TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE
PEACE IS POSSIBLE, BUT ONLY
THROUGH THE RIGHT WAY
IF your house is on fire, you will immediately get into action to try to put out the flames. Now, there are two ways of doing this. The first way is to act according to the principles that the Creator of this universe has set for dousing a fire. The other way is that, overwhelmed by emotions, you try out some other method, a method of your own making.
You are free to choose either of these two methods. But the results of the two are not the same. God has set pouring water as the method for putting out a fire. You cannot extinguish a fire by pouring fuel on it. If you do that, it will only add to the fire.
If God has established pragmatism as the solution to worldly problems, you cannot get what you want through emotionalism.
The same holds true for other challenges in life. If God has made patience the secret of success in this world of His, you cannot attain success through impatience. If God has made positive action the means to arrive at a particular result, you cannot hope to get there through fiery speeches, angry rhetoric and inflammatory statements. If God has established pragmatism as the solution to worldly problems, you cannot get what you want through emotionalism. If God has placed the secret of reform and progress in the silent transformation of individuals, you cannot hope to progress by stirring up agitation and strife. If God wants us to get ahead in life by acknowledging our mistakes, you cannot advance by trying to prove others to be criminals and yourself to be faultless. If God has established a rule that if you want to pluck a rose, you can do so only if you steer clear of the thorns, you won’t be able to obtain the rose if you start fighting against each thorn that you come across.
If God has made patience the secret of success in this world of His, you cannot attain success through impatience.
This world is a place for us to be tested. This is why every human being has been given the gift of free will. But this freedom is of action alone, and not that of obtaining results or the fruits of our actions. Undoubtedly, we are free to do whatever we like to, but we have not been given the power to acquire the results that we seek. One is free to choose whether to dive into the sea or not, but the one who does not know how to swim, does not have the power to stop himself from drowning. One should remember that this world is merciless when it comes to accepting useless excuses, no matter how beautifully one might seek to embellish them.
The fact of the matter is that we do not live in a world of our own making. Instead, this world has been made by God. We can obtain what we seek only if we live in accordance with the principles that God has put into place that govern the universe. If we deviate from these principles, we cannot get anything positive at all. The devastating results of the merciless violence engaged in by terrorists is ample proof of this fact.
When you make a mistake, do not take it as
a negative experience. Take it rather as a
process of nature. Nature wants to activate
your thinking, so that your state of mind,
if formerly uncreative, is now blessed with
creativity. In all human progress, it is this
process that is the most effective.