Q&A: What do you think the role of individual transformation is in manifesting world peace?
Question by Dr. Deepak Chopra: What do you think the role of individual transformation is in manifesting world peace?
Is peace consciousness of a critical mass of people the answer?
This is truly Deepak Chopra. Check it out:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team?p=2440
Dear Friends,
I was absolutely overwhelmed by the response to my question.
Please see the blog entry for more of my thoughts:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team?p=2490
Best answer:
Answer by AME
I think peace is entirely about the individual. Its only when people can be at peace with themselves that they’ll understand how to really foster peace with others.
Add your own answer in the comments!
Recommended Reading
- Law Of Attraction
- Bill Winston-Manifesting Sons of God-2of4 – YouTube
- Let Go and Leap!
- Manifesting Joy in Your Life | Denise The Shamanic Practitioner …
- Bill Winston Manifesting the Sons of God 1of4 DVDrip – YouTube
- Bill Winston Manifesting the Sons of God 3of4 DVDrip – YouTube
- manifesting | Shelly R. Wilson
- Manifesting Your Dreams And Desires | Lightworkers.org
- Powerful Manifesting vs. Irresponsible Behavior | Good Vibe Blog
- Ubuntu Habits Manifesting In Windows Ubuntu Forums
- Corona on his anticipated testimony: 'Relax and wait'
- Manifesting Your Dreams, What is magick? | Lightworkers.org
- Manifesting Meditation in Four Simple Steps | Secrets To Success
- Manifesting The Now Way – YouTube
- | Master Manifesting | How to Manifest with the Full Moon
- Wellness How To Use Manifesting To Get Anything You Want Interview …
- My Own Manifesting »
- Bethel Mystic Publishes Book of Psychic Symbols
- Can We 'Imagine' Ourselves Into a New Reality?
- Immersed in painful beauty
- The Art Of Manifesting. | Reflecting A Life
- Everyday Manifesting – Manifesting Your Desires! – YouTube
- hands behind Shia massacre in Pakistan
- A3 Celebrity Manifesting
- Father-son bonding goes too far in assault
- Meditation As a Manifesting Tool : Reportauges articles
- Levaquin Side Effects Now Include Retinal Detachment
- HB 56: How Alabama Won the Anti-immigrant Race by Beating Arizona at Its Own Game
- Magic looking for energy boost in hopes of getting out of 2-1 series hole to …
- Manifesting!! – Project Meditation Community Forum
- AIRPORT CONGESTION
![[Google]]( http://thesecrettablet.com/loa/wp-content/plugins/Easy Adsense Pro v4.07 - Premium WP Plugin/google-light.gif)
Delicious
Facebook
Email
Flickr
FriendFeed
GooglePlus
LinkedIn
Myspace
Orkut
Plurk
RSS
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Tagged
Twitter
Blipfm
Youtube
Digg
FourSquare
Last
Xing
individual role is very pivotol if we are not going to change our selves as our friend or neighbour will do good deeds…and if every onethinks the same than wht will be a situation of earth is well imagined
well i feel it’s to gain inner peace yourself. If more people in the world had inner peace, there would be less hate, violence and intolerance. I do feel however, that inner peace is not easily found and therefore the solution to the problem is not an easy one.
If true peace is to ever exist then each individual must be commit to that goal. Peace can be maintained through force for a limited time but that type of peace cannot last. Each individual must also be committed to the concept that no one should cause damage or loss to another individual.
I don’t think it’s really about individuals. The government will find an enemy for us no matter how at peace people are with themselves. Individuals don’t create wars, governments do, and governments don’t really want peace. There’s money in war.
I think you have to work with what you have…we have the self. Peace starts with each of us…as we transition to more peacful individuals our little piece of the world transitions as well. We are examples to others and if we can be the peace we desire perhaps others will be inspired to make changes in their own lives.
it is the first step–having personal peace consciousness and developing it within oneself. however, i don’t think it’s enough. too many people think that if they’ve got themselves together then their work is done–the next step is to share that process with the people you come into contact with so that they likewise can set themselves upon the path to peace.
like ghandi said, “be the change you want to see in the world”
individuals do not and have not caused a significant transformation of nations or “the monster of civilzation”
“A system is it’s lack of integrity” F. N. – civilzation is a system and has proved itself – very few people declare war on others, nations/religions(systems)do – and people kill even when they really don’t want to, or otherwise wouldn’t for some distorted cause that in the end diminishes the true individual and their ability to have a transformative effect on a large scale. A system takes on a life of it’s own beyond the individual.
