Global Courant
What is peace? International organizations describe that it is not only the absence of conflicts. Living together in peace consists of accepting differences and having the ability to listen, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living peacefully and unitedly.
It is a positive, dynamic and participatory process in which dialogue must be promoted and conflicts resolved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.
But, inside it is defined by a feeling of calm in which we stop fighting negative thoughts.
perceive peace
Different thoughts about peace are found on world channels of well-known people. “I don’t know if what the human being perceives is happiness or inner peace, I would say that the “key” would be to be willing to lose and accept that I am going to lose things, that the world is not going to adapt to my mind but rather I have to adapt to the world,” says psychologist Walter Riso.
“Inner peace is when I understand that everything is transitory,” adds Riso. At that moment you recognize that it is time to move on.
“From my perspective, inner growth is about becoming more me because when I discover who I am, all things fit,” says Daniel Gabarró, teacher, educational psychologist, graduate in humanities, with a diploma in Business Management and Organization.
“If I focus on avoiding suffering it will be a disaster. I will move forward only when I dare to see the truth and seek to understand, if I suffer it is because I have not understood all things,” she adds.
Clarifies that inner work begins on a psychological level and there is also a spiritual part to work on.
The calm daily
This Sunday, September 24, Didi Hemlata Sanghi, from India and resident in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the Mexican Ernesto Castellanos will participate in an activity to talk about the purity of being at the Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University, which is located in Mixco.
Both have worked for the issue of peace in the world. Hemlata is a doctor by profession who has dedicated herself to the service of spirituality and Castellanos has a postgraduate degree in economics and international studies and has been serving the organization for more than 40 years.
Anne Bonin, director of Bramha Kumaris Gautemala together with Didi Hemlata Sanghi, from India and Ernesto Castellanos from Mexico, both promoters of the global institution. (Free Press Photo: Bramha Kumaris)
Hemlata remembers that when he came into contact with the organization he considered himself someone with a lack of peace, with many questions and had a lot of stress. When he entered to take the meditation course he had a feeling of calm, he did not know for sure what was happening because he did not understand feeling that way, he felt that it was too slow for his pace of life.
After a while he decided to dedicate himself to this rhythm of life that even helps him concentrate better on his daily activities. There were many challenges, not everything always went well, but he began to have less fear in his life.
When asked how to act in peace when there are such hard stories in our contexts, he explains that peace should not be from the outside in, but from the inside out. “Everyone wants peace so that the war ends, but peace must come from within,” she says.
“Other organizations and we are working on ourselves and we must recognize that we are a peaceful energy, if we start at least two percent of peace in ourselves, a percentage of the world will be peaceful,” he expresses.
“To live in peace, try not to depend on anyone and at the same time try to help others who do not depend on you. Help them by making them independent, free and responsible for their lives. In the same way, make sure that you do not cause grief to anyone, and that others are not a source of suffering for you.” Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University
“We as an organization get up every day at four in the morning and we are creating that atmosphere of peace for the entire world to, through meditation, create that peace for the world,” he adds.
Castellanos was considered to be part of the International Committee that presented the result of the initiative One Million Minutes of Peace for the World in 1986, representing Latin America, to the Secretary General of the United Nations. From then on, every third week of the month Brahma Kumaris are dedicated to meditating for peace.
“I see and visualize the leaders of the world to see that that soul can be better, there are things that we cannot stop and that we live every day…all of this brings discomfort and we live it in the streets, however, we can influence it in our internal sphere. positively,” adds Castellanos.
7 STEPS TO WORK THE INTERIOR
Psychopedagogue Daniel Gabarró offers a brief guide to working on a psychological and spiritual level. “Self-knowledge leads us to happiness and inner peace,” he says.
I realize something is not right. It is being aware of those things that are not right and can be improved. Here it is important to ask for help if you don’t know where to go.Self-observation. Seek the truth, take note of how you act in different situations. Embrace your flaws. It’s about not fighting them but rather forgiving and making peace with the flaws. “It’s like watching a scientist observing a virus and taking notes on each action,” explains the connoisseur. Let my dreams fall. It is important to have dreams, but not depend on them. I express my abilities. It’s about not fighting against myself and finding my abilities. Returning to the past to heal. It is important to remember that I have been wrong, but to see it from a perspective of love. Work in the spiritual area and that takes us to our essence.
How to start meditating?
Anne Bonin, director of the Brahma Kumaris Guatemala organization, explains that to meditate they do so with their eyes open so as not to be distracted by a void. They are aware of what they are thinking and lead the thoughts towards an experience.
It is important to concentrate your thoughts on peace and look inward and have the experience of being a being of peace. It is important to create that peace and maintain it at all times, especially when you have external experiences in traffic.
“Meditation is so simple that we do not believe it is meditation,” says Hamlata, who invites us to sit quietly and think that we are souls sitting in the center of the forehead.
“In the daily process of life, every hour we take a break from our thoughts to analyze them…when I am in a meeting I sometimes stop the group to observe if we are managing to do what we want to achieve,” Castellanos concludes. He defines it as the control of the traffic of thoughts.
A day of peace
The United Nations website explains that every year, the International Day of Peace is celebrated around the world on September 21. The United Nations General Assembly has declared this a day dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace, through respect for 24 hours of non-violence and ceasefire. Our world needs peace more than ever.
This year the theme is “Actions for peace: our ambition for the #GlobalGoals”. This is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to promote peace. Promoting peace contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and achieving these goals will create a culture of peace for all.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has declared that “peace is more necessary than ever. War and conflict are causing devastation, poverty and hunger and displacing tens of millions of people from their homes. Climate chaos affects the entire planet and even countries where peace reigns are shaken by enormous inequalities and political polarization.”
