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The Search For Peace
The world is in turmoil
since 2020 – first it was covid, then it was the withdrawal of the US Army from
Afghanistan leaving the locals facing a life of fear, now it is the
Russia-Ukraine conflict. The world has always been at war – sometimes hot,
sometimes cold, on religious grounds, for scarce resources, and of late for
some major powers national interest, which tramples upon the national interest
of the country being attacked. In such situations human rights goes for a toss –
basically it is all about power and its vulgar display!
When the world is in
such a state, fear and insecurity are the natural results. First it was the
fear of getting infected with the virus, then it is getting drawn into a war
which no one wants, and even if one does not want to get involved, one is
affected indirectly as global sanctions and their consequences result in price
hike of oil and other essential commodities!
Peace talks, peace
agreements, peace movements… Why is it, although there is a deep longing for
peace in the world, every day, wars are being waged? And why, although so many
people long for peace in their lives, does peace seem to be an impossibility
even on a personal level?
Peace can only become a
reality when rigid religious practices and political ideologies are dropped,
and an awakened consciousness takes their place. The key to finding
peace is transformation, both outer and inner, one person at a time – and this
can be achieved through meditation.
Swamiji has said in
several of his discourses that world peace is not possible – it was not there
5000 years ago, it isn’t there today and it will not be possible in the future
either. When Swamiji talks about world peace he talks about the individual inner
world – that is your aura which is developed and strengthened through
meditation – it is that space of 15-20 feet around you. If you can create that peaceful
aura around you, then wherever you go in the world you will always carry your
peaceful world with you – meaning your aura.
When each of us begins
our spiritual search and starts going within, we start developing our aura,
after a point people around you notice the change in you and sense the peace.
They comment about the same. Once your inner world is at peace, your outer
world reflects the same – you are now peace personified!
1 comment:
beautifully penned.
jai baba swami
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