THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE

THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE ~ 43 ~ THE SYSTEM OF CAUSE AND EFFECT Violence is, to put it differently, laying the blame for one’s own mistakes at the door of another. But this world is based on the principle of cause and effect, and when anyone suffers from some affliction, he should try to find the cause within himself, rather than attempt to find it elsewhere. As you sow, so shall you reap. When this reality of life takes root in the mind of a human being, he will never hold anyone else responsible for his own afflictions, and take to violence against them. No, indeed, he will analyse his own actions objectively to discover his own shortcomings and rectify his mistakes in order that he may be saved from being the victim of unnecessary suffering. Engaging in subversive activities against others, using one’s own woes as a pretext, is like a patient holding his neighbour responsible for his illness and starting a fight with him. In a city where the traffic has to keep to the right, anyone who thinks