Peace is my parting gift to you; my own peace such as the world cannot give. Jn 14:27
It is this peace of Christ that connects the individual to the universe, a part of the whole. It is this experience of peace that transforms society. We cannot have a peaceful or a just society unless we have peace in our hearts. We have to find it in our heart, release it in our heart first. Of course, in this work of opening our heart to peace, we face resistance. We may get impatient or we may just be lazy. These are the two obstacles to all spiritual life. On the one hand, laziness – we just don’t do the work; or on the other hand, impatience and we give up because we get impatient. This is why we need a discipline, like that young woman who was so pleased to have found a discipline, a simple method that she could integrate into her daily life.
