Ideology of Peace
THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE
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The truth is that enmity is not something natural. It
is an artificial reaction. Whenever for any reason
anyone apparently becomes your enemy, you
should remain mild-mannered in your dealings
with him and try to behave well, even if you have to
do so unilaterally and in the face of provocation.
This peaceful response on your part will result in
the subsiding of negative feelings in your enemy.
Your unilateral good behaviour will serve to
awaken his dormant humanity, thus turning him
into a new and better human being.
The truth is that the same temperament is
common to every newborn child, which is
why everyone is f irst Mr. Nature and only
later on, becomes either Mr. Enemy or Mr.
Friend. This means that the nature you
possess is also possessed by your supposed
enemy. Therefore, one must seek in an
apparent enemy the common man in him, and
each individual should expect from others
what he expects for himself . The law of nature
gives a guarantee that his expectat ions will
not go unfulf illed.
