Peace is not the absence of war. War, in all of its forms, is the absence of peace. Peace is an internal spiritual force, which radiates into the material world. Some of its features are tranquility, patience, permission, poise, and acceptance. Peace can afford to be generous. These features represent the psychological and psychic structures that allow this force to enter into this world; and peace itself builds these structures. This energy represents one of the most healing expressions of God.

Just as many believe that the current Dalai Lama is the living embodiment of divine compassion, masters exist that embody and transmit peace. Some say that when masters transmit divine forces, they are channeling those energies. They are permitting metaphysical forces to operate through them and are acting as agents of positive, evolutionary change. Of course, you don't have to be a guru to experience this energy. Peace, like other metaphysical forces, manifests by degree. A master is simply an individual who is more open to it. Others may experience it, but to lesser degrees; they are more occupied with the difficulties of daily life, which can distract them and block that flow of energy.

If you toss a pebble into a pool of water, it shatters the surface tension. Waves race from the center of the disturbance. As the pebble meanders to the bottom, however, it agitates the water less and less. The superficial person, likewise, is interested only in surface events. When a "pebble incident" happens, waves of stress destroy whatever peace he has. The same incident though would not disturb an individual who has his consciousness anchored in the depths of tranquility.

Living Peace
Just because you are not fighting with someone doesn't mean that you are at peace. Your mind could be picking over the details of what happened the other day or struggling to determine the outcome of a future event. This is not peace.

Peace is a force. Loosely speaking, it is alive - not an idea, an emotion, or something that you imagine. Neither is it a psychological state, although peace affects one's mental, emotional, and even physical condition. It penetrates to your soul and is as tangible as humidity. This force is profound and is more real than material reality in the sense that it is infinite rather than finite. You have probably been around someone that makes you feel calm. The energy is tangible. In the most elementary sense, peace is a vibration.

This tangible "realness" applies to other divine traits as well, like compassion, grace, bliss, truth, and love. While these are all attributes of the same Being (God), when they manifest in this world, they each take on their own distinct expression, much like sunlight passing though a prism and splitting into a rainbow of colors.