Build a Culture of Peace

“If we do not focus on individual transformation, the anger that resides in individuals can only be restrained and contained, and it will explode in so many ways.”It is important to realize that peace is not the goal of life but the very foundation of life and peaceful individuals are the building blocks of a peaceful world.”

—Sadhguru

September 21 will be celebrated as the International Day of Peace. World peace, however, seems to be a very distant possibility when bodies of children wash up on merciless shores, because the innocent are being massacred by “soldiers of god.”

So, can peaceful co-existence ever become reality? Yes, it can, if we can create peaceful individuals. We need a culture of peace in our day-to-day life. Nothing much is being done about how human beings can maintain their bodies, minds, emotions and the very energy within, in a certain state of peacefulness. It is important to realize that peace is not the goal of life but the very foundation of life and peaceful individuals are the building blocks of a peaceful world.

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