Finding True Peace

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  1. darksidZz Valued Senior Member

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    Let me ask you, how does one find true peace? Can the world ever realize this to it's potential? Tell me your thoughts.

    Also a question. If there was a single individual that you agreed with completely, and others did too, would you allow them to run the entire planet? (aka godlike).
     
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  3. Carcano Valued Senior Member

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    Remove testosterone from the world...and you will have peace.
     
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  5. Mr. Hamtastic whackawhackado! Registered Senior Member

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    Nah, that won't do it, one quarter of each month would be filled with war and venom.

    The key to true peace is accepting that neither you nor anything else exists, and that you and everything else does exist, both at the same time.
     
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  7. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    True peace comes when you learn to ignore the ills of the world around you. If 458 gazillion people die horrible deaths in "AXY" nation, if you don't hear about it or simply ignore it, you'll find peace.

    Nope, the world is fucked ...because of nosey people who pretend to be compassionate and empathetic. They whine and cry and stir up more trouble than the original problem!

    Only if it was Baron Max.

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  8. takethewarhome midnatt klarhet Registered Senior Member

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    The world? I see little hope for that.

    I oft woder will I ever make my peace with everything..
    All I can do is speculate.

    As for finding content: I am too ambitious for that.
     
  9. Xerxes asdfghjkl Valued Senior Member

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    What is true peace? Why do you want it?

    Bullet in the head?
     
  10. draqon Banned Banned

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    you are so naively wrong.
     
  11. draqon Banned Banned

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    true peace does not need to be found, true peace is now, every day we live in, every time we breath, every word we make is for peace, and if it is not, let us make it so.
     
  12. CarpetDiem Burnin' hours, season days Registered Senior Member

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    Yeah

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  13. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    True peace starts within yourself. If everyone could bring themselves to find their own way of finding peace within themselves then we would have a start at finding world peace. But if people can't even get their own minds at peace how can anyone ever find world peace? :itold:
     
  14. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    Does anyone or anything on Earth really have "true peace"? Have they ever had "true peace"?

    Baron Max
     
  15. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    I was refering to peace of mind, knowing that you, yourself is under control and happy with who you are as a person. If you aren't then that would be a goal to achieve in life I would suggest.
     
  16. EndLightEnd This too shall pass. Registered Senior Member

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    My answer mirrors cosmic's, once enough individuals are at peace with themselves it will spread to society.

    All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. -- Blaise Pascal
     
  17. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    Switch blade. Your gut. Neon vision. Hypovolemia. Peace.
     
  18. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    That sounds like you are at war with yourself! Do you have that much inner strife that you think that way? :shrug:
     
  19. thatbiogeek Registered Member

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    I don't know. Honestly I don't. I don't think I would want to find true peace, at least not on a personal level. My lack of peace drives me to continually question, to try and learn more about the world and how it works. If I were at peace, I don't think I'd have such a powerful urge to keep learning.

    As for the world, I don't think true peace is possible. Life is a constant struggle between individuals with competing desires. As long as resources are limited, there will never be peace. (how's that for a biologists answer

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  20. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    But with that way of thinking you'll never know the truth whether being at peace would or would not make learning any different . Perhaps that lack of peace drives you trying to find it and that is why you keep trying to find things out. You never will know until you actually find out for yourself if you can attain inner peace and tranquility.

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  21. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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  22. thatbiogeek Registered Member

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    I do I think it is a lack of peace that drives me to find things out, as you say, which is why I would never want to attain inner peace. I like finding things out, I love the drive that pushes me to learn.

    Maybe if I were at peace (whatever that means) I would be even more driven to learn. But I doubt I'll ever find out either way. There's too much to do in the meantime LOL
     
  23. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    I agree.

    I think I would be less driven to do things if I felt peaceful.

    I feel happy most of the time, unless someone has done something to piss me off, but I wouldn't call that peaceful. I'm one of those hyperactive Type A people.

    Balls to peace, it sounds boring!

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