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The Age of Peace

Obama’s Wars by Bob Woodward, The U.S. and Vietnam 1787-
1941 by Robert Hopkins Miller, Bloodlines of the Illuminati by
Fritz Springmeier. 1

This shows that the terrorists have become conditioned
in negativity towards others. Perhaps they never come into
contact with people who could decondition their minds. If the
terrorists ever met such people, I am certain that they would
rethink their philosophy and abandon their violent culture.
Once their conscience became activated, they too would
abandon their guns, just as I did.

There are many young people who have read my writings
on peace and have been influenced by them. They have then
decided to lead a peaceful life.

I have had many such related experiences. For example,
in 1993 an extremist group put me on their hit-list. At that
time, a young man entered my office one day in New Delhi
when I was alone. I surmised that there must be a revolver in
his pocket, as his hand never left his pocket. I thought for a
moment and then I went up to him, and sitting next to him, I
placed my hand on his head and said to him: ‘You see, I am like
your father. My advice to you is to take admission in a school.
I promise you that I will pay for your education till you have
completed your studies.’ The young man fell silent and then he
got up and quietly left with his head bowed.
There are many young people who have read my writings
on peace and have been influenced by them. They have then
decided to lead a peaceful life.
Terrorists are not basically corrupt individuals. They are
rather wrongly conditioned human beings. We should try to
alter their thinking by applying reason, and without doubt
terrorism will disappear.

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