The
problem of world peace has two main features, the problem of fear and the
problem of freedom. The main cause of the world’s unrest is fear; - how should
we go about banishing fear and what will we substitute for it?
There
are two weapons that banish fear; Brotherhood and Freedom. We banish fear by believing
in and practicing brotherhood, by having confidence in the good or higher part
that we must appeal. This higher part of man will ever respond to our thoughts
and actions of love and brotherhood if our thoughts and our appeal are sincere
and genuine.
The
idea of sharing of our benefits and our freedom is only bringing to be dimly
sensed by the peoples of the world; and so we have the first attempt to share
our knowledge and our resources on an international scale in the United Nations
and its agencies that are helping the backward countries.
We
are beginning to see that our progress, our security and our peace are bound up
with world-scrutiny, world-peace and world-progress. We are beginning to see
the idea of One world, and this is beginning to be accepted by most of the
peoples of the world. This idea of one world, of world-unity, is the idea of
the future. The time is ripe for world-unity, and when the time is ripe for a
world-idea, it is as impossible to stop it as it is to stop the tide. We see its
beginning and we see it gathering momentum from year to year, even from week to
week. The future belongs to the idea of Unity and Brotherhood, the essence of
which is sympathy, understanding and thoughts of kindness for others. When we
produce in our hearts and minds purity, peace and love, then we are practicing
brotherhood, and we discover a new and friendly world, a world without fear, a
world of peace, of sharing, and of love.
