The role of spirituality in bringing an end to terrorism

The role of spirituality in bringing an end to terrorism

-Anant Sri

There appears to be no possibility of bringing an end to terrorism in the present set up of humanity. The people you apparently find active in terrorism are merely instruments. The energy that is being activated in them is getting created by all those people within whose hearts are ravaging dangerous storms of comparison, evaluation and disparities. The energy of terrorism is being activated by all those people who look cultured on the surface but within them is hidden violent animosity and they are inebriated in wealth, position and name.

All those religions are responsible for this terrorism, whose boundaries create division between man and man. All religious leaders, politicians and exploiters are responsible for this, that treats men to be just a means of fulfilment of their selfish motives.

Terrorism will not be solved by any external treatment or battle. For this every individual will have to bring about a change within him.

Those whose hearts are lacking in forgiveness, sensitivity, love, compassion, patience, acceptance, generosity and gratitude are the people who give birth to terrorism. Afflicting the weak in any way is the feeling that gives birth to terrorism. The violence taking place due to unawareness of people is contributing to all these happenings. All those people making fun of someone’s helplessness, those torturing animals and birds, those wrapped in any form of violence, accumulation, desires, theft and unawareness, those taking anyone to be inferior, those involved in insulting, ignoring and non-accepting someone, all such people are fuelling energy for the growth of terrorism. Actual terrorists are these people.

Spirituality is the science of transformation in man. If more and more people get transformed then the energy flowing towards terrorism will recede. We are to educate children on compassion and sensitivity, right from infancy. We need to drop all tendencies that create division.

Let people destroy the seeds of terrorism from within them and then terrorism can come to end outside.