IGNITING THE LIGHT OF HUMAN GOODNESS FOR GLOBAL PEACE

"The root of war is a deficit of love."

- MAUREEN GOODMAN

The need for the practice of non-violence could not be greater than it is today. Non-violence is not about the absence of violence, it is about igniting the inherent love within us all. This love, that does not seek any reciprocation, that is totally altruistic, is what can become the healing force that the world needs. This is why igniting human goodness is essential for global peace. Human goodness seeks to love, to be kind and compassionate, to heal, to accept, to be just. Human goodness is the truth of who we are, and falsehood cannot stand in the face of truth. Human goodness is the original state of each and every human being. What is a human being? A life force that works through the physical form. You may use the term soul, being, consciousness for that life force. We generally derive our identity from our physical form, that is our body, the identity of our gender, our culture, our ethnicity, and as we grow up and progress, the aspects of identity increase - our profession, wealth, status in society, and so on. And with each identity I have a different set of responses, which then form my personality, and a different set of obligations which can become burdensome. There are problems with this identity; one is that it changes from time to time and so my personality also changes