In defence of my teenage self - I still accept the premise - if people were at peace within the world would be too. of course we would still be battling with mosquitoes and fights between people would still occur. but not the hell on wheels we get now.
I don't mean meditating tho which seems to be more about calming the mind than anything else. I mean real peace, the real feeling.
It really was a bait and switch - .."I will give you such a peace as will never die" turned out to be 4 hindu yoga meditation techniques delivered by one of his guilt-tripping eye-poking mahatmas.