TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE — Manifesto of Peace

Peace—A Complete Code of Conduct Both violence and peace have wide connotations. Violence includes everything from hatred to war while peace spreads across the range from tolerance to love. Violence, war and peace are both the results of human thinking. Those who engage in violent activities are the worst of humanity, while those who opt for peaceful behaviour are the best. Peace means normalcy, and normalcy provides opportunities that favour the growth of a healthy environment. A natural condition should prevail, where people can live and work without any hindrance. Violence closes the doors to positive activities, peace opens the doors to healthy activities, creating an atmosphere of positive living for the individual, society and the nation at large. All achievements are possible in an environment of peace. If violent situations hamper opportunities, peace helps favourable situations to flourish, where man’s creative abilities can be nurtured and developed. While peace is a boon for human society, violence is a curse. Peace is an asset, and violence, a liability. Peace is love and violence is hatred. Peace is amity and violence is enmity. Peace brings people closer and violence distances them. Peace fosters a high level of human culture, whereas violence breeds a jungle culture. Peace elevates humanity to the level of civilized social existence, whereas violence causes a descent to barbarism. Peace promotes life, while violence is the harbinger of death and destruction. Peace highlights the good elements of a society, while violence does the very opposite. Jesus Christ said, “Love your enemy.” This means, live with your enemy peacefully, i.e. win over your enemy by using the power of peace. Human history testifies that peace affords everything, while violence yields nothing. Peace Turns Minus into Plus German psychologist, Alfred Adler, has said that humans alone possess the unique 'power to turn a minus into a plus’. What enables man to perform this extraordinary feat? The human brain is a treasure house of unlimited power. When man loses his peace of mind at a time of crisis, he loses the ability to use this powerful resource, i.e. his intelligence, in a positive way. Negative thinking is an obstacle to human development, while positive thinking Never lose your peace of mind even in moments of crisis. Respond positively, even in negative situations.