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Spirit of Islam Issue 35 November 2015
Learn the art of retreat management. In a negative situation, do not
react emotionally or negatively. And then you will see that things will
fall into place.
Retreat is a time-buying strategy. You need to do this sort of buying-
time in your life, too. You can defuse any negative situation if you
learn how to manage it properly, if you know how and when to retreat.
Personally, I’ve gained a great deal from retreating when and where I
need to.
Do you think human beings are naturally and inherently destructive,
or is this a human invention?
According to my experience, man is born a pacifist. It is violence that
is a human invention. Violence is a corruption. Every person is born
as a peace-loving creature. Our true nature is peace. Weapons, war, a
history full of violence—all these are human inventions. Not only me,
but all pacifists across the world believe that man is born a pacifist and
that peace is interwoven in human nature.
Earlier today, I was watching a pigeon. Its every action was very
beautiful! Each action reflected an innocent beauty!
This is the real nature of man, too!
Pigeons and other animals have no choice about their behaviour. They
are governed by their instincts and have no option to engage in violence.
They live by their nature. They behave according to their instincts. But
man has choice. He has freedom. Violence is nothing but misuse of this
freedom. Otherwise, man is basically a peace-loving creature, just as a
pigeon or a dove is.
o
Peace or Destruction
If we fail to establish peace, we must face
destruction in every field of life. The option for us
is not between peace and no peace, but between
peace and annihilation.