the act which is only destructive and inflicts suffering both on oneself and others is terrorism in such an act human values are lost in the process of achieving a goal some of the factors that lead to terrorism are frustration and desperation to achieve a goal confused emotion shortsightedness impulsive action belief in a nonverifiable concept of heaven and merit a childish concept of god favouring some and angry at others thereby undermining the omniscience and omnipotence of the divine terrorism induces fear psychosis in all increases poverty suffering and loss of life with no apparent gains instead of solutions the terrorist looks for destruction as an answer if you simply criticise without giving a solution know that this criticism comes from the same seed as terrorism although there are certain qualities you can appreciate in a terrorist such as fearlessness commitment to a goal sacrifice you will have to learn from them things that you should never do valuing some ideas and concepts more than life having a narrow perspective of life and dishonouring its diversity the remedy for terrorism is inculcate a broader perspective of life value life more than race religion and nationality educate people in human values friendliness compassion cooperation and upliftment teach methods to release stress and tension cultivate confidence in achieving noble aims by peaceful and nonviolent means create spiritual upliftment which can weed out destructive tendencies question can it be that terrorism need not be only physical violence but also cultural or economical sri sri yes solution for economic violence think globally buy locally solution for cultural violence broaden your vision deepen your roots question how does one cope with the aftermath of terrorism sri sri faith and prayer when disaster happens anger is inevitable to take precautions that one does not react wisdom is needed not emotional outbursts one mistake cannot be corrected by another mistake strive for multicultural and multireligious education and spiritual upliftment to reach every part of the globe for the world will not be safe even if a small pocket of people are left ignorant his holiness sri sri ravishankar is the founder of the international art of living foundation spread over 113 countries around the world every thursday the weekly knowledge from the master is faxed and emailed to hundreds of satsang groups spanning six continents where it is read and rejoiced not a fancy theory from philosophy or books but an intimate note from the master to the sincere seeker