The Ideology of Peace by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 83

Ideology of Peace
GOING AGAINST THE CREATION PLAN
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lasted for more than a thousand years, it established
peace over a large area of the globe. This was
known as the Pax Romana. But in spite of the
establishment of peace for such a long period of
time, no scientific or intellectual progress could be
made.
This shows that, in spite of the desirability of social
peace, it would only be partially useful for human
progress. The real process of human progress is set
in motion only when the individuals making up
society have the capability for peaceful thinking.
Along with peace as an external manifestation, it is
essential for human progress that people have
internal peace, so that they do not live lives full of
unnecessary tension, stress and contradictions. The
most essential condition for human progress is that
the thinking process, once set in motion, should not
in encountering obstacles, become perverted. This is
essential to the development of one’s personality.
Only by this process can the individual attain to the
highest spiritual and intellectual level.
Peace is undoubtedly an essential condition for
human progress. It is, indeed, the basis of all human
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