“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”- Dalai Lama XIV (Buddhism)
So there are so many quotes about
peace. So many people’s explanation and analysis about peace. And I choose this
one because that’s what i think about peace.
There are so many quotes that
state peace is all about lack of war, lack of fighting, racism, discrimination,
etc. and everyone loved each other. I think this peace will never achieved, I think
that is too much and nearly impossible to stop someone from hating.
Why? Because basically, humans
are an aggressive creature that love violence. People want to be respected,
they want power, they want to be loved. And humans are born to love and hate. Humans
have mood. Humans have anger. AND humans born with a various character.
Now imagine, if there is someone
who want to be respected first, he doesn’t want to respect anyone before they
respect him, and of course many people will hate him, and others will let him be like that because it seems “normal”, or maybe there are some people that agree
with his attitude, we may never know. Then people will start argue about this,
and then they will hate each other too.
Now imagine if he meet someone
like him, they both want to be respected first, and they’ll end up hating each
other. And now imagine, there are 7 billion people in this earth, many of them
could be this selfish guy. And boom! There will be a lot of hate all around the
world.
This is only one case, there are
so many other cases that will cause people hate each others such as racism,
religion, or maybe arguing about which is the best pets : Cats or dogs. Believe
me, I’ve seen someone fighting over that silly thing. I mean, really? How can
we love each others if we fight over that kind of thing?
Oh well, I’ve been talking about
hate like I don’t believe in peace. Well I do, I want peace. But I think
forcing people to make peace is not the right way. Because I think that is the
problem!!
Many people think that peace is
something that people can give to others. They demand peace from government or
from others people. People want peace like they want respect. They ask for
peace while doing some violence.
Peace is a condition! Peace is a state of
mind! Peace is how your heart and brain feel. Peace is :
“freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility” –oxford dictionary.
We make peace from ourselves, we
make it for ourselves. Peace is achieved, not given. And peace can achieved by
understanding.
SO, if a people try to
understanding themselves, he will achieve his own peace. Then he can start to
understand the others, and letting the others to understand themselves. That is
peace. It’s our feeling, we make it ourselves, not asking the others.
So the conclusion from my
analysis is, we will never achieve world peace or something like that, because
there are so many people with so many character and point of view over
everything. But, we can make a peace for ourselves, by understanding ourselves
and others.
"Peace cannot be kept by force - it can only be achieved by understanding"- Albert Einstein
