Solution For War And Terrorism

People ask me, 'Swamiji, don't you suffer seeing war and terrorism in so many places? What is your solution to eradicate poverty?'

I tell them, if you suffer seeing others' suffering, you will only add more suffering to planet earth. Instead of elevating them to your level, you will go down to their level. Try to bring them to your level. Change their consciousness and their idea about life. If you start thinking about them continuously and get depressed, you will only reach their level. And then we will have one more person who is suffering, that's all! It is not going to help

in any way. Only when you live enlightenment can you create peace.

So what do I mean by 'living enlightenment'?

Living Enlightenment means living a conflict-free life in your body, mind, and what you experience as the world. I did not use the word 'world'. No. I am using the words 'what you experience as the world'. That is the only possibility. Nothing else is possible. If this is done, then you are living enlightenment.

Usually, we all set impossible goals and try to achieve them. Then when we fail, we decide it is really impossible. And once we confirm it is impossible, we stop putting even the little effort that we were putting. After that all we do is blame the world, blame God and everybody. Our whole life ends in blaming others.

So first fix a practical goal. Realize what is possible and work towards it. When you know that something is possible and start working towards it, even small victories that you achieve will bring tremendous encouragement. They will give you tremendous courage and confidence. You will then start steadily moving towards deeper truths. You will start to achieve and live what I call 'living enlightenment'.