Why can’t we achieve peace?

Question from the Internet:

“Why is it so hard to make peace between nations and, more broadly, humans?”

It is difficult to make peace between nations and in general because we are all born with an inherently “warmongering” nature.

We are all born egocentric, subjective, and fiercely individualistic. We assess and justify ourselves through comparison to others, and in order to “feel good,” we have to feel ourselves better, stronger, more powerful, more respected, and in general higher than others. We live life through ruthless and exclusive competition at each other’s expense.

This is how our original “inner software” works.

This is why human history is an endless chain of conflicts and wars as individuals and nations try to exert control over others.

If we want peace between individuals and nations, first, we need to learn how to pacify our original nature and our instincts. We need to learn how to relate to others above and against our inherent tendencies. And this works only if at least a large enough minority of people willingly, consciously, and purposefully agree to change and further develop themselves — instead of blaming, correcting, censoring, or destroying others.

So we can see that huge task ahead of us in order to build lasting and true peace that comes from peace within. Fortunately, we have the necessary method to achieve this.