And, How do you define Peace? Eh?
At some point in life, everyone desires and pursues peace in one way or another. Actually, everything a man ever does is directly or indirectly concerned with peace. It has many forms depending upon the dominant worldly or Other, desire.
In many cases, man arbitrarily assumes a particular thing to be a source of Peace, but ends up losing something much greater instead.
So, the first question arises.
What do you exactly mean by peace?
Freedom. Sounds easy enough? But it's not. It's not a material thing. To understand, one must have clear thoughts. Another question arises here.
How can one be free in this world?
Well, most of us can’t.
Even if one has everything this world has to offer, there is no guarantee, he would be at peace
You see, it has a direct relation to your thinking and emotions. For example, let's just say, there is a dude who is at peace. How do you imagine him to be? Wealthy? Healthy? In a happy relationship? Are dreams coming true? There is no actual limitation here. He can be anyone, anywhere doing anything and still be at peace
Let's break down on this dude. One thing. Contentment. In every aspect, there will be contentment to be found. It’s another way of describing inner peace. Material things become pointless automatically. This is the beauty of it.
Why did we go wrong?
Here comes the opposite of peace. Greed.
Some people pursue peace their entire life and fail to aquire it. This itself is greed
Greed is usually considered to be a curse for material things. But, it also exists for non-material things and the above-mentioned quote is the best example. Peace isn’t a material thing!
The quote from Helen Keller fits right here.
The best and the most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
How did we go wrong?
It's not that people are this stupid and can’t get this done! Well, here’s a shocking thing. Most people do realize where they are going wrong in this mess but are unable to cope with
Yes, you do wake up to a nightmare, one of your own making that slowly robs you of all sense of self.
Falling over n over n over again….
Anyway, back to the topic.
Reality Check and Depth of things;
Acquiring inner peace isn’t just a mere feat but quite the opposite. It is the mightiest achievement anyone can ever achieve in his entire lifetime.
The virtue of achievement is over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat
It is one hell of a task. To know thyself, especially in today’s era, is not so easy. Deceptive as we are, unknowingly greedy and getting lost from the ever so-linear path..
Most of us, when lost in the pursuit of peace, fail to say this ;
It was bound to happen, it was stupid of me to play along. I am just done, let time has its way
Stupid to play along, no doubt. The choices we make, are scars but only those who take pride in their scars are truly victorious.
With all that I have said above, readers are surely confused, most of them, I am sure.
Is it possible to attain Peace?
The world is short of what we like to call peace. The only place, one can find it is in oneself. Nothing or no one will hand it out to you like a salary or a reward just because you deserve it.
Conclusion
The world isn’t fair.
Well, it may have escaped your notice but, life isn’t fair
Peace, contentment, freedom, and the feeling that we call happiness is not to be found in the world and its worldly things.
No matter who we are, we do not really know what kind of man we will become, till the very end.
