Finding peace?

[Just_me_Mike]

For the world to become a better place, a place of peace, there must be some sort of consensus among the people about what is right and what is wrong.

Who determines that? Who do we look to or follow that knows how to bridge that gap that prevent this sort of thing from happening?

When asked whom should I follow in life, many will say be yourself, follow your own heart. If everyone subscribed to this, how could we ever hope of the consensus needed to determine what is right and wrong for our future world of peace?

If I want to follow a cult leader, or Zen monk, or a particular teacher, then I lose my individuality.

How is it possible to have a world of 7 billion people, live in harmony yet allow everyone to keep their individuality?

 

[Arav]

For the world to become a better place, a place of peace, there must be some sort of consensus among the people about what is right and what is wrong.

Eliminate Both?

When asked whom should I follow in life, many will say be yourself, follow your own heart. If everyone subscribed to this, how could we ever hope of the consensus needed to determine what is right and wrong for our future world of peace?

The people who say "be yourself" are right. Be yourself and all peace will prevail.

If I want to follow a cult leader, or Zen monk, or a particular teacher, then I lose my individuality.

Stop holding on to your individuality.

How is it possible to have a world of 7 billion people, live in harmony yet allow everyone to keep their individuality?

Stop worrying about the world, fix your own problems and then worry about the worlds. The interesting thing is that when you fix your own, you will see that there were never any problems in the first place.

 

[Thief]

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

 

[ChristineES]

How can there be peace? We could make everyone with the same skin tone, the same faith (or no faith), the same looks, the same personality, and I think people would still find something to fight about. Humans seem to be naturally violent.

 

[ChristineES]

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

That could work. Maybe someday our world will be idealized.

 

[Nerthus]

If I want to follow a cult leader, or Zen monk, or a particular teacher, then I lose my individuality.

No matter what you do in life, you will have many others doing/ believing the same thing. Having faith in something won't affect you're individuality, you still get to be you.

People try and be different eg through their clothes - when millions of others around the world are dressing exactly the same, for the same reasons.

 

[Cordoba]

For the world to become a better place, a place of peace, there must be some sort of consensus among the people about what is right and what is wrong.

Who determines that? Who do we look to or follow that knows how to bridge that gap that prevent this sort of thing from happening? ...

How is it possible to have a world of 7 billion people, live in harmony yet allow everyone to keep their individuality?

International Law is the answer, as it gives clear definitions on what is right and what is wrong in relations between nations, and how to maintain peace in the world

International law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Applying International Law equally between all countries, big and small, rich and poor, is the other half of the answer

No Double Standards

 

[Conceivia]

For the world to become a better place, a place of peace, there must be some sort of consensus among the people about what is right and what is wrong.

Who determines that? Who do we look to or follow that knows how to bridge that gap that prevent this sort of thing from happening?

When asked whom should I follow in life, many will say be yourself, follow your own heart. If everyone subscribed to this, how could we ever hope of the consensus needed to determine what is right and wrong for our future world of peace?

If I want to follow a cult leader, or Zen monk, or a particular teacher, then I lose my individuality.

How is it possible to have a world of 7 billion people, live in harmony yet allow everyone to keep their individuality?

Actually, individuality is a key component to World Peace. You do not loose it, you gain it. War is more from lose of individuality, people doing what they are told to do, not following their own hearts and minds.

You do not loose your individuality when you accept that you are a human being. When you accept you are one with humanity, you do not loose yourself, rather you gain yourself. You do not become truly free, until you become one with humanity.

People hate Islam, because they are told to hate Islam. People are divided into groups, by those seeking power, who then cause those groups to make war with each other so they can get more power.The power they get from the people, who loose their power.

People give away all their power, until eventually they have no choice but to fight to get back enough power to survive.

World Peace is about making a system that will enable everyone on Earth to have plenty to eat and plenty of freedom. World Peace is about ending poverty.

Tony

 

[psychoslice]

The world is what you make it, just don't take sides, good and bad are the same coin, just don't cling to one or the other for there will then be suffering.