The trend today is definitely tending towards the cessation of war and conflict. It may not seem so, though, with the many warring factions rising up in the Middle East and in other parts of the globe.
It is said that the modern world is ‘impulsed by a weariness of fighting, by a changing rating as to the values in human accomplishment, and by a recognition that true greatness is not expressed through such activities as those of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon or Hitler, but by those who see life, humanity and the world as one united whole, interrelated, cooperative and harmonised. Those who struggle for this world unity, and who educate the race in the Principles of Harmony and of right human relations will someday be recognised as our true heroes.’
I read in an article recently of an interview that took place some years ago, in which a disarmament expert at the United Nations was asked what she thought would most promote peace in the world. Her response was:
“I believe that if all the leaders of the world were to withdraw from public life and devote perhaps three days and three sleepless nights to asking what the world really needed, the answer would come to them and they would act”.
I believe she’s right. We need to stand back daily into a place of stillness within ourselves and to reflect quietly and sanely on what is truly required, not only in regard to our own little circles but to the world at large. In the simple act of quiet reflection we learn to transcend those elements of violence and ignorance within ourselves, and in the deeper insight learn to become true warriors of harmony. In doing so, we begin to effect those necessary changes in ourselves, in our environment and in the global community. The collective habit of quiet reflection activates the one voice within and imbues us with the quality of harmlessness which is so necessary for right action. It is this energy of harmlessness which radiates unseen into a collective harmony within the global situation at large.
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