If someone else decides what you should wear, what you should eat, and how you should be, it is called slavery. But right now, just about anyone can decide what is happening within you. Anyone can hijack the peace within you at any moment and make you angry and hateful. Anyone can create what they want within you. Is this not slavery?
Additional information/ Source: Book: Culture of Peace; Page: 7
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