If your inner world is a peaceful one, then you go out and create outer worlds that are peaceful. If you can be peaceful inside, you begin to find that you connect with other people who are peaceful.

"Even though we’re living in the same world, each of us has our own world. We’re all sitting here in the same room but each of us is in a different world. So you want to make sure that your inner world is a peaceful one, because the inner worlds are what then go out and create the outer worlds.

If you can be peaceful inside, you begin to find that you connect with other people who are peaceful. Even though you may have some past bad karma from other worlds that you’ve been creating for yourself, at the very least you’re creating good ones right now. That’s what matters."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "World Peace Begins Inside"

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