There are times in life when we come across certain things. That if one was to really try to explain it, it would be way too complicated. Incredibly complicated. Peace is also when it comes to theory a very complicated thing. This can be figured by pure deduction. That it took a lot to put man on the moon. It really did. There was a lot of technology involved. And sure enough, this is from behalf of humanity man was placed on the moon. But peace ‘still’ eludes the world. So its got to be really complicated. More complicated than going to the moon. So if it is that complicated Its figured its like riding a bike, its too complicated. The only thing you can do is to inspire people to find the way to feel that peace. And it begins with presenting the picture of possibility. Because to everyone there is a version of peace that applies to them. What is it? Well if you are a city dweller horns and everything going on all day long, parts of the night sirens blaring. Then on the weekend you go to that quiet little place and its pretty and there are no sirens then you say this is so ‘peaceful’. That is not peace, absence of sirens is not peace. Absence of taxicabs honking is not peace. Absence of screeching tyres is not peace. But getting away from that situation seems peaceful. So there are these individual variations that people have. That somebody have lost something really precious to them, and they are just going crazy thinking all the time. When you ask them what is your version of peace. They say if I would have found that thing I would have found myself in peace. Conflict and the resolution of conflict alone is not peace.
So what is real peace?
Real peace, that is common to every single human being on the face of this earth. There is a peace that has something to do with every individual. A peace which resides in the heart of every human being on the face of this earth. A peace that is not temporary or tied to politics. peace that is not in formulas of this world ought to be. Not somebody’s vision but rich or poor, good or bad, right or wrong, that peace resides in every person even in their darkest hour. That peace resides within that person even when that person is surrounded by an ocean, not a river not a lake but an ocean, of confusion and doubts. A peace that is more than the absence of anger. A peace that is presence of something beautiful and not an absence of anything. The thirst for peace is real in the heart of every being every century every civilisation.
We hear the word truth. Its and awe inspiring word truth.
Is the truth debatable?
Can somebody’s’ truth be something else for somebody else? Or a truth that is common to every single person on the face of this earth. And if there is such a truth then that is the
truth worth looking for. The truth that has survived the variations of thoughts in the society. The truth that Socrates said ‘Know-thy-self’. Which by the way we have debated for what that means, talked about that what could possibly mean, and even speculated on what possibly could Socrates was thinking about when he said ‘Know-thy-self’ but hardly we go on with the business of knowing ourselves. Too busy to exclude from that process where being says you know I feel that thirst in my life. And you know this thirst is something that I created and why should not look within me me for that solution that water for which I am thirsty for.
Because that is the good news which is the thirst is within you and the water to quench that thirst is also within you. The good news is that that which you were looking for is within you. And the means to get in touch with that thing is within you. That there is a reality that is so sweet, not buried in conflict and pain. Not buried in the doubts and the questions. But in fact dancing dancing dancing within every human being on the face of this earth. Because you exist. Because you are alive. But taking that moment and understanding the sweet reality of existence, taking that moment, and understanding ‘your’ thirst. Not the thirst you have been
taught. You go I have never been taught of thirst. Yes you have. Every time you see a window of a shop with a little sign saying, ‘you need this’. Every time you see a billboard ‘you need
this’. You need this and you need that and believe me I am not criticising believe me that is the way the world works.
The point of it is that I have identified not borrowed not taught not learnt but that I have always had. Always had. And people say well how come I am not aware of it? Because
we have become experts at hiding it. Turn the noise up this is our fix. If we hear a noise in the car that we do not like, not to worry, turn the stereo up. And the noise is gone. Today you should take on that thirst. Proposing her that sweetest thirst and propose here that it is the most wonderful thirst you ever had in your life. Its about the noblest of causes that a human being can ever have. And that one cause of all the things that we can do of all the things we
can achieve in our lives there is one more we can achieve. And to me I consider incredibly noble and it is to be fulfilled. To be fulfilled.
Lot of people say is not that very selfish?
Hey! A extinguished lamp can never light anything. Neither it can light the area around it, nor can it light another lamp. The prerequisite for that lamp to do any such thing is one. It needs to be lit. Light your lamp. Light it. People say but if I light my lamp it will go out. Look at the reality,Its’ gonna go out. But while you have the chance light it. Let there be that fulfilment in your life. Let there be that certainty in your life. Let there be clarity in your
life. Let there be answers in your life. Not just the questions but the answers. You exist. And because you exist you have the possibility of being fulfilled. Simple. Incredibly simple. And simply profound. This is what this existence is that this breadth comes and this breadth goes, and it comes again and it goes again. And I walk, my life, one step at a time.
A lot of people say tell me something that will give us peace.
What can we do to get this peace?
Aha! there is a problem we have here. Whenever you heard of something nice you had to go and get it. Now we got a problem, the thing I am talking about you already have. You already have inside of you. You do not have to go some were and get it. You already have it. Discover it. Do you know what it is like to discover. Look at this breadth, like you have never seen it like before. Look at this life, like you have never seen it before. Look at this existence, like you have never seen it like before. Look at peace, like you have never looked at it before. Look at this moment, this moment, like you have never seen it before. When you can have the camera of this heart to go click! That is what the heart can do it goes click! And capture it. And when you become so good at looking at that moment into that moment you captured the peace, captured the joy. I tell you you going to have quite a collection, for the rest of your life.
This is really so simple because it is about us we are the ones in this world that needs peace. We are the ones that will benefit from the peace the most. We are the ones who have taken
ourselves so far away from what used to be so simple. And we are the ones who need to come back home. Home needs to be where you are not the building with four walls and a roof and a particular number. Long time ago there was a home called you were constructed. You have got many addresses but there is one address missing, and this address is an address to you. To you. You have had many introductions and you know a lot of people. But there is one person who has not been introduced to you. And that is you to you. Because no one says let me introduce you to you. A lot of people go but that is insane! Think about it, when was the last time you were introduced to yourself to you. Because you look at this world and see a tree or a banana or see a mango and its a courtesy of you. If you were not there you could not see anything. You are the one who takes that nectarine and puts them in the mouth and goes hmmmmm! I have never seen a nectarine do that. Go into somebody’s mouth and do hmmmmm! No you do that because you have the power to appreciate. Use that. Use that power to appreciate. Put something worthy to appreciate in front of you. And appreciate. And I say to you that the most worthy thing to appreciate is this life itself. Everything else will
change because that is its nature.
To see your face you need a mirror. To see other’s face you do not need a mirror. To see what is inside of you, you also need a mirror. Mirror that will project that image like it is without changing it. It comes down to first of all turn the volume down. So you can hear what I am saying. Because most of it is few words and lot of lip movement. Turn the volume down then you will be able to hear actually what I am saying. Because what I am saying you already know. And you have always known You have known that peace resides inside of you. You always know that the answers you are searching for lies inside of you. You have known that. Listen, and listen from that earnest place because you are interested in fulfilment. Because you are interested in peace. Because you are interested that this life offers you. Because you are interested. Peace even in the middle of turmoil the peace exists. And there is the tranquillity inside that is when peace begins. For you you you and me. Peace is in here in my heart. And that is the possibility.
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