CR 923: The True Meaning of Peace

Contact Report 923: The True Meaning of Peace

Yes, then: I understand peace to mean much more than that there is no war and a certain stable freedom from war and generally no war violence, because real peace is based on many other values. Peace can only be complete if, among other positive values, there is also absolutely no violence as far as possible, but rather a completely stable absence of violence. If the concept of peace is understood correctly, then it is a concept with very sharp boundaries that must never be exceeded, because in true peace there must never be even an iota of violence and therefore also no ‘climate of suppressed violence’. True peace is a state of absolute non-violence and thinking and living in the wise way in this regard, and this is also true for every human being and in every society. Peace is also the relationship between the observance of justice and the effective reality of truth. Peace is given in a close causal relationship of neutral perception and judgement from a personal point of view, with regard to justice and truth in personal neutral thinking and acting. The realisation of real justice, truth and absolute equality of all human beings, also in their absolutely personal understanding and action in this respect, is a necessary precondition for the realisation of stable peace in human beings themselves. And only when this is effectively given can true personal peace arise and also be carried forward, whereby social justice and real truth also arise and every injustice is dealt with and peace can arise from this. If human beings, or even a small or large society, really find peace in this way, then we can already speak of peace to a large extent. Although this can claim some plausibility, it is ultimately not enough to call this real peace. For firstly, in addition to justice and truth, there are many othe