Just 3 Steps To World Peace

Universal Harmony is a beautiful term with a soothing feel and cherishing fancy. But, the feel is sheer fancy for man so far. Yet, I dare dream about a world where we all live in peace and joy. To realise this dream, it takes only a few moments: the moment we understand everyone is equal, the moment we decide to love one another, the moment we reject boundaries of all kinds, the moment we embrace universal fraternity, the moment we respect human dignity and so on. Any one of such genuine moments, I would call, as the magical moment of lightning spark that a human beast is actually upgraded to become a human being and auto promoted to be a real member of the civilized human community in all sense. And, the universal collective of such magical moments is the momentum of our moves to World Peace.

That ideal state of global solidarity is actually just three steps away if we are willing to take ours. Each of those steps are powerful enough to crush down the stumbling blocks on its way. We are not alone in this march. There are open-minded people who have already traveled and who are on their travels as models and examples for us enroute our journey to cosmic human fraternity. Those minorities are still overshadowed by the narrow-minded majorities with pseudo nationalism, vested political interests, irrational religious orthodoxies, selfish financial motives, pessimistic worldviews, opportunistic ideologies etc. But, it's auspicious to see the number day by day increasing in that minority amidst the majority intensifying their counter tactics all the more.

Scientific temper and rational behaviour are the catalysts to transform any wicked mind to a virtuous soul. A fantastic family atmosphere and an enlightened education system can instil such superior traits in almost every individual in our society. Most of today's youngsters miss those two opportunities due to our fast and furious pace of living. We need a slowdown in our life to think and feel our living instead of getting in a race of chasing mirages. Hence, your family background and your educational upbringing are more crucial in the making of your mindset than other influences like society and media you are exposed to. If you are born and brought up in such a familial environment and educational base, you are lucky and already an advocate of universal harmony by despising all the boundaries of caste, colour, creed, class and community.

Now, let me speak for others who still keep any kind of reservations about other fellow beings living in any part of this world. Shed your scales of noxious beliefs, degenerative ideas, dangerous practices that cause or spread divisions and dissonances among us. Here are three simple yet profound steps you can take to advocate world peace.

No 1. Mutual Understanding

Try to understand yourself and others realistically and to look at life and time rationally. Understand that human beings are one and the same in their constituents, formation, potential and destiny with mild differences and distinctions only to assume individuality in order to make our life and world more useful and beautiful. And so, any act against any member of the human family must be recognised and considered as against ourselves. Bid bye to religious and national divisions of humanity plus bid bye to racial and status differentiations of mankind. Blood, bone and brain of every man is made up of the same matter for the same purpose of living and survival. But being intelligent, make it intelligent too. Thinking differences and making divisions among us on various filthy grounds are foolish and idiotic as if not endowed with the faculties of reason and understanding.

No 2. Mutual Respect

This step is the consequent natural progression from the well maintained previous step. A clear understanding about life and its course will intelligently push us forward to live with due respect to everyone and everything around us. If you deserve and expect to be respected, it must be the same treatment that you do for the other in the same form and fashion of yours, that's it. This is the wise condition of human coexistence. So, settle with your differences about others and start respecting them. It's a win-win game of love and peace.

No 3. Mutual Support

Mutual support derives from mutual respect. Our strong conviction that our existence is co-existence, is the cornerstone of our contributions to create a better world than now. We need to broaden our minds to accommodate everyone and everything in this world for our mutual survival ahead. Chiseling out the amounts of selfishness is super important here to take the solid step of mutual support to world peace. Selfishly motivated wars and mediations along with parochially driven policies and proposals are against universal harmony and human coexistence. Care for nature is also a cardinal concern for those who worry about the displacement of humanity from the face of existence. Thus, the Vista of mutual support is far wider than we think about it for just amongst us.

Let me be a little harsh with some criticisms in this conclusion. Yes, I have my observation that every religious believer is more or less a fanatic with more or less intolerance to other faiths and followers. And, even it's true to an atheist also who is intolerant to all other believers, but boasts of his position as something ideal for all. There is still a better position for us: Neither believing nor not believing in theism or atheism, huh! This is the case with all those so called and well praised nationalists and ideologists of any sort. Again, racists and casteists pose a serious threat to global harmony. Whatever they all may be, our ultimate concern is peaceful living. Be open to what is good for all, though that's almost an ideal or impossible state of being. At least let us go, not harming anybody. Be willing to correct and change based on our refreshed knowledge and understanding about our life and time. Thus, let us bear the torch of human solidity for universal harmony; and, let all have our light on them to see everything as they actually are.