22/01/2026
Yoga and World Peace !
Yoga may become the source or the basis of individual peace; but how can it contribute to world peace? What is the cause of the lack of peace in this world? What is the cause of war? Where does war start? Where does war commence? I would like to invite your serious attention and serious reflection upon this truth. All outer conditions of the human world have their origin in the human mind and heart. If the heart is filled with love, it expresses in loving actions and loving relationship upon the outerside.
If the mind harbours noble thoughts, good thoughts, thoughts of goodwill, affection, oneness, friendship, the desire to help, the spirit of service, selflessness, then the human being expresses himself or herself in terms of these. Whatever you think, the source of all human conduct is, thought first, and the feeling in the heart and all conditions and states that prevail in human society are the result of this inner state of human mind and human heart. So, it is not only as a person thinketh so that person becometh. It is also what you think and feel, you act, and the sum totality of such human activity, which is rooted in human thought and feelings, becomes the world situation.
~ Sri Swami Chidananda