TOLERANCE: THE PRICE OF PEACE

Tolerance!! Its Significance Today ~ 103 ~ Peace requires us to foster a culture of tolerance, for intolerance can lead only to war. In the present world the root cause of most of our problems is traceable to our deviation from the peaceful model of nature—the best model for us to follow. All the dilemmas we are facing today arise because we have not followed nature’s lead. The stars and planets are in continual motion in their orbits, but they never collide with one another. This serves to show man how to proceed to his destination in life without coming into conflict with others. The sun too is an excellent model. It shows us how we should give life to others in a totally undiscriminating way. The tree is also a shining example to man, in supplying healthy and beneficial oxygen in exchange for harmful gas, that is, carbon dioxide. And just look at how the flowers Human beings should follow the example of the stars and planets which remain in continual motion in their orbits, without ever colliding with one another.