of
self-preservation are not the solution to their problems, but their
source. For when someone arms himself, his surroundings will also arm
themselves to protect themselves from him.
Peace isn’t just an act, but a whole non-violent way of
living. It is a whole non-distressful, calm and silent existence where
everybody’s free and happy. A peaceful person is usually a respectful,
just, and benevolent person who helps and contributes in the advancement
of the whole society. A person can only reach this level through inner
peace, and as the Dalai Lama states, “Without this inner peace, no
matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be
worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.”
Why fight? It is sad that not everyone’s awake enough to
realize that a fight can only be won if you fight hatred with Love,
malevolence with benevolence, and evil with good. It’s as simple as it
is complicated. It is only when someone’s crushed that he can be free,
strong, and peaceful. It’s only when one puts his dignity aside,
forgives and forgets that he can spread Love and Wisdom negating all
attempts of war. When one hits another, it’s a simple sign of weakness
because this unfortunate soul had nothing to defend himself with but
violence. Being violent is a pure sign of weakness.
Why are there people in stages of war? Why do enemies exist
in the first place? Why can’t people forgive and forget? Is it actually
a Peoples’ war, or a political and military leaders’ war? The real
answer is that some leaders in some countries are too spiritually weak
that they resort to arm their military in order to defend what they
think is threatened instead of sharing it with their neighboring
countries and protecting it from any harm. Then, they find themselves in
an endless and violent war due to the hate that they produced by
themselves and against themselves by being enemies of other countries.
And end up like Agatha Christie says
“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing;
that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” It’s up to the
people to recognize that the answer is simple. Fight hate back with
Love.
The only real way to achieve peace is by being
peaceful. In order to be peaceful, we must be wise, and when you’re
wise, you will only fight war with Love.
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