Ramana Maharshi says to bring peace in this world we should be free from thoughts

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Q: There are widespread disasters spreading havoc in the world, for example famine and pestilence. What is the cause of this state of affairs?A: To whom does all this appear?Q: That won't do. I see misery everywhere.

A: You were not aware of the world and its sufferings in your sleep but you are conscious of them now in your waking state. Continue in that state in which you were not afflicted by them. That is to say, when you are not aware of the world, its sufferings do not affect you. When you remain as the Self, as in sleep, the world and its sufferings will not affect you. Therefore look within. See the Self ! Then there will be an end of the world and its miseries.

Q: But that is selfishness.A: The world is not external. Because you identify yourself wrongly with the body you see the world outside, and its pain becomes apparent to you. But they are not real. Seek the reality and get rid of this unreal feeling.

Q: What is the best way to work for world peace?A: What is the world? What is peace, and who is the worker? The world is not in your sleep and forms a projection of your mind in your jagrat [waking state]. It is therefore an idea and nothing else. Peace is absence of disturbance. The disturbance is due to the arising of thoughts in the individual, which is only the ego rising up from pure consciousness.

To bring about peace means to be free from thoughts and to abide as pure consciousness. If one remains at peace oneself, there is only peace everywhere.Source: Be as you are – The teachings of sri Ramana Maharishi Book

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