Inner Peace

When you have something bothering you, a deed still to do, a past deed done wrong, is inner peace disrupted?  When there is no inner peace is it easier to leave other things undone or do other deeds wrong?

Can civilizations follow the same path?  Is what goes on inside the head of one person, mimicked throughout society?  

Can letting go, in meditation, in prayer, help one find peace within?  What is the group form of letting go?  Is the choice to forgive past transgressions, our own or by others, possible through such mediation or prayer?  Is it a logical choice or an emotional one?  How would a group emotional choice be made?  How does one who relies more on logic than emotions make an emotional choice?  How would one who is naturally more emotional in their convictions overcome them with logic?  How in society would logic overcome all perceived bias?

For the global warming crisis some think we now face, it took more than science to convince the world at large that it was real.  It took more than a few politicians.  Yet political power could not stop the word from spreading once our neighbors started to question.  Neighbors who question the weather outside, question the catastrophes we see afar, see the rapid change in our landscape as brought to us by videography and photography, all in concert with a majority of scientists now shouting the danger.  Who shouts from inside us when there is something we must realize so we can move forward, overcoming past roadblocks?

How do we find inner peace, once we have strayed from the strait and narrow path?