The world is a Monster of Energy . . . .
Wars will go on till men refuse to fight.
nuff said
Inividual transformation is the most essential part of attaining world peace. If the individuals are not at peace, even if peace were to be attained it coulsd not be maintained.
In deep down i feel like doing something against corruption. But i don’t cos i m a sell fish. But what i do is, donate red cross and help individuals regularly. I want to help three person a day. but i don’t do that regularly cos i m mean too.
if each person across the planet would wake up each morning and say, ‘i am not going to harm anything or anyone or myself today; i am going to smile and help someone feel better today– every society would instantly be paradise.
yes i think so
Individual transformation is essential to world peace. But we can not change unless we know where we are wrong, how we are effecting eachother. If people keep offending and hurting eachother, the revenge and anger is cycle never ending. Accepting and owning our wrongs, admitting we are wrong and forgiving those that wronged us is the beginning of inner peace. From inner peace it can branch out to peace in our dewellings to peace between nations.
As long as there are two humans on the earth there will never be true peace.
Individual efforts aside. Until are society and others learn to accept differences and perhaps most importantly divorce religion from local, state, federal, and national politics we will never have peace on any of these levels.
we are all called to be salt and light if we are, then we at least offer that to the world everyone has a free will we can lead by example and offer influence and we are called to be peacefull and we can find inner peace through Jesus Christ happy Easter
The role of individual transformation is the beginning point in manifesting world peace. Individuals must reach peace within themselves before there will be any type of global peace. We cannot love, accept or respect the differences of others without the ability to do these things within ourselves. We must learn to see people for who they are, rather than what they are. This is not maturity, but enlightenment.
Peace consciousness is a contagion. Just like a virus, a mind-set shared by some will, in time, become shared by many. Keep it going long enough and it will become an antibody against prejudice which, in the beginning, middle and end is the primary cause of the chaos in our present day world. ‘Pay it forward’
I hope you like my answer as much as I like your question. Thank you
Robin
Edit: Had to correct a word
Change yourself and you will change the world.
One man stood in front of a line of tanks…and captured the imagination of the world.
I feel it is of the utmost importance and the essential ingredient. For if there is no individual transformation then there can be no transformation at all. If transformation of the state of our world is to take place then it must start with the individual. In order to truly accomplish this I have to become totally aware of my effect on the world around me. Whether it be effects on the Quantum World as discussed on “What the Bleep do We Know” and by the work of Dr. Emoto or the physical, emotional, and energetic effect we have on people around us. Those at the Impact Trainings said it best for me when they stated “If it is to be it is up to me” the ultimate reference to personal transformation indicating that everyone must take a stand for their own space and contribution as they cannot count on any one else to do it. For if my neighbor is being a positive contribution to the world and I am not then true world change cannot take place and his effort lessened by my lack of effort. True WORLD peace involves us all and can only be accompished when we ALL come together individually to bring about change
So stop and take a look at how you affect the world around you through your thoughts, actions, perspectives, expectations, judgements and attitudes and if you truly would like something different then make it happen in your self for that is the place that it MUST start
world peace?..firstly..the lack of peace is caused by the complete destruction of the human psyche,which began when humans searching for a so called GOD. FOUND RELIGION..all religions are false..its strange but do you notice how violent zealots of these religions are when threatened with exposure?..science has completely prooven that the bible is only a compiliation of stories..mary was raped by god while engaged to joseph..jesus,s life was an exemplary one yes..but his teachings has done far more harm than good.eg.ireland,iraq.palestine,THE crusades,and present day america..religion is a crime..we as humans are spiritual beings.our physical selves are our homes.the spirit is intangible,invisible and imortal..until we see ourselves as we really are and not seek a god,(god is dog reversed) we will not find peace.the transformation necessary for world peace has to begin with the replacement of religion as the basis for all we are as humans..this dysfunctional existence is manifested daily on our newscasts.or rather in our media..our politicians have embraced theese falsehoods thereby almost legitimizing them..but most see the desease in the world and no answers in sight..they kill the messengers and brand them as radicals..john lennons IMAGINE..is a great place to start..dr deepak..i admire your work…thanks
These are very interesting terms you are weaving Sir. The way you describe things, well amazing,very transcendental of you. The only thing that will manifest world peace is the heart felt prayers of a people crying out to their God. Then we can all reach that critical mass together. A love-in alone without God is loveless,meaningless, and contributes to the upheavals of the world. Selfishness,hopelessness,hate are the enemy… Nothing the brain can control will be affective,for without the spirit / soul from within, we are mere flesh and blood on a time limit. Sound flowery too
May the Lord richly bless you Dr. Deepak Chopra, meet you where you are Peace!
