[Sri Ramakrishna] Unfolding events.....

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" War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our

everyday life, is it not? War is merely an outward

expression of our inward state, an enlargement of our

daily action. It is more spectacular, more bloody,

more destructive, but it is the collective result of

our individual activities. Therefore, you and I are

responsible for war and what can we do to stop it?

Obviously the ever-impending war cannot be stopped by

you and me, because it is already in movement; it is

already taking place, though at present chiefly on the

psychological level. As it is already in movement, it

cannot be stopped - the issues are too many, too

great, and are already committed. But you and I,

seeing that the house is on fire, can understand the

causes of that fire, can go away from it and build in

a new place with different materials that are not

combustible, that will not produce other wars. That is

all that we can do. You and I can see what creates

wars, and if we are interested in stopping wars, then

we can begin to transform ourselves, who are the

causes of war.

 

To put an end to outward war, you must begin to put an

end to war in yourself. Some of you will nod your

heads and say, " I agree " , and go outside and do

exactly the same as you have been doing for the last

ten or twenty years. Your agreement is merely verbal

and has no significance, for the world's miseries and

wars are not going to be stopped by your casual

assent. They will be stopped only when you realize the

danger, when you realize your responsibility, when you

do not leave it to somebody else. If you realize the

suffering, if you see the urgency of immediate action

and do not postpone, then you will transform yourself;

peace will come only when you yourself are peaceful,

when you yourself are at peace with your neighbour. "

 

- Jiddu Krishnamurthy.

 

 

 

 

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