World peace is obtainable.
World peace isn’t something you get from changing the world around you. It’s something you get from changing the world within yourself. No matter what someone does to you, no matter situation you are in, you can still be peaceful. Someone insults you, still peaceful. Someone says something nice to you, still peaceful. Peace is stillness. Inner peace is the ability to no matter what happens, you can still remain in the state. This is simple, but it is not easy. It requires two things. Understanding and practice. The way you build this is the same way to build a muscle. To get stronger arms you have to know what movement to do, how to eat, and how to take care of your arm. But even with all the knowledge of these things, that alone will not build muscle. You have to do the movement. To build inner peace is no different. You can learn as much as you would like about peace. This will not give it to you. You have to practice bringing yourself back to that state. How do you do this? First you have to know what peace looks and feels like for you. To purposefully bring yourself to a state of being, you need to know what that state is like. When you are peaceful, don’t do anything. Just observe the moment, no matter what is happening. Don’t do anything, just be. Peace isn’t a destination you go to. It is the feeling of having arrived already. When you try to bring yourself to this state, things WILL stop you. This is normal and shouldn’t discourage you. It may be a loud sound, an email, you got hungry, whatever it is. Bring yourself back to that state. Any time you get distracted and pulled away from peace and you go back to it, this is like one rep. This is your exercise for peace. The reason why I didn’t give one specific method here is because no matter what tool you use, this is a reliable technique. You just have to keep building the muscle. day 1: you may only be peaceful for 1 minute day 14: maybe now you can be peaceful for 5 minutes day 100: maybe you can be peaceful for hours.