PEACE IS THE WAY OF LIFE

PEACE IS THE WAY OF LIFE

Peace, as we all know, is very important in our lives and it is essential to our overall well-being. Peace is the natural state of society; violence is an unnatural state. Peace is as much in accordance with nature's plan as violence is against it. When peaceful conditions prevail in a society all activities take place in their proper form.Various religious and secular organisations have the stated aim of achieving world peace through addressing human rights, technology, education, engineering, medicine or diplomacy used as an end to all forms of fighting.

 Since 1945, the United Nations and the 5 permanent members of its Security Council have operated under the aim to resolve conflicts without war or declarations of war. Nonetheless, nations have entered numerous military conflicts since then. “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means,” wrote Ronald Reagan. Rotary International celebrates its 113th birthday with a focus on world peace through the elimination of poverty, hunger and disease. Increasing the standard of living certainly helps reduce conflicts in the world. Affluent countries have never had a war within their borders in the last few decades. So what can we do to promote peace? “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding,” wrote Albert Einstein. Fighting for peace does not prevent war. World peace starts with each of us. It starts in our home, on our street and in our social life. As Jonathan Lockwood Hule said, ‘Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. Any kind of violence, even in its lowest form can be a huge hindrance to peace, and that is why we must stamp it out in order to preserve peace and the lives of millions of innocent people.

World peace is an ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations. World peace is an idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate, either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare.Peace is the desire of every beating heart. Peace is the hope of every nation, the promise of every politician, the pulse of every religious tradition, the goal of every prayer. Peace is the bold, courageous and ultimate response to the notion that violence provides any viable solution for the conflicts of our world. Where war destroys and tears apart, peace builds, strengthens and restores. At the same time peace is personal, for each of us longs for security and tranquillity in the face of the troubles, anxiety and chaos that often touches our lives. The only way we can achieve world peace worldwide is when we can accelerate the progress of our evolution. URI observed this year as a special year for “Accelerating Peace". The fast growing International Interfaith Organisation will conduct a Peace Conference at Stanford University on 26 and 27^th June. The conference will discuss more issues about world Peace.

Prof. John Kurakar