Do you want world peace?  Really, do you?  How would we go about finding world peace when it is hard to find peace within our own soul?

As, we come to a close on the review of the book, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes by Glenn Clark, I want to explore Mr. Clark’s thoughts on world peace.

To attain world peace, we must attain peace within our own soul’s inner spirit.  This has to happen before we can attain harmony as a nation, then as a world.  Changing individual lives is the first step in attaining world peace.  It is true that change starts with just one individual.

The second step is the hardest in that it involves addressing the greed that is involved in economic, educational and religious cooperation.  The world monetary system will have to be eliminated as well.  Sounds like ‘Star Trek’  doesn’t it?

Third, are we willing to move forward to make sure that everyone’s needs are met?  Are we as individuals willing to pool our resources and power to make this happen?

The fourth consideration is, are we willing to give the peace away?  Are we willing to put peace ahead of our emphasis on materialistic greed?

In 1993 there was an experiment conducted in Washington, D.C. on just this concept.  There were several thousand people who came together to pray/meditate on peace.  This was a carefully controlled scientific demonstration carried out between June 7 and July 30, 1993.  A week or so after the start of the study, violent crime (HRA crime: Homicides, rapes and aggravated assaults, measured by FBI Uniform Crime Statistics) began decreasing and continued to drop until the end of the experiment.  In the end, the crime rate in Washington, D.C. was reduced by 23.3%.

Today, there are several groups of people who are joining together in meditation/prayer focusing on world peace.  These groups of people are located all over the world and their efforts are coordinated to meditate at the same time across all time zones.  Isn’t it interesting how world affairs are changed when people come together in unity to promote peace for all.

Prayer

I call on the Angel of Peace to help me be an army of one to bring forth peace within myself and this world.  I ask that my army of one, grows to an army of billions to bring peace into this world.  As, the song says, “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me…”