WAR IS IN MINDS OF MEN: ROLE OF PEACE EDUCATION

Today‟s man is living in the age of violence. Every day, thousands of people are dying in armed as well as in non-armed violence. Everybody is in search of peace. Peace is a state of human mind. Nobody can be trained for peaceful life. It is an inner characterization of mental process. Conflicts reside in human mind and in the absence of conflicting thoughts, peace appears. When it appears inside, it also blossoms outside. Therefore, education is only a way to teach and reach to peace by nourishing the human minds in positive directions. Peace education as being the soul essence of whole human education that can create the shield for human survival on the planet. It is through peace education that men can be trained for tolerance, caring, cooperation and justice and ultimately the peace can be installed in human mind as an antidote to „War is in the minds of men‟. Peace education is a doorway towards a violence free world.