we must learn to accept all tolerance..when a person has done damage-(that is irreversable)-he must make peace with others, and those who he hurt should also make peace. no matter if the “bad seed” makes more trouble-(within tolerant levels)..being shunned and rejected is a terrible thing..
we shouldnt go to war against each other..we should shake hands and try hard to get along here..neutrality, civility and most of all-compassion is the key word in preventing any more conflicts
——————————
iam honored and humbled by
your presense Dr. Chopra. thank you for visiting us!
World peace is an impossibility. It’s nothing more than a platform for Miss America.
Sure, it would be great if everyone took the time to learn to become more peaceful. But as imperfect beings, there’s no way we could be peaceful all the time.
All it would take is someone having one bad moment and wham! the domino effect would kick in and no more world peace.
Which is not to say it wouldn’t be great if, at the very least, EVERYONE practiced minding their own business and being polite. But that’s a pipedream as well.
all that needs to happen is for every individual to decide that she or he is going to be more respectful to everything and everyone (not just humans) and actually do it. no one person needs to convince thousands of ppl, the choice to be a better person should come from within urself. if other someone told other ppl that they needed to act better, the ppl would call them hypocrites or something equally obnoxious. it’s really simple in theory, but in real life it doesn’t work that way.
When I read posts on this site, I see so much negativity, intolerance, hate, judgment, insecurity, etc. People who feel this way have lost connection to their humanity, and their ability to feel compassion for people who are not like them. If they could find this connection again, it would affect more than just themselves – it would affect everything and everyone in their lives. I think power lies more in the individual than most people realize.
Promote Peace, and abandon racism, mind our own business if not helping others, and just follow the 10 commandments. And YES to your final question
Is it a numbers game? Nature suggests that where there are higher aggregates of the same cause there is victory. One person, however, can incorporate as many parts of the whole as is wished. Jesus, Martin Luther King, Napoleon, even Hitler all used this power of suggestion at the right (or wrong) time to galvanize the masses. I think it is a matter of timing, luck, and yes, the individual need to change. Once we individually see that we are hurting ourselves, we stop the blood. Then, if and when, we see the same problem we have experienced in others we can better help and assist. Individual transformation is a must in order to properly objectify the world we live in to make better judgments and align ourselves better with our higher selves’ intention.
So, yes, I believe the more minds and hearts in tune with love and compassion, the more chance we all have at successfully acheiving that vision. If we all are thinking and feeling love and lovingness, there is no space or room then for hating, negating, or otherwise, berating.
Peace in the hearts of men is not far off, I think.
Love is the key. Desire for change and abundance is the propellant.
1(ONE) MAN SURELY CAN DO THE DIFFERENCE, ONLY WITH THE HELP OF THE RIGHT WOMAN… XANTHOS EVMORFIADIS – PRODUCT MANAGER COSMOTE S.A.- HELLAS.
Marginal at best. Its wishful thinking to believe that one individual within a mass can affect change by his/her transformation. However, a multitude of individuals transforming into one common ‘thing’ affects change on a wider level.
World peace is an unattainable idea. If by world you mean, the Earth, then the only time the Earth will be truly united, is against a common external enemy.
I believe the role of the individual is extremely important. It is only when enough individuals believe in the possibility of enacting a shift toward a more harmonious co-existence on earth, that it edges more into the realm of probability than possibility.
