Why not follow a process of education in which, rather than nurturing hatred toward nations that are different from our own, we try to love to create understanding? Understanding is extremely necessary. But just as some people are short-sighted and some are farsighted, so is our understanding. It is often clouded by many prejudices. Our vision is obscured from our very birth by the prejudices of family, race and nation. Prejudice is a principle cause of war between brother nations. We shall never understand ourselves or others unless we keep our understanding free from all clouds of prejudice.
We so love our own thoughts that we can’t always understand what the other person is thinking. We are cooped up in a pen of our own concepts; just like the little frog that lived in a well: When a frog from a huge lake fell into the well and told him about his vast home, the little frog only laughed and wouldn’t believe him. He had never seen anything beyond the confines of the well, and was thoroughly convinced that his home was the largest body of water there could possibly be. This is the limited attitude of nations as well as individuals. Each nation thinks its views are best.
We have to learn to give unceasing understanding to all, even to those who misunderstand us. I give you an illustration: C can analyse D fairly we, so he thinks he can understand everybody else. But he knows nothing about B, who is sitting behind C and D, and thinks he understands both of them. And behind B is A, who sees B, C and D and therefore thinks he understands everyone. It is human nature to think we know better than anyone else. But the only way to truly know anything is by cultivating divine understanding.
