Colors of Peace

In this age of modernization and mechanization, we seem to have lost sensitivity to a collective awareness regarding the welfare of our surroundings, people, animals, microbes and plants. We seem to encounter systemic problems of corruption, moral bankruptcy, and spiritual decay. This leads to a ris...

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Main Author: Junghare, Indira Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: David Publishing Company 2016
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-27
Further subjects:B globe
B Violence
B Spiritual
B Peace
B mental
B Change
B Self
B physical
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Summary:In this age of modernization and mechanization, we seem to have lost sensitivity to a collective awareness regarding the welfare of our surroundings, people, animals, microbes and plants. We seem to encounter systemic problems of corruption, moral bankruptcy, and spiritual decay. This leads to a rise in violence at various levels: individual, familial, societal, global, environmental, and biological. In order to combat these problems, it is necessary to examine the diverse semantics of the concept of peace: positive peace, negative peace, world peace, socio-cultural peace, and individual peace. The semantics of peace changes according to the context, for example, "May he rest in peace," is quite different from: "His beautiful memories will give you peace." Since society is constituted of a group of persons, an individual becomes society’s substantive foundation with his/her conscious self, made of mind, body and spirit. The individual with creative power can become an agent of positive change. Using the interdisciplinary socio-linguistic/semantic and humanistic-philosophical approaches, this paper analyzes the "all-inclusive" and "interdependent" nature of life and the role and power of the individual (self) in the creation of peace at diverse levels: personal, community, the globe, and the cosmos. The paper draws heavily from India’s spiritual worldview and humanistic techniques in resolving conflicts and attaining freedom from ill-health for peaceful living.
ISSN:2328-2177
Contains:Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2016.01.002