To study is to seek understanding to have greater knowledge
of what is taking place. This knowledge is a step towards peace. Everything
that we do involves peace. Every school and program of study that exists seeks
understanding, which is a component of peace. In essence, every school is a
study of peace. Which is why most peace programs are interdisciplinary.
To have a program of peace under any other discipline is
putting the cart before the horse. Peace is not a component of philosophy or
psychology or politics or law. In fact,
all of those are components of peace. Each of those are avenues that we use to
obtain peace. Most of the time, all of them are utilized on a daily basis for
peace to have even the slimmest of success.
Take economics for example. Peace has been understood as
perfect balance, which is zero. To have peace in economics there can be no constant
growth because that is out of balance. This does not mean that there is no
wealth accumulated. It means that there is equal distribution of input and output.
To have more on either side is out of balance. The same scenario plays out with
all other components of peace.
This balance is the calm resolve needed to obtain peace. In
order to have that balance, each of us must study their own personal balance.
