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Namah War and Peace

and its goal, a reference to a common central we should strive to create individuals and a
a
point out of which everything has emerged, society that is predominantly sattvic. This is
an awareness of a common origin for all of possible only through a universal education
us regardless of differentiations, a growing and not just literacy. By this we mean bringing
consciousness that we are all interconnected out the best within us and to teach and train
in such a way that to threaten others is in the individual to put it to noble use.
the end risking our own existence whereas
growing together and mutually helping each Along with education there should be growth
other is, in the end helping ourselves. of culture, an increasing refinement of nature
through high idealism, noble aspirations,
Nature abounds in examples of the latter beautiful feelings, a soul-centred life rather
and even predatory animals soon learn that than a life centred around pleasures of the
they must let the world around them thrive if flesh and the comforts of life. Even if a good
they themselves have to survive. But in man, number of people could thus be converted,
we see the emergence of greed that distorts it would have a great effect upon earth. This
this simple truth. We mistake affirming and too, we see was attempted in ancient India
safeguarding our individuality, which we through a vigorous Aryan culture, which was
should for the sake of differentiation, and the a noble way of life based on dharma (the law of
egoistic assertion of our individuality on all Truth as it manifests in different individuals
others to the extent of swallowing them. When and the epoch of time).
a human cell works well in harmony with
all others, drawing the amount of nutrition
it needs and doing what it must, then the
body stays in harmony and health. But when
one group of cells begin to multiply to the
exclusion of others then there is a dangerous
precarious situation for the body.

The last is to use the warring instincts
themselves to help our conscious evolution.
This method was tried in ancient Indian
society by first turning the warring
instincts into the cult of the Kssatriya,
the Samurai, the Knights who were meant
to protect the society against forces of
The second thing we must therefore discover evil and downward gravitation. Lived
is the principle of Harmony within us. If we this way, these men became prepared
take the Indian yogic idea of the three gunnas for turning this warring instinct within
or modes of nature, tamas or inertia, rajas or oneself in the conquest of greed and lust
kinesis, sattva or harmony and equilibrium and fear and ambition for a greater inner

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