When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace
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Posted by: 13 ® 09/15/2016, 00:41:18 Author Profile Edit Alert Forum Admin Post Reply

'When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace' This is Rawat's key contention. On this basis, he gets to speak to 'partner' with the United Nations for the International Day of Peace. (I know the feeling - whenever I'm not invited to an event, I partner it instead...??). Anyway, aside from the weasely wording about the status of Rawat's involvement in the big day, doesn't anyone question the validity of his big concept?  Sure, if everyone was meditating at the same moment, it would be hard to get into a fight, but in the real world there is competition between people for land, food, water, wealth. No-one knows the exact nature of the world and everyone has a different opinion, and some of those opinions are miles apart and sometimes diametrically opposed. 1% of the population is a beguiling lying scheming psychopath (or something) and 1% own 50% of the global wealth (or something). Some people fly around in private jets all at peace with themselves (haha) while others scrabble to get the bus fare to find work. Some countries are green and lush and have coal and oil and seashores and we've built great cities in them, and in some countries, all is built on sand, because that's all there is. Isn't fighting and war inevitable, built in? I'd suggest all of history as evidence, but Steven Pinker has a new book, 'The Better Angels of our Nature' apparently documenting the decline of violence worldwide. I haven't read it yet - 1000 pages of small type - but my wife has read chapter one and I'm awaiting the summary. I guess if we were all really sensible, limited the number of kids we had, limited our consumption of resources, and totally accepted some over-arching benevolent world government, life might be lovelier than it sounds. But what are the chances of that? I know several people I judge to be not very sensible (most days, I'd include myself in this group) - what's to be done with them? Steven Pinker might be worth a read, or at least, a read of the reviews on Amazon, but I'm pretty confident there isn't going to be a chapter on Rawat's influence on world peace. Isn't what Rawat says these days as nuts as when he was the Lord of the Universe? (Just checked Amazon reviews, and the book isn't new. 2012. Admitting to this error proves I do fact checking occasionally though, or something). Related link: Prem Rawat Foundation to Participate in U.N. International Day of Peace Modified by 13 at Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 00:47:25

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Yeah ..., --- Susan ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 01:37:57 ) ( 498 bytes ) That is the classic logical fallacy of equivocation --- aunt bea ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 01:41:23 ) ( 1382 bytes ) +4 Oh, link thing didn't work. Here it is as text --- aunt bea ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 01:42:07 ) ( 65 bytes ) Coming around full circle --- aunt bea ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 01:56:07 ) ( 326 bytes ) +1 applause for that observation --- Susan ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 10:59:38 ) ( 33 bytes ) +1 More on that --- Susan ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 11:18:14 ) ( 1607 bytes ) Re: That is the classic logical fallacy of equivocation --- toby ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 06:13:58 ) ( 401 bytes ) Re: That is the classic logical fallacy of equivocation --- 13 ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 14:20:41 ) ( 744 bytes ) Re: When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace --- Steve ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 10:29:18 ) ( 1257 bytes ) +1 It's a lobotomy for me then --- 13 ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 03:32:45 ) ( 80 bytes ) +1 Re: It's a lobotomy for me then --- Steve ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 09:06:01 ) ( 171 bytes ) +2 Re: It's a lobotomy for me then --- 13 ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 10:31:17 ) ( 206 bytes ) Steve --- lesley ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 15:28:15 ) ( 440 bytes ) inner peace --- lesley ( Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 14:27:02 ) ( 650 bytes ) +1 Re: inner peace --- SuzyQ ( Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 20:06:03 ) ( 1624 bytes ) +1 Re: bamboozled by inner peace --- lesley ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 09:08:17 ) ( 1043 bytes ) img Re: When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace --- lakeshore ( Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 04:24:37 ) ( 2905 bytes ) +2 Re: When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace --- lesley ( Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 20:16:14 ) ( 3265 bytes ) file img Re: When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace --- 13 ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 00:52:48 ) ( 91 bytes ) ...his big concept... --- PatD ( Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 23:01:03 ) ( 3073 bytes ) img +2 Re: ...his big concept... --- 13 ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 00:49:18 ) ( 1549 bytes ) +1 Re: ...his big concept... --- PatD ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 12:26:58 ) ( 718 bytes ) Rawat telling people to just breathe doesn't really cut it. Really? --- Steve ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 09:23:22 ) ( 636 bytes ) +2 Re: Rawat telling people to just breathe doesn't really cut it. Really? --- PatD ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 12:05:05 ) ( 163 bytes ) +1 John Gray on Stephen Pinker's book --- 13 ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 14:40:23 ) ( 1103 bytes ) Re: Rawat telling people to just breathe doesn't really cut it. Really? --- philareflection ( Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 12:21:58 ) ( 482 bytes )