Global Peace
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In Western countries, when a group disagrees with a war going on in the world, it gathers in the streets and starts demonstrating resistance. Then the demonstration ends up in violence and ravage. Why is this so? Even non-violent organizations are using violent words and actions to spread their opinions.
Real non-violence, ahimsa, as we call it in Sanskrit, starts within oneself. Violence drops naturally from a man who is in tune with himself. He has consciously stopped harming himself - adding positive peace to the world by cultivating peace within him.
An interesting series of experiments has been conducted in Washington, USA:
A group of people was asked to meditate together. The crime rate in the city was tracked before, during and after the meditation. Surprisingly, during the time people were meditating, the crime rate was found to drop!
This series of experiments and many others conducted in universities as well as various cities around the world excludes the possibility of the positive effect of meditation being just a coincidence.
We are all connected to each other not only socially; we are all part of the Whole also, we are a collective consciousness.
We are not individual islands as we think. Our thoughts, our emotions, our feelings affect ourselves and the rest of the world. When all of us feel and radiate peace, global peace happens beautifully. Similarly, when one individual starts transforming himself, he opens up the possibility for the transformation to happen in others as well!
This is the message that enlightened masters have given us time and again.
As you come closer and closer to your center, all the great truths delivered by the masters will be revealed to you. A small story:
A fox was feeling very thirsty. Troubled by thirst he ran towards a river and started drinking water as soon as he reached the riverside.

A fish observing the desperation of the fox to drink water asked, ‘Why do you enjoy the water so much? I do not enjoy water that much.’