I do not want World Peace

I am so excited that today I will be one of the first few thousand in the world to watch Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Avengers come together to fight their biggest nemesis yet, Ultron.

In the past, the Avengers were fighting external threats. This time, the threat is their own creation. Ultron is an artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark (Iron Man) who is programmed to do one task, and that is deliver World Peace.

However, Ultron’s methods are questionable.He believes that by annihilating all humans, there will be world peace. I want to be bold and say, that this doesn’t necessarily make him the “evil” or bad. I say this for 2 reasons. The first is that, in light of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, perhaps getting rid of humans from this planet may be a good thing. I am definitely not proud to claim that I am part of this human race. If you get rid of all humans on this planet, there will no doubt be world peace. Secondly, Ultron is doing exactly what he was created to do, ensure that there is World Peace.

Until this morning, I never saw the flaw in wanting World Peace. Can you see it?

World Peace is not something we want, do we? What we want is inner peace or peace of mind. When we have peace of mind, when we are internally in a state of bliss and peace, then automatically, without any effort, there will be peace on the outside. If we shift from wanting there to be peace in the world, to working on developing peace within ourselves, there can be peace in the world, with us human beings in it as well.

I declare I do not wish for World Peace. I wish for inner peace for every individual in this world. The wise will see the wisdom in those words for inner peace leads to outer peace.

Now if only the Miss Universe contestants will read this message…

See you at the movies!

Love,

Mohan H