Unfortunately, only a relatively small percentage of the world’s population has an understanding of active manifestation, and how powerful it can be.
So, it becomes the responsibility of the individual, who has personally experienced the power of active manifestation, to concsiously manifest the desired outcome. And to share the knowledge of the possibility with others. * An area that I believe you have heavily contributed! Thank you!*
Regarding ” … individual transformation….”, it is my experience that once an individual begins to understand the power of conscious, active manifestation, transformation is inevitable. An analogy is a child learning to walk. Once the first steps are taken, the individual will never return to crawling exclusively again. He or she will try and try again until they repeat the act of walking.
Is it the answer? I believe so. However, I don’t foresee the shift in our immediate future. Not unless and until ‘ the seed of possibility’ reaches into every culture on Earth. But, I do believe that we’re making great strides forward. So, let’s all continue to believe and to share the possibility of harmony with our neighbors.
I used to have a button with a slogan that I wore on my jacket. It read: PEACE BEGINS WITH ME. I lost that button and some months later I found a button in a shop in San Francisco that said: TEACH PEACE. I had that button for a long time… and then I lost it too.
In a strange way, I think this story mirrors my relationship to maintaining a peaceful countenance. Peace is easy to lose. I must be vigilant in keeping peace, maintaining it and encouraging it to stay with me.
Surely if our planet’s people were practicing peace within themselves and with others in their sphere of influence, we would have a world that did less killing and more negotiating.
The problem with peace is that everyone must want it, otherwise it doesn’t work.
May be .Can be done. Did not Gandhi do it alone?
I am honoured as to the source of the Q. Dare not write more.:-)
World peace can only be acheived starting with the individual first. No, I do not believe that peace conscioucness of a mass of people is the answer because peace is an individual choice. Peace starts with you…
I think there must be no one alive who, in their right mind, could say they don’t want peace. Peace is in every ones best interest and can only lead to further understanding and happiness.
So what is it that prevents people from practicing it? Greed seems a likely culprit and ignorance. Those who put monetary gain before the health and happiness of themselves and others at all cost. I think a few more people practicing Ahimsa and telling others about what they are doing may go a long way to teaching people.
Could enough people today consciously overcome the excessive greed. It seems unlikely since those who hone the ultimate power are the ones deepest enmeshed in the evil, though one hopes it is possible.
While the short answer to you question remains that what else is there but people’s consciousness to determine world peace? There is nothing else, if people chose this there would be no question.
Namaste and thank you.
Individual transformation will ‘contribute’ to peace…definitely. Problem is: those who are ‘worthy’ to take over lead positions in lives of people and nations are not such individuals. In reality, the worst people who are power and money hungry are the ones who seek and GET such positions. But, it is true that individuals lead masses and not the other way around. Those who are empowered with internal peace can change their realities and influence others to do the same; sort of like a chain reaction. But it will have to be VERY strong and a very PURE intention on the part of individuals to ‘extend’ their inner peace outwardly. On the other hand, I don’t believe we are in this universe to manifest perfection (peace included); I believe it is the hardships and obstacles in life that stimulate our growth and learning ‘into’ the peace we long for. If we reach inner peace and actually manifest world peace; what’s next? We become stagnant and our growth is stunted. I think it is the actual ‘process of experience and discovery’ that makes the difference; and not the actual arrival at the goal. In other words, it is the journey and not the destination.
Each of us must learn how to love and respect not only ourselves and our friends and families, but strangers as well, and even those with whom we strongly disagree, those whom we fear, and those who have hurt us.
This is the only path to inter-personal healing, whether on a small scale or a global one. The possibility that total world peace may never be achieved is no excuse for any of us to abandon the effort to love and do no harm.
Thank you for asking this thought-provoking question, Dr. Chopra. Namaste!
I think we need it but will ever have it doubt it
Without peace in the heart of an individual,there is no peace in the family,which leads to no peace in the community…and on and on…It’s simple,but I truly believe in this simplicity.
Everything is interconnected. Individual transformation therefore is always a factor in the state of the world. However, to what degree my individual partiality to world peace makes a difference in reality is a very hard thing to determine. I believe it greatly depends on my actions but also on circumstances outside my control.
I do believe that if there were enough many people partial to peace who would actively promote it, the world would be a better place. I guess that number must be pretty high, it’s hard to tell an exact percentage. If reached, I imagine that the peace consciousness would become a “contagious” attitude and spread to everyone. Now that I said it, this scenario reminds me so much of John Lennon’s “Imagine” … that song is such a powerful incentive for peace, we should all recall it whenever we feel we’re stepping away from it.
(FORGIVENESS)
doc…in 1 soap opera mother tells her son…”they will try to convine u that u r the Messiah,dont trust them”…
a person who has peace within one’s self
Is a person who will not sleep
If that is so, then I believe that the more our population grows, the higher a percentage of the population will be required to acheive that critical mass. Right now, I’d estimate the critical mass to be about 95% of the world’s population. If we were a planet of 800 million, then perhaps the critical mass necessary would be closer to 50%. I’m concerned that we’re facing a different sort of critical mass that is an obstacle to manifesting world peace.
The higher world population rises, the worse things will become. Affluent nations maintain their affluence on the backs countless “disposable” individuals in impoverished nations. Most of the suffering masses bear their unfair state with heroic dignity. But, it’s no surprise that some of them turn to lives of criminality. Some of these criminals, having learned that the only recompense for their suffering will come in some “afterlife,” hasten to destroy themselves, and discount the Earthly suffering of others. As technological advances allow individuals to become more lethal, and over population drives people closer and closer together, it becomes ever more likely that a single twisted person can cause calamity.
This doesn’t mean that I think individual transformation is unimportant. I think it is extremely important. But the most important type of individual transformation to acheive world peace is the cultivation of the desire to reach out to and sympathize with our fellow creatures. I imagine everyone would be much happier if we could think of our neighbors as members of our family, and not feel so driven to create large biological families; and if we could see ourselves as a conscious part of this planet’s life, with the duty to cultivate ourselves and our biosphere to be as long lasting and as beautiful as we can.
Even with us out of the picture, nature on this earth is not inherently peaceful. I guess it depends on what you mean by peace. Life is a series of creation and destruction on all levels. This is the nature of life. Hate and ignorance are bad. Kindness, compassion and wisdom are good. Not all people will strive to live by this ideal although they may agree with it. But somehow we do the best with what we have to work with. I suppose all we as individuals can really be responsible for are ourselves and our direct surroundings. Life isn’t always wonderful and rosy, no matter how much we try to make it that way. And we cannot always be happy no matter how much we would want that. I think if we ever reach ‘world peace’, we will find that people will naturally not remain docile for long. We will have it in the context of something else. For example, as our reach into the cosmos furthers and we discover life on other planets, we may be able to say that we are a peaceful race compared to some others. I agree with what the Buddhists say, I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. Only an individual can decide to change him or herself and be successful. Individual transformation is the key to world peace but how do you convince every individual to do it?
Absolutely, it lies with the individual.PEACE IS LOVE IN ACTION.World Peace is a mammoth consequence that can be achieved by large masses of individuals following their well educated consciences and acting on informed choices.It is a journey and not a destination.
The time is near,judging from the scale of spiritual renaissance that’s taking place all over the world.Each person’s thoughts get collected in the collective consciousness and affect/ set into motion causes, as per its nature.And when one sends out harmonious thoughts and vibrations on a massive scale so as to tilt the balance in favour of harmony, Peace is the byproduct.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Mr.Chopra, I’ve read most of your books and I like and practice “Synchrodestiny”, most of all.I’m honoured and delighted in this “by chance” connection with you directly.
Peace for my self transformation means no chaos, silence, death/shavasana. If I were to kill myself today to achieve peace for myself, I would be at peace. However, it is said that if I were to do this for myself, it wouldn’t bring peace to others. Others obtain peace in different ways. To get the whole world to lay down and practice shavasana is a peaceful image, however, getting the whole human race to agree on one thing is difficult. The Holy spirit is upon us as we are well into the Easter season. Christ died so that we can live. Is being a Christian the peace consciousness you’re talking about? Christians beleive that being a believer in Christ is the only answer. However, for my self, claiming myself to be a Christian has not brought me peace. The way of old Yoga practice has.