In love, losing is winning

There is strength in peace. There is strength in calmness. There is strength in love...but it goes unnoticed. What you cannot win with a gun, you can win through love. This power of love needs to be realised. It is indeed the most powerful thing in the world.

The victory that comes out of ego is worth nothing. If you win in ego, it isn’t real victory, it is a loss. But if you lose in love, it’s a victory! We need to make people realise this innermost strength that we all have.

In these times of war and so much disharmony in the world, it’s important to understand that only love can bring peace. It is important to realise the power of love.

When there is a conflict and you interact with both the groups engaged in the conflict, they soften up. When communication breaks down, it causes turbulence, but when you re-establish communication through love, through peaceful means and through patience, it does yield. We need to unite the world. This could be done only through the meditative, peaceful and calm state that we are all born with; the power of love that we are gifted with. We need to regain this natural state. For this, we all need to meditate a little bit every day. When we meditate, we nullify negative vibrations and radiate peace, thereby creating a calm and more harmonious environment.

See, we need to drive home this message of peace and love because even if one part of the world is not adopting this idea, it can breed terrorism. There is a beauty in non-violence, in non-aggressive behaviour, which has unfortunately not been highlighted, either by the media or by our surroundings. We need to bring back the pride in being non-violent, in being compassionate, a pride in being available and helpful to others. If this is done, you will see your whole life take a new direction. 
When in trouble, don’t think ‘‘what can I do?’’ or that you are insignificant. Instead, understand that you, too, have a role to play.

Like a tiny homeopathic pill, which has a 1/100th, or 1/1000th potency, makes an impact on a 60-70kg body, in the same way, every individual has an influence on this cosmos, on this planet. We can all radiate peace, good thoughts, good vibrations, which will definitely make an impact on the planet. Of the six billion people on this planet, there are hardly a few thousand who cause crime and terror and the whole world is affected. Don’t you think that with the same law, the reverse will also work? Just a few thousand of us, being really peaceful, loving and caring for the whole planet — can we not bring about a transformation? 

When you point a finger at others, three fingers are pointing back you. For instance, if I say, ‘‘you are ugly!’’ I am three times uglier; but when I include you into me, then there is no you and there is no me. Then there is only one — that is ultimate victory.

Life is so short. We’ll all live for another 30-40 years and then one day, everybody will be dead and gone. But we cry about what we have and we’re upset about what we don’t have. Is it worth living life like that? We ourselves get depressed and then depress everybody around us. We need to shake ourselves up. Wake up! And when we wake up from this slumber, then we have peace in our hearts and we can radiate that peace and love around us.