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THOUGHTS ON WORLD PEACE
by Edgar Mitchell

World peace is an idea simple in principle

but difficult to achieve in practice because,

as individual members of our species,

we have not found peace within ourselves.

Societies cannot be peaceful societies until

the members of the society look peacefully

toward each other. But, it is impossible to

look peacefully toward each other under

constant threat for one’s survival.

The quest for peace must be carried out on

many fronts, the most important of which is

for each of us to contribute our portion toward

an environment in which humans can labor

and enjoy the fruits of their labor without fear

that aggressive neighbors and oppressive

governments will confiscate their gain.

Commensurate with this freedom from fear

is the responsibility to respect the ecological

systems of the Earth, which gives us sustenance.

We must be able to seek communion with our

God without fear that individual beliefs will be

ridiculed or oppressed by others. Finally, the tide

of world events, over which individuals seemingly

have no control, cannot pose an irredeemable threat

to the safety and security of individuals.

While it is true that the world has become so

complex and so technologically oriented that

individuals no longer believe that they count nor

that they can do anything to effect world events,

it is precisely the opposite. For only when individuals

take total responsibility for their own lives, find within

themselves communion with the Creative Force and

live in peace with their neighbors and environment,

only then will forces be set in motion that will

eventually bring about world peace.

No power can create peace when humans have fear,

anger and hate in their hearts, however insignificant

those individual humans may think they are.

Love & Light,
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