Inner peace

The nature of inner peace is complex and multifaceted. Peace is not merely the absence of hostility, violence or war but encompasses a larger concept whereby inner peace is attained. Peace begins with individual awareness and personal response to the teachings of the religious traditions. An individual’s understanding of peace is expressed through the principal teachings drawn from the sacred texts of Christianity and Islam that is, the New Testament and the Quran respectively. These teachings guide

contribute to the evolution of an individual’s inner peace as they not only promise a state of peaceful being, but also a set of guidelines on how one must live in order to attain the state of inner peace. Peace can be broadly defined as ‘a state or condition conducive to, proceeding from or characterised from tranquillity”(****). It is a state of being that many individuals and groups over the course of history have tried to achieve, as the desire for peace is clearly something that is embedded into

Joseph Aiello Aiello 1 Mrs. McGuire 24 May 2017 English II CP Inner struggle In the book, “A Separate Peace” by author John Knowles, a character by the name of Gene Forrester is always in a constant daily battle to find how he feels about his friend Finny. Furthermore, Gene wants to find out who he really is. Throughout the book, Gene and Finny both had a discreet and muted

The virtue of inner peace refers to the state of being either spiritually or mentally at peace, usually one with the other, with enough understanding and knowledge to keep oneself strong when facing stress or adversity. In the Islamic tradition, the Qur’an contains peace as a common theme, as shown in Surah 2:11 v 244 where it speaks of making peace and doing good needing to be defended against evil above all. In the Bible, of the Christian tradition, there is a deep concern with peace between God

waits a long time to find his inner peace which takes his entire life to find. He finds himself in very difficult positions where he decides whether or not his quest is worth him leaving his family. Siddhartha Siddhartha is focused on finding his peace or Nirvana when he actually learns how not to look so much and take a bigger aspect of the world. He explores all types of lifestyles. What trouble Siddhartha the most is how his search and possible answers for inner peace

self-sufficient. In the other hand, O sensei believes that we should acquire wisdom and virtue Also, that we shouldn’t engage in negativity acts and be virtuous. We should be able to find enlightenment by practicing Akido.Akido would help us find our inner self and inner peace. The practice of Akido is a great tool that can help us avoid negativity. Aristotle and O sensei believe that by living a virtuous life we must be able to obtain the highest good by obtain wisdom and virtue. First, Aristotle

and Qur’an both convey that world peace cannot progress without inner peace coming first. The guidance of sacred texts and principal teachings within Christianity and Islam, enable adherents to endeavor towards their own concept of inner peace. For Christianity, the Bible and Jesus Christ has a major capacity in guiding adherents in the correct direction similarly, the Qur’an, Hadith and the Holy Prophet Muhammad do with the tradition of Islam. Fundamentally, peace is found in union with God. Christians

life in the pursuit of peace between people and also between people and God. Jesus and Muhammad had a role in spreading the teaching of peace. To understand how the Muslims and Christians view peace it is imperative to first understand what peace means. Most people would refer to peace as freedom of war, disagreements, conflict and calmness of mind. To understand the roles of Christianity and Islam in the teaching of peace the concepts of inner peace, world and society peace has to be addressed, for

one evil and one good, that live in everyone’s minds. The evil dog fights the other everyday. As the story goes, the dog that wins is the one that we feed the most. When growing up, we face inner battles which greatly shape our lives. John Knowles explores the ideas of inner struggles in his novel A Separate Peace by using the main characters first person narration. The reader explores the world of a group of young boys working their way through adolescence at a private school called Devon. Through

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is about a man's journey to find inner peace and happiness.  He first decides to try to seek peace by following the Samanas, holy men.  Then he seeks happiness through material things and pleasures of the body.  After this path fails to provide him with the peace for which he searches, he follows Buddha but soon realizes that Buddha's teaching will not lead him to his goal.  Siddhartha finally finds peace when Vasudeva, the ferryman, teaches him to listen to the river