Why don’t they promote peace as a goal in life?

Extract from Tommy Wong's book, "Wisdom on How to Live Life"

Tom: If peace is so good, why don’t they promote it?

Guru: Because it has little commercial value.

Tom: Can you elaborate?

Guru: You see peace is a spiritual quality, so we don’t need to buy commercial products to achieve peace. In fact if peace is our goal, we’ll have less desire and we’ll buy less.

Tom: Less luggage, more comfort.

Guru: And more peace.

Tom: So what’s the problem?

Guru: Actually, it’s the solution, and there’s no problem.

Tom: Then?

Guru: But our societies measure their success by economic growth.

Tom: Everybody measures their success by economic growth, right?

Guru: Only in materialistic societies. In spiritual societies, they don’t.

Tom: How do they measure success?

Guru: By physical and spiritual well being of their citizens.