The Irreversible Peace Process

by R. M. Duraisamy

On 18 April 2005, both India and Pakistan declared that the peace process now underway is irreversible. The leaders of both countries met in New Delhi around that time, and pledged to open further avenues of transport and communication across the border, while at the same time promising that the steps taken by both sides could not be allowed to degenerate into the violence and the wars that have erupted in the past.

And all this is certainly laudable, and a step in the right direction. After all, it is very refreshing to see “avowed enemies” taking measures to peacefully bridge the gap between them, in the hopes of building two nations that are able to co-exist harmoniously. And it is most noble that this visit from the President of Pakistan, who came bearing a “message of peace”, was supported by both sides. This path should be continued so that mutual understanding will eventually prevail, precluding even the very threat of war. Or, at least, that is what we all hope.

But what exactly is the proposed path for this so-called “irreversible peace process”? It is an attempt to build upon the existing foundation, to weigh and examine all possible solutions that are available only within the framework of that particular foundation. And the present foundation is one that has been the result of many years of violence, bloodshed, hatred, animosity, envy and greed. At the root of this great divide between India and Pakistan stands the key religious difference between these two countries, which was the main reason for the partition at the time of independence. Each side is therefore still firmly rooted in their own views and opinions, and they want to find solutions to the problem while at the same time holding onto these differing opinions. And that is absolutely impossible!

It is impossible, because that is the very nature of the human spirit on earth. Over several thousands of years, the human spirit was meant to have developed into a perfect luminous being, one that swings in all the Laws of Creation, that is to say, fully obeys the Creator, and thereby lives according to His Will. This implies attaining a great degree of personal consciousness. The word “consciousness” is not to be interpreted as simply being aware of one’s surroundings in a limited sense, but by being completely aware of the Laws of Creation as they operate in the entire cosmos!

But instead of developing with that goal in mind, human beings have focussed solely on the fulfilment of their material needs, for which only their intellect suffices. Thus the intellect was developed further and further, while the development of their spirit towards “complete Creation-consciousness” was halted, and all contact with the spiritual was lost. The very intellect given by God for their support in the material world then became over-developed, stunted, in a manner not willed by God. This was bound to have severe consequences.

The great dissensions among mankind have emerged out of this wrongful development of the intellect, which latter only understands earthly things. We have only learned to be aware of our earthly existence, but we have not come to understand anything of the world beyond. Thus the goal of human existence has been immensely narrowed down, and the primary focus shifted towards leading only a comfortable, or at least a subsistent, life. And when certain groups of individuals exceed boundaries and intrude upon the comfort of other groups, there are bound to be acts of vengeance. After years of such exchanges of violence, the original reason for the problems are conveniently effaced from memory, and each side only sees the wrongful acts of the other.

Therefore, even if it is possible for the leaders of our two nations to amicably work together, they first have to resolve the problems within the respective peoples. And they can only do so by galvanising their people towards a deeper recognition of the source of these problems. In the end, however, it lies with the people themselves to make the recognition and the concomitant change.

And this change, above all, requires the Knowledge of the Laws of Creation as they really are!

Without the Knowledge of these Laws, man will never know what they really are, because in the prolonged intellectual development, he has lost the ability to see them in their full magnitude. Some yogis, gurus and prophets have seen various manifestations of these Laws and have given us many aids for our assistance in their writings, but they nevertheless do not contain the full picture. And that is why, until now, the possibility of a true and complete change for the better has never been within our reach.

But to grasp this entire picture, one really needs the New Knowledge of Creation available to us in a special Book, to which I have often pointed the way. This Book is the Work “In the Light of Truth” The Grail Message, which contains the answer to every serious spiritual and earthly question that man has ever asked in his search for the Truth.

When everyone has absorbed this Work of Truth and simultaneously strives to live according to It, only then will a true change for the better emerge. There is no point simply accepting It as the Truth, or merely reading It every day and memorising passages from It, or even understanding It in an intellectual sense. The Truth has to be lived in everything we think, say and do, indeed even in the very breath we take! It is the constant living of the Truth that brings about the transformation and the change for the better. And the decision for this lies in our hands, not only in the hands of our leaders.

That, then, becomes the “irreversible peace process”, longed for by so many in both our nations. For when man absorbs and lives according to the Knowledge of the Laws of Creation, he is no more a source of dissension, but becomes instead a furthering element in Creation. He thereby brings about peace in his home, in his work, in his community, in his nation and in all Creation!

3 June